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Zap! (Webcomic)
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Zap! (not to be confused with the classic Underground Zap Comix by Robert Crumb, or ZZap! the Commodore 64 magazine) is a science fiction webcomic which ran from 2003 to 2014, written by Chris Layfield and drawn by Pascalle Lepas.A goofy amnesiac named Zap, though an improbable coincidence finds himself the captain of a Cool Starship called the Excelsior. He discovers that he is psychic and falls for the first officer, Reona, who is still heartbroken after the previous captain, Efrem had been killed in action - or was he? Reona and the ship's mechanic, Grontar, and navigation droid, Robot, aren't too thrilled about Zap being picked as the captain, mostly because Zap is a doofus and far from captain material.Meanwhile, generals of the Galactic Earth Federation, Maximus Verbatim and Feonix Yago are plotting to overthrow the boofonish president Billings. Helping them is a mysterious figure who calls himself the Serpent and is organising a psychic army. Gambits accrue. The Serpent is very interested in news about a rouge psychic the troops encountered, and goes to search for Zap himself.After some not-exactly-thought-out-wandering and a catastrophe or two, Excelsior crew goes to meet Kasey the Stickle, Reona's friend, to ask her help. At the same space station Zap runs into Gunner, a psychic who claims to be an old friend and worms his way onboard, ostensibly to teach Zap about his powers.And then things stop being goofy.The comic finally concluded in September, 2014. | |
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Can't Kill You, Still Need You | |
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Can't Kill You, Still Need You: Gunner is rather frank about only not killing William because he has a use for him. | |
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Instantly Proven Wrong | |
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Instantly Proven Wrong: Robot's Only Sane Man moment on page 34. | |
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Scenery Censor | |
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Scenery Censor: Here Zap is naked, with Robot's head "tastefully" interposed. | |
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Evil Versus Evil | |
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Evil Versus Evil: The GEF against the Serpent's rebellion (which has nothing to do with the Resistance the heroes belong to). | |
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Bridal Carry | |
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Bridal Carry: After Reona is injured and faints during the battle on rebel outpost, Zap carries her into the ship this way. | |
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Gender-Equal Ensemble | |
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Gender-Equal Ensemble: The last four Elementaro. Europa and Callisto are the girls, Gannymede and Io are the guys. | |
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In the Hood | |
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In the Hood: The Serpent, when dealing with Billings, follows the example set by Sith lords of old and wears a voluminous hooded cloak that hides everything but his glowing eyes. | |
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Artificial Limbs | |
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Artificial Limbs: In the backstory, Naveed cut off Reona's arm, necessitating one of these. It's Kasey's work, and early in the story Reona has her add a powerful blaster for self-defense. | |
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Faceless Goons | |
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Faceless Goons: The very first page has a shot of GEF troopers wearing their trademark evil-looking helmets against a background of blood-red sky, in case the reader didn't believe it's The Empire. | |
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Animated Actors | |
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Animated Actors: Not animated, but a filler comic portrayed the characters as actors playing parts, including a classically trained guy in a cheesy sci-fi role (i.e. playing Robot). | |
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Calming Tea | |
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Calming Tea: Grontar is introduced offering Reona a cup of something hot to drink along with emotional comfort when she worries about their lack of captain. | |
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Lampshade Hanging | |
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Lampshade Hanging: Provides much of the comic's humor, especially in the first chapters. | |
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Beat Panel | |
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Beat Panel: Before the Cerebus Syndrome sets in, Zap's blunders are met with these. By everyone in the room making identical, "you idiot" faces. Aliens and robots included. Also, as they're arguing on page twenty: | |
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Catapult Nightmare | |
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Catapult Nightmare: Zap's Dreaming of Things to Come (when he gets eaten by giant snake) and Reona's Past Experience Nightmares in which she relives losing Efrem as well as her Talking in Your Dreams session with Zap end like this. | |
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Power-Strain Blackout | |
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Power-Strain Blackout: Zap, after the first use of his powers. It might be faked to get Reona to kiss him, though (doesn't work). | |
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Bungling Inventor | |
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Bungling Inventor: The Stickles. This is their hat. They're on their seventh home planet, having blown up the previous six, and Kasey, who has one invention that hasn't blown up (yet... hopefully...) may be the least bungling one of her race. | |
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Psychic Starship Pilot | |
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Psychic Starship Pilot: The Excelsior and the Deadalus, having been built by a certain psychic genius, require a psychic to use some of their features, hyperjump and Deflector Shields included. They were built specifically to search the universe for psychics. | |
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La Résistance | |
