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Wondermark (Webcomic)

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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })What happens when you mix Victorian-era illustrations with modern day insanity?Welcome to the world of David Malki !'s Wondermark. A world of top hats and Steampunk laptops played down to contrast the modern, neurotic characters that populate it. A gag-a-day webcomic with Negative Continuity and no recurring characters (except maybe the alien Gax and "superevil" puppy butt Mr Meanscary), each strip is a brief window into the lives of absurd but not entirely unrealistic new people.The humor is a little diverse on a strip-to-strip basis but the bulk of it comes from good ol' human neuroses and eccentricities. Common subjects are banter and 'duels', often between spouses, observations about society and culture, poop jokes and a healthy dose of hypocrisy and narcissism. There's also an occasional abstract strip that relies more on visual gags and general weirdness. One thing that always remains prevalent is a strong sense of irony.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })The author has arranged some of his favorite strips on a single page as an introduction to new readers; this can be found here. Of particular interest to tropers is this strip, featuring the Electro-Plasmic Hydrocephalic Genre-Fiction Generator 2000.Also worth checking out are The Comic Strip Doctor, a critical dissection of newspaper comics, and Dispatches From Wondermark Manor, a series of parody Victorian novels, both by the same author.
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Stereotype Flip
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Stereotype Flip: A bunch of aliens from the planet Mexico, who are natural-born accountants and cobblers. When asked about them, Gax describes them as being renowned for their bravery, loyalty, and work ethic, only to reveal he was talking about the real Mexicans on earth, inverting the common "Lazy Mexican" stereotype.
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Feghoot
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Feghoot: Comics #1414 through #1436 all consist of scenarios that exist to end with the punchline "Check out my sick elephant", the references becoming increasingly convoluted and pun-based with time.
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Gibberish of Love
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Gibberish of Love: Possibly. A woman says hello to a baseball player, who responds with "GROOB". An awkward silence follows. They never meet again, and he never gets over it.
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Dead All Along
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Dead All Along: Word of God says this has been true for everyone since the very beginning.
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Alt Text
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Alt Text: Of the bonus joke kind.
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Talking Animal
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Talking Animal: Tagged as humanized animals.
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Anachronism Stew
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Anachronism Stew: The DeLorean as a train.
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Ice-Cream Koan
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Ice-Cream Koan:
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Critical Research Failure
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Critical Research Failure: This one: invoked
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OnceAnEpisode
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Once an Episode: The Comic Strip Doctor column always ends with, "See you in the funny pages."
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Vampire Vannabe
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Vampire Vannabe: Parodied here. A woman is eager to be turned into a vampire, but unfortunately she's merely found an ordinary cannibal instead.
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So Beautiful, It's a Curse
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So Beautiful, It's a Curse: "Isn't it just awful being pretty?"
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Comedic Sociopathy
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Comedic Sociopathy: All over the place, but especially Gax, who loathes the Earth and everyone on it.
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Oh Wait, This Is My Grocery List
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Oh Wait, This Is My Grocery List: Applied to an unfortunate Cyrano [1], who mixes up his grocery list with his love poems.
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Your Normal Is Our Taboo
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Your Normal Is Our Taboo: Gaxians consider hair-brushing a very personal thing.
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Author Tract
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Author Tract: Frequently subverted. Characters will start off making a typical 'angry webcomic author' rant at someone, only to go somewhere very, very strange. Example.
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Ticket-Line Campout
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Ticket-Line Campout: Subject of this strip where a bunch of people are supposedly camped out to buy the new Harry Potter book.
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Art-Style Dissonance
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Art-Style Dissonance: The art is taken straight from sophisticated Victorian art. The jokes are absurd and often nonsensical.
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Advanced Tech 2000
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Advanced Tech 2000: The Electro-plasmic Hydrocephalic Genre-Fiction Generator 2000, a cutting edge steampunk device to automatically generate genre fiction summaries.
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Space Jews
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Space Jews: Parodied with a series of strips featuring the Mexicans, a race of aliens. Everyone assumes they're supposed to be an elaborate metaphor about immigration, but they have nothing to do with the real Mexicans of Earth.