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La Résistance: The GEF is being opposed by a fairly standard one, which the Excelsior crew are part of. Although they do seem to do their own thing more often than not. Demonica also works for the Resistance, and two named members of it are minor characters. | |
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Batman Gambit | |
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Batman Gambit: Gunner's plan not only allows for the generals' betrayal, it depends on it. | |
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Bittersweet Ending | |
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Bittersweet Ending: The political plot gets neatly resolved, Gunner gets depowered and stranded with Naveed, but Efrem takes Heroic Sacrifice and dies and Zap seems to die, as well. Although this is Disney Death and he comes back in the epilogue. | |
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Sensible Heroes, Skimpy Villains | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_40ff3c3b | comment |
Sensible Heroes, Skimpy Villains: Even compared to Reona in pirate arc (where she wears short shorts) or the amusement park battle (Absolute Cleavage and Clothing Damage) Naveed's default outfit leaves very little to imagination. Then again, a Cat Girl might have somewhat different standards of nudity. | |
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Elemental Powers | |
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Elemental Powers: The shtick of the Elementaros. The last four members are recruited by Naveed. | |
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The Guards Must Be Crazy | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_4508b16b | comment |
The Guards Must Be Crazy: The GEF grunts are pretty much comic relief in Red Shirts. Besides that, Kasey once makes robot guards leave their post by reprogramming another robot to run around in circles and insult them. | |
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Shirtless Scene | |
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Shirtless Scene: Zap, trying out tuxedos going stark naked. | |
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Paper-Thin Disguise | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_48b9731f | comment |
Paper-Thin Disguise: Robot gets by a security checkpoint with pants, a wig and a sign the says "I am human". (The costume really didn't work, though, it was Zap doing a Jedi Mind Trick type thing on the guards.) | |
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President Evil | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_4c554daf | comment |
President Evil: Billings is definitely a bad guy. A bumbling, silly bad guy whose assasination sends the plot into a really dark place. | |
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Body Horror | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_504a1991 | comment |
Body Horror: The bizarre creature that kills the bounty hunters. It's some sort of goo beast that can bore through flesh and armor, and also has image-perfect shape-shifting ability - though it gives itself away when trying to talk. | |
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Bookends | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_53224e46 | comment |
Bookends: "For some people, the future is now" concludes both the Opening Monologue and the ending monologue. Also, Reona sees Zap for the first time as he's hanging upside-down. He's hanging upside-down again as he returns to her in the epilogue. | |
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The Alleged Boss | |
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The Alleged Boss: President Billings, nominally in charge of The Empire, keeps undermining his sinisterness by how incredibly, comically stupid he acts. Even his Evil Laugh is more weird than scary. The real mastermind behind his power seems to be the Serpent, who's trying to bring the empire down from the inside, and the generals who are plotting an Evil Plan of their own. | |
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The Empire | |
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The Empire: The Galactic Earth Federation is a classical example, complete with stromtroopers, conniving generals and an evil psychic plotting to take it over. It also has a President Evil, although his actual competence is low-to-nonexistant. | |
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Amnesiacs are Innocent | |
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Amnesiacs are Innocent: That's complicated. When we meet Zap, he is an Idiot Hero, goofy, very childish and blundering, but generally well-meaning. As it later turns out, he was the mastermind behind the Evil Plan Gunner is putting in motion now. He began getting second thoughts (partly because he fell in love) and orchestrated another plan to give himself amnesia and invoke this very trope to have a chance with the girl he only saw in his dreams - Reona. | |
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Let's Get Dangerous! | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_562abd51 | comment |
Let's Get Dangerous!: Zap's very first use of his powers is a downplayed example. As enemy ships are approaching and Excelsior is in no way prepared for battle, Reona has him sit in the captain's chair and his powers activate on their own, turning on the hyperjump. Later on, until he learns a little control, his powers tend to overwhelm him when he's angry. | |
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The Future | |
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The Future: The Opening Monologue goes: | |
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Achievements in Ignorance | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_57b74bd4 | comment |
Achievements in Ignorance: Zap, holding a lazer gun for the first time, zaps three troopers at once. By dropping it. | |
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Air-Vent Passageway | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_5b19cc1b | comment |
Air-Vent Passageway: Due to Poor Communication Kills Zap gets locked in the cell when he blunders into the Resistance members. He tries to escape through an air-vent. And he does. Problem is, on the other side of the vent there's Yago and his troops waiting.. | |
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Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_5beef860 | comment |
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Zap's fear of space squid is played as a Running Gag. | |
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Thrown Out the Airlock | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_5c613245 | comment |
Thrown Out the Airlock: Reona wasn't really going to have Zap thrown out of the airlock, but she sure words it that way when dealing with a stinking, badly-flirting random guy who gets on her already frazzled nerves. | |
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Distress Call | |
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Distress Call: Answering one is how the crew gets into the trouble with the goo beast. | |
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| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_5eecd64c | type |
Oh, No... Not Again! | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_5eecd64c | comment |
The alien who goes "Oh, poop. Not again." Every time he appears. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_5eecd64c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_5eecd64c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_5eecd64c | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_617f0563 | type |
Heel–Face Turn | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_617f0563 | comment |
Heel–Face Turn: Happened in the backstory to Zap himself. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_617f0563 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_617f0563 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_617f0563 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_61ff365d | type |
Deflector Shields | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_61ff365d | comment |
Deflector Shields: Making shields is a psychic power, but both the ships built by Zap have these, as well (psychically controlled, of course). | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_61ff365d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_61ff365d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_61ff365d | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_639ea42d | type |
Flaming Hair | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_639ea42d | comment |
Flaming Hair: Io's normally bald head becomes full of flaming hair when he demonstrates his powers on this page. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_639ea42d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_639ea42d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_639ea42d | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_64972c10 | type |
Flashback Effects | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_64972c10 | comment |
Flashback Effects: Either sepia or lack of dialogue. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_64972c10 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_64972c10 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_64972c10 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_64edb99c | type |
Always Save the Girl | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_64edb99c | comment |
Always Save the Girl: For all his bad pick-up lines, Zap's attitude towards Reona. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_64edb99c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_64edb99c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_64edb99c | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_65332328 | type |
Mind-Control Eyes | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_65332328 | comment |
Mind-Control Eyes: Gunner seals William's mind, because he wants to use Will in his Evil Plan, something Will would never, ever agree to. After that, the affected person's eyes turn black-on-black, with hints of their controller's signature color. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_65332328 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_65332328 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_65332328 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_69a83d74 | type |
Elemental Hair Colors | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_69a83d74 | comment |
Elemental Hair Colors: Three of the last four Elementaro, as seen here: Europa, with the power to control the wind, has white, flowing hair (even when there is no wind). Callisto, who has power over water, has blue hair. Gannymede, a master of earth, is green-haired. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_69a83d74 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_69a83d74 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_69a83d74 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_6ea3206 | type |
Numbered Homeworld | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_6ea3206 | comment |
Numbered Homeworld: Sticklebat 7. The Bungling Inventor Stickle race found their previous six planets "too flammable". | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_6ea3206 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_6ea3206 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_6ea3206 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_6edd96b8 | type |
Making a Splash | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_6edd96b8 | comment |
Making a Splash: Callisto uses water in battle. The Aquarians, who are an aquatic race (even if they resemble pterosaurs) can control water around themselves to an extent, making bubbles for landdwellers to breathe. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_6edd96b8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_6edd96b8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_6edd96b8 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_7040b6bc | type |
Understatement | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_7040b6bc | comment |
Understatement: Zap has a tendency. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_7040b6bc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_7040b6bc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_7040b6bc | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_754df088 | type |
Put on a Bus | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_754df088 | comment |
Put on a Bus: After William captures them, Jason and Justin are taken away. Only to get rescued by Grontar and Kasey after the amusement park battle. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_754df088 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_754df088 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_754df088 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_7758b2c5 | type |
Protectorate | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_7758b2c5 | comment |
Protectorate: Reona, for Grontar, who will go berserk if she's hurt. Zap also tends to get angry and glowy when she's in danger. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_7758b2c5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_7758b2c5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_7758b2c5 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_7c5960bf | type |