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Long Game
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Long Game: in which a neighbor takes action has a neighbor accuse the other one of gently scuffing his shoes on his driveway every day for eight years so just enough cement remains so that when it rains, the puddle spells "a turbo choad lives here."
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Disneyfication
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Disneyfication: Discussed and defended in this comic, where the turban-wearing man says that most original fairy stories were barely-disguised lectures that rewarded children who obeyed rules, and part of the value of Disneyfication is recognising children want stories where the heroes get to make choices and improve themselves.
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What Do You Mean, It's Not Didactic?
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What Do You Mean Its Not Didactic: Parodied here, where some people meet a group of aliens called Mexicans who they assume are part of a metaphor about immigration. They aren't.invoked
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Species Surname
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Species Surname: Gax the Gaxian.
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Meaningful Name
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Meaningful Name: Mr. Meanscary, a child-eating monster that happens to look like the backside of a dog. He angrily claims his grandfather was given the name on Ellis Island (although the Alt Text indicates he's still a child-eater).
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Grammar Nazi
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Grammar Nazi: Larry the Language Nerd. He grows out of it, saying that correcting people becomes more annoying than the mistake itself. Except...
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Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs
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Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs: "At the Walforth Barber Academy, our credentialed graduates coif kings, popes, and emperor-pope-kings."
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Remix Comic
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Remix Comic: Some of the articles in The Comic Strip Doctor feature edited strips intended to feature better humor. One particular edit for Cathy at first has the punchline, "You didn't put them back in the bags." David, deciding that nobody would get it outside of comic book nerds, changes it to, "I can't see the TV."
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God Is Evil
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God Is Evil: Discussed in a series of strips beginning here.
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Deliberate Flaw Retcon
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Deliberate Flaw Retcon: In-universe, the plot of #1074. A writer tries to write a book where the characters have flaws and immaturities, with the goal of showing a more realistic setting. When he shows it to someone, she notes that she doesn't like any of the characters, at which he declares that they were actually meant to be unsympathetic all along.
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The Fantastic Trope of Wonderous Titles
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The Fantastic Trope of Wonderous Titles: Electro-plasmic Hydrocephalic Genre-Fiction Generator 2000, with a long, elaborate, and slightly made-up name for a wondrous steampunk fiction summary-generating device.
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Retraux
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Retraux: The whole visual theme involves mashing up steampunk stylings with modern scenarios.
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Wiki Walk
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Wiki Walk: Played with in this strip.
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Necessary Fail
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Necessary Fail: In one strip, a father posits that all mistakes and bad things that happen are necessary to avoid a Bad Future, and have already been attempted and evaluated by time travelers.
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Continuity Nod
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Continuity Nod: Strip #245 features an elephant on a runaway wheeled contraption. More than 10 years later, Strip 1425 provides an origin story of sorts for this elephant, showing how he ended up on his wild journey. A series of strips starting at Strip 1437 are also sequels to the first 25 strips or so.
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Overly Long Gag
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Overly Long Gag: Strips #1414-1436 all consist of increasingly convoluted puns around the phrase "Check out my sick elephant". Lampshaded in #1424, where a character says, "Don't worry, I'm practicing getting a lot of mileage out of some very thin material."
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The Password Is Always "Swordfish"
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The Password Is Always "Swordfish": [2]
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Idiosyncratic Episode Naming
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Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: In which most of the comics are named as such.
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Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot
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Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: Next years memes predicted, which mashes up random creatures and things. Ninja on a unicycle. PIRANHAMOOSE. ...awesome.
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Be Careful What You Wish For
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Be Careful What You Wish For: The Starhorse arc invokes this in the most frustrating way possible—the fisherman ends up only catching one of five horse-heads, and every time he tries to make a wish the single head warns him that whatever he wishes for will be reduced to one-fifth in the most inconvenient way possible. It's ultimately revealed that it could have granted him a whole wish at any time it wanted.