Hall of Mirrors | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_7c5960bf | comment |
Hall of Mirrors: Here, Reona and Naveed end up fighting in an amusement park's house of mirrors. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_7c5960bf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_7c5960bf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_7c5960bf | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_7d93efb | type |
Stellar Name | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_7d93efb | comment |
Stellar Name: The last four Elementaros, the Galilean Satellites, named after four moons of Jupiter. Io, Callisto, Europa, and Gannymede. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_7d93efb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_7d93efb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_7d93efb | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_7ee93bc9 | type |
Some Call Me "Tim" | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_7ee93bc9 | comment |
Some Call Me "Tim": Zap, being unable, unwilling or both to remember the ship's robot's complicated designation, renames him Robot. Robot's unhappy about it, but it sticks. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_7ee93bc9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_7ee93bc9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_7ee93bc9 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_84764598 | type |
Dramatic Thunder | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_84764598 | comment |
Dramatic Thunder: It underscores the key points of the final battle. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_84764598 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_84764598 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_84764598 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_8712e4c9 | type |
Story-Breaker Power | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_8712e4c9 | comment |
Story-Breaker Power: After Zap regains his memory, his powers and his freedom (thanks to Reona breaking the crown), he makes short shrift of hitherto invincible Gunner, depowering him and marooning him on a backwater planet with Naveed. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_8712e4c9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_8712e4c9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_8712e4c9 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_8739b21 | type |
Technopath | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_8739b21 | comment |
Technopath: One of Zap's first displays of psychic ability is activating the Excelsior's hyperdrive. In fact his mental commands are apparently the only thing that can do so. Of course, as it turns out, he built the ship, so... Gunner, as his name implies, uses his to improve his aim. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_8739b21 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_8739b21 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_8739b21 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_874176be | type |
Psychic Powers | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_874176be | comment |
Psychic Powers: Not very common in the setting especially since GEF genocide of Zap's home planet, but a number of characters have them. It's usually the whole spectrum (telepathy, telekinesis, prophetic dreams), but a degree of specialisation is possible. For instance Gunner mostly uses and is very proficient with telekinesis (up to being able to heal), while Vitale is very good at seeing the future. And, of course, there's the psychic army Gunner's building. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_874176be | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_874176be | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_874176be | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_87646020 | type |
Memory Gambit | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_87646020 | comment |
Memory Gambit: Zap, having searched the future for the most beneficial path after his Heel–Face Turn, found the best outcome would be reached if he had his memories erased. So he had his memories erased and set the plot in motion. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_87646020 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_87646020 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_87646020 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_88cee6e2 | type |
Abhorrent Admirer | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_88cee6e2 | comment |
Abhorrent Admirer: How Reona sees Zap at first, not as much because he's a stowaway who smells like garbage, but because the first thing he does upon seeing her is try to flirt. Badly. While being held upside-down by Grontar, who caught him stowing away on the ship. Robot is less than thrilled by Kasey's advances. This goes for most robots, actually. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_88cee6e2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_88cee6e2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_88cee6e2 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_89f50aaa | type |
Restraining Bolt | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_89f50aaa | comment |
Restraining Bolt: The psychic crowns. Reona breaks the one placed on Zap in the climax. And Robot's programming to obey the Captain, like it or not (he does not). | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_89f50aaa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_89f50aaa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_89f50aaa | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_8a27f768 | type |
Space Whale | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_8a27f768 | comment |
Space Whale: Space squid, a giant, space-borne... squid, provides a Big-Lipped Alligator Moment when Zap goes to fight it in chapter 2. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_8a27f768 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_8a27f768 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_8a27f768 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_9075ac17 | type |
Just a Machine | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_9075ac17 | comment |
Just a Machine: Several intelligent robots are destroyed for avoidable or petty reasons. Made more jarring by the fact one of the main cast is a robot. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_9075ac17 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_9075ac17 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_9075ac17 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_9843be73 | type |