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Mistaken for Pedophile
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Mistaken for Pedophile: In strip 346, an artist is giving a child a lesson until the child's mother angrily and incorrectly accuses him of being a pedophile.
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Nobody Here but Us Statues
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Nobody Here but Us Statues: This◊ Drabble Remix Comic from The Comic Strip Doctor.
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Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_b9918c48
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type
Negative Continuity
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comment
Negative Continuity: While there are some recurring characters, most strips are one-offs with no continuity, though occasionally there are short story arcs.
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1.0
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1.0
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Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_bd8aa92a
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_cf6d4bad
type
Steampunk
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_cf6d4bad
comment
Check out the Steampunk computer here.
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1.0
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1.0
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Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_cf6d4bad
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_d148b019
type
MundaneMadeAwesome
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_d148b019
comment
Mundane Made Awesome: What was going through your mind? An interview with a football player just trying to catch the ball turns into a mystical journey.
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_d148b019
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1.0
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1.0
 Wondermark (Webcomic)
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Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_d148b019
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_d298bc9a
type
I Wished You Were Dead
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_d298bc9a
comment
I Wished You Were Dead: Parodied here. A child angrily wishes his mother was dead. Her response: faking cancer for 20 years until he apologizes.
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1.0
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1.0
 Wondermark (Webcomic)
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Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_d298bc9a
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_d881756c
type
Those Magnificent Flying Machines
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_d881756c
comment
Those Magnificent Flying Machines: A regular fixture in many strips such as this one.
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_d881756c
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1.0
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1.0
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Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_d881756c
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_d99a228f
type
Unusually Uninteresting Sight
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_d99a228f
comment
Unusually Uninteresting Sight: If there are sights to be seen, odds are they're one of these. In this world, people can see anything from demons hiding in the skins of children to skateboarding manatees and take it all with a grain of salt.
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1.0
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1.0
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Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_d99a228f
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_dc020791
type
It's Been Done
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_dc020791
comment
It's Been Done: A man claims to have invented "food inside of bread." He's less than happy to be told that dumplings already exist. In the followup strip, he thinks he still deserves some recognition for inventing them independently — a claim which, even if true, his friend finds unimpressive.
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_dc020791
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1.0
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1.0
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Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_dc020791
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_de9fd393
type
Piano Drop
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_de9fd393
comment
Piano Drop: This is why you don't eat those little desiccant packets.
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_de9fd393
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1.0
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featureConfidence
1.0
 Wondermark (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_de9fd393
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_df5ab39e
type
Franchise Zombie
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_df5ab39e
comment
Franchise Zombie: In-universe example in the Comic Strip Doctor column, Malki dissects this phenomenon as it relates to newspaper comics. Established strips run on brand recognition for decades after they cease to be funny, and newspapers are afraid to take risks on new artists. The result is, it's extremely difficult to get into the business, and the majority of newspaper comics are boring, predictable drivel. He considers webcomics to be the cure, because while Sturgeon's Law still applies, the truly talented now have an outlet to get their work recognized without having to compete for space on the funny page with the likes of Dennis the Menace (US) and Ziggy.
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_df5ab39e
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1.0
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featureConfidence
1.0
 Wondermark (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_df5ab39e
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_df6f7dcd
type
Overly Long Airplane Banner Gag
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_df6f7dcd
comment
Overly Long Airplane Banner Gag: Done in this strip, using a bird rather than an airplane.
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_df6f7dcd
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1.0
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_df6f7dcd
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1.0
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hasFeature
Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_df6f7dcd
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type
Space Whale Aesop
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_e8760868
comment
Space Whale Aesop: Parodied in strip #394. The real reason you're not supposed to eat those little dessicant packets is that if you do, you will be crushed by a falling piano.
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_e8760868
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1.0
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1.0
 Wondermark (Webcomic)
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Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_e8760868
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_e912c1
type
The Rant
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comment
The Rant: Malki!'s news post consists of a mix of commentary on the comics, behind-the-scenes how it's made type work, and sideproject announcements.
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_e912c1
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1.0
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1.0
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Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_e912c1
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_e9fb38
type
The Talk
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_e9fb38
comment
The Talk: In the form of a tree trying to talk to his anguished son about "pollination."