As You Know | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_9843be73 | comment |
As You Know: President Billings' emergency meeting of command. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_9843be73 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_9843be73 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_9843be73 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_9c6da41b | type |
Spot the Imposter | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_9c6da41b | comment |
Spot the Imposter: The Body Horror creature takes Zap's appearance. Side by side, everyone debates who to shoot. Gunner comes up and just unceremoniously shoots the fake. The monster was quite easily distinguishable ("Meeee, Reaaal Zaaaaaap...") when everyone was "side by side" as it were, and the remark from Robot seemed like it was an obvious Lampshade Hanging. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_9c6da41b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_9c6da41b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_9c6da41b | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_9cb5e4bb | type |
Evil Costume Switch | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_9cb5e4bb | comment |
Evil Costume Switch: As a good guy, Efrem Nutari wore baggy pants and pilot jacket. As a bad guy, well, hello, black leather and red accents. Zap's initial bad guy garb is more grey, and his good guy garb is Efrem's clothes. His Brainwashed and Crazy garb is classic black. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_9cb5e4bb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_9cb5e4bb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_9cb5e4bb | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_9f7769a2 | type |
The Gunslinger | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_9f7769a2 | comment |
The Gunslinger: In a setting where blasters are standard, Gunner uses real bullets he can influence with his telekinesis. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_9f7769a2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_9f7769a2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_9f7769a2 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_a2836be5 | type |
Identity Amnesia | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_a2836be5 | comment |
Identity Amnesia: A couple of hours before he got shoved into the plot, Zap has forgotten his entire life story. A bit later, the villains exposit he's an escaped psychic test subject. Which is a lie. He's actually enacting a Memory Gambit. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_a2836be5 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_a2836be5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_a2836be5 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_a796d2a6 | type |
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_a796d2a6 | comment |
Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy: The GEF troopers follow the fine tradition of not being able to land a shot. Gunner, however... | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_a796d2a6 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_a796d2a6 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_a796d2a6 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_a861560f | type |
The Friend Nobody Likes | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_a861560f | comment |
The Friend Nobody Likes: The Excelsior crew only puts up with Zap because he's been chosen by the ship. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_a861560f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_a861560f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_a861560f | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_abb9ebaa | type |
Dramatic Pause | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_abb9ebaa | comment |
Dramatic Pause: President Billings does this during a press conference, waiting three minutes to ramp up the drama. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_abb9ebaa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_abb9ebaa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_abb9ebaa | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_acbd5c12 | type |
Perfect Pacifist People | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_acbd5c12 | comment |
Perfect Pacifist People: The people of Zap's home planet which resulted in a Pacifism Backfire when GEF came. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_acbd5c12 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_acbd5c12 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_acbd5c12 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_af7d483f | type |
Dreaming of Things to Come | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_af7d483f | comment |
Dreaming of Things to Come: Most psychics get prophetic dreams. Trouble is, they're rather symbolic and Zap, who can't remember how to use his powers, gets confused by them instead of learning anything. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_af7d483f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_af7d483f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_af7d483f | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_af81576b | type |
Thinking Out Loud | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_af81576b | comment |
Thinking Out Loud: For a while in the beginning, Zap. This allows the pursuing troopers to locate him. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_af81576b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_af81576b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_af81576b | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_afe75982 | type |
Unsound Effect | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_afe75982 | comment |
Unsound Effect: "Rattle" and "shake" as Excelsior is under fire by GEF mooks. "WARNING" when the reactor is acting up. Also "DOOM" a couple of times. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_afe75982 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_afe75982 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_afe75982 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_b1f18adb | type |
Ray Gun | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_b1f18adb | comment |
Ray Gun: The standard in the setting, called "lazer". Used both as sidearm and spaceship cannon. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_b1f18adb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_b1f18adb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_b1f18adb | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_b8499e1c | type |
Hypno Trinket | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_b8499e1c | comment |
Hypno Trinket: The psychic Amplifier Artifact devices called "crowns" can be used to do this. At the GEF psychic academy, they are used to keep all the psychics underneath the GEF's control. Gunner manipulated all of this into being, and plans to use the mind controlled psychic army to Kill All Humans as revenge for the destruction of his world. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_b8499e1c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_b8499e1c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_b8499e1c | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_b85c06f2 | type |
Glowing Eyes of Doom | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_b85c06f2 | comment |
Glowing Eyes of Doom: When a psychic uses their powers, their eyes glow the color of their aura (good example would be when Efrem powers down and his eyes slowly turn from solid electric blue to normal, human blue irises with pupils. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_b85c06f2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_b85c06f2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_b85c06f2 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_b88eda46 | type |
Conspicuous Gloves | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_b88eda46 | comment |
Conspicuous Gloves: Reona begins the story wearing an elbow-lenght glove to hide her prosthetic hand. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_b88eda46 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_b88eda46 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_b88eda46 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_b8dbe475 | type |
Blood from the Mouth | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_b8dbe475 | comment |
Blood from the Mouth: Zap, after getting hit during the amusement park fight. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_b8dbe475 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_b8dbe475 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_b8dbe475 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_bb660963 | type |
Color-Coded Characters | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_bb660963 | comment |
Color-Coded Characters: The three main psychics have different colored Battle Auras and eye glows. Zap's are green, Efrem's are blue, and Gunner's are yellow. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_bb660963 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_bb660963 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_bb660963 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_bcd27e37 | type |
Improbable Aiming Skills | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_bcd27e37 | comment |
Improbable Aiming Skills: Gunner, helped by powerful telekinesis. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_bcd27e37 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_bcd27e37 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_bcd27e37 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_c12f0c4 | type |
Outrun the Fireball | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_c12f0c4 | comment |
Outrun the Fireball: Zap does this in page two (as the dumpster behind him blows up). The entire crew does it while Jason distracts the GEF with an explosion. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_c12f0c4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_c12f0c4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_c12f0c4 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_c20a3586 | type |
Amnesia Danger | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_c20a3586 | comment |
Amnesia Danger: When Zap has to figure out how to work the hyperjump with his forgotten powers, or get shot out of the sky by GEF. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_c20a3586 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_c20a3586 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_c20a3586 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_c3fabe01 | type |
Genocide Survivor | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_c3fabe01 | comment |
Genocide Survivor: Gunner, Efrem and Zap. They are the last of Perfect Pacifist People GEF genocided and are out for revenge. Zap and Efrem give it up in the end, Gunner never does. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_c3fabe01 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_c3fabe01 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_c3fabe01 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_c4c9bb40 | type |
Inner Monologue | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_c4c9bb40 | comment |
Inner Monologue: Quite a lot of the characters' thoughts are stated in thought bubbles. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_c4c9bb40 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_c4c9bb40 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_c4c9bb40 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_c70059b4 | type |
Psychic Dreams for Everyone | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_c70059b4 | comment |
Psychic Dreams for Everyone: Aside from the confirmed psychics, Reona gets a couple of those. This allows her to communicate with Zap. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_c70059b4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_c70059b4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_c70059b4 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_cabd513c | type |
Jedi Mind Trick | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_cabd513c | comment |
Jedi Mind Trick: Gunner is a dab hand with it, although his level of subtlety varies. Lampshaded: | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_cabd513c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_cabd513c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_cabd513c | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_cb63f039 | type |
Spaceship Girl | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_cb63f039 | comment |
Spaceship Girl: The Excelsior is sentient and sometimes manifests as a hologram of a naked, glowing blue woman who resembles Reona. This is because she was built by Zap and the hologram is modeled after the girl he dreamt of - Reona. The other AIs he built are also modeled after her. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_cb63f039 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_cb63f039 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_cb63f039 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_cd2b8aa3 | type |
Space Is Noisy | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_cd2b8aa3 | comment |