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_e9fb38
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1.0
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_e9fb38
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1.0
 Wondermark (Webcomic)
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Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_e9fb38
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_ec3ff1f7
type
In Which a Trope Is Described
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_ec3ff1f7
comment
In Which a Trope Is Described: Most strips have titles like "In which X happens".
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_ec3ff1f7
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1.0
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_ec3ff1f7
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1.0
 Wondermark (Webcomic)
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Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_ec3ff1f7
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_f7611ec2
type
Opinion Myopia
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_f7611ec2
comment
Opinion Myopia: In-Universe: "It's tough to be cursed with perfect taste."
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_f7611ec2
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1.0
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_f7611ec2
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1.0
 Wondermark (Webcomic)
hasFeature
Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_f7611ec2
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_f9f2c33
type
Running Gag
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_f9f2c33
comment
Running Gag: Punching Stuff Until It Blows Up and its two sequels. An long-running, subtle trend gives most named characters names that sound almost like, but distinctly and goofily different from normal names. Stuff like Scamanthia, Jethica, etc
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_f9f2c33
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 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_f9f2c33
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 Wondermark (Webcomic)
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Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_f9f2c33
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_feb1cd82
type
Cut and Paste Comic
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_feb1cd82
comment
Cut-and-Paste Comic: Most of the time, made from old Victorian etchings cut and pasted together. Though image manipulation is fairly common.
 Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_feb1cd82
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1.0
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Wondermark (Webcomic) / int_feb1cd82
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ItemName
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Advanced Tech 2000 / int_3226de9f
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Alt Text / int_3226de9f
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Animals Fear Neutering / int_3226de9f
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Anthropomorphic Vice / int_3226de9f
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Asbestos-Free Cereal / int_3226de9f
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Cardiovascular Love / int_3226de9f
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Climbing Climax / int_3226de9f
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Comedic Sociopathy / int_3226de9f
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Cut and Paste Comic / int_3226de9f
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Do You Want to Copulate? / int_3226de9f
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Don't Explain the Joke / int_3226de9f
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Excited Show Title! / int_3226de9f
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Expospeak Gag / int_3226de9f
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Fictional Holiday / int_3226de9f
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For Inconvenience, Press "1" / int_3226de9f
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Happiness Is Mandatory / int_3226de9f
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Hit You So Hard, Your X Will Feel It! / int_3226de9f
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Ice-Cream Koan / int_3226de9f
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Idiosyncratic Episode Naming / int_3226de9f
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In Which a Trope Is Described / int_ffeb22bf
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Inkblot Test / int_3226de9f
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It's Been Done / int_3226de9f
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It's Popular, Now It Sucks! / int_ffeb22bf
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Lawful Good / int_3226de9f
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Mix-and-Match Critters / int_3226de9f
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Naturalized Name / int_3226de9f
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Outlived Its Creator / int_3226de9f
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Overly Narrow Superlative / int_3226de9f
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Overly Pre-Prepared Gag / int_3226de9f
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Piano Drop / int_3226de9f
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Predatory Business / int_ffeb22bf
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Quantum Mechanics Can Do Anything / int_3226de9f
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"Rashomon"-Style / int_3226de9f
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Reconcile the Bitter Foes / int_3226de9f
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Retraux / int_3226de9f
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Robot Kid / int_3226de9f
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Scrabble Babble / int_3226de9f
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Signature Style / int_3226de9f
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Spiteful Spoiler / int_3226de9f
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Sweet Seal / int_3226de9f
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The Elevator from Ipanema / int_3226de9f
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The Fantastic Trope of Wonderous Titles / int_3226de9f
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The Talk / int_3226de9f
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Travel Transformation / int_3226de9f
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Trivially Obvious / int_3226de9f
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What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway? / int_3226de9f
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"Which Restroom?" Dilemma / int_3226de9f
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With Due Respect / int_3226de9f
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Those Magnificent Flying Machines / int_3226de9f
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Wondermark (Webcomic)