Space Is Noisy: There are some sound effects during the space battle. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_cd2b8aa3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_cd2b8aa3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_cd2b8aa3 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_ce22183 | type |
Super Registration Act | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_ce22183 | comment |
Super Registration Act: Psychics are being rounded up as Cannon Fodder for Gunner's Evil Plan. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_ce22183 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_ce22183 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_ce22183 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_cf16fd74 | type |
Girl of My Dreams | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_cf16fd74 | comment |
Girl of My Dreams: The reason for Zap's Heel–Face Turn - he began dreaming about Reona, fell in love and decided he didn't want to be the bad guy anymore. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_cf16fd74 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_cf16fd74 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_cf16fd74 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_cfdb9e17 | type |
Cerebus Syndrome | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_cfdb9e17 | comment |
Cerebus Syndrome: Before the crew visits Demonica, it's all goofying off and Zap's amnesia putting him in silly situations. Come the amusement park battle and revelations come, along with Blood from the Mouth wounds and characters actually, dramatically dying all of a sudden. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_cfdb9e17 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_cfdb9e17 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_cfdb9e17 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_cfeb01b3 | type |
Title Confusion | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_cfeb01b3 | comment |
Title Confusion: Due to the old URL, the comic is often called "Zap IN SPACE". This is also something of a Berserk Button for the author, to the point that they've migrated to a new URL. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_cfeb01b3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_cfeb01b3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_cfeb01b3 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_d058677e | type |
Amusement Park | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_d058677e | comment |
Amusement Park: The big, dramatic fight that marks the beginning of Cerebus Syndrome takes place in an amusement park (partly in the Hall of Mirrors). | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_d058677e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_d058677e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_d058677e | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_d0f0a80d | type |
One-Word Title | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_d0f0a80d | comment |
One-Word Title | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_d0f0a80d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_d0f0a80d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_d0f0a80d | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_d62dd556 | type |
The Chessmaster | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_d62dd556 | comment |
The Chessmaster: The Serpent has at least three plans going on at once and is only really thwarted by The Power of Love. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_d62dd556 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_d62dd556 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_d62dd556 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_d842e380 | type |
Love Redeems | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_d842e380 | comment |
Love Redeems: Although it's only shown through flashbacks, it's made clear that Zap was the original mastermind behind the "crown" plan, which he only stopped when his dreams introduced him to his future love. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_d842e380 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_d842e380 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_d842e380 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_dc579c91 | type |
Contrived Coincidence | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_dc579c91 | comment |
Contrived Coincidence: Just a Excelsior crew are preparing to launch, and Zap is preparing to stow away (under fire from GEF), Excelsior decides she's found a new captain and won't move till he's on board. Of course, Zap being a psychic and her creator, this is less contrived than it seems. In any case, he literally trips and falls into the cargo hatch - just in time to escape. The guy who got Zap chased by GEF? That's Jason, who was trying to get them off his back. Zap just happens to meet an old friend on a random marketplace on a random space station... It's really blatantly obvious that it's the Serpent, who's been looking for him. Gunner's even wearing the same cloak he wears as the Serpent, only with the hood down. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_dc579c91 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_dc579c91 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_dc579c91 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_dcd423d2 | type |
Affectionate Nickname | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_dcd423d2 | comment |
Affectionate Nickname: Kasey likes to call Robot "Sparky". | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_dcd423d2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_dcd423d2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_dcd423d2 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e26f04b4 | type |
Last of His Kind | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e26f04b4 | comment |
Last of His Kind: The Elementaros are the last of their species. Zap, Efrem, and Gunner are also the last three members of their species. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e26f04b4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e26f04b4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e26f04b4 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e2ccee25 | type |
Animal Motifs | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e2ccee25 | comment |
Animal Motifs: Gunner's associated with snakes and Zap with falcons. They're represented by those animals in psychic dreams and sometimes explicitly called their names. They have their respective motifs tattooed on their upper arms (which is how Gunner convinces Zap they know each other in the first place). | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e2ccee25 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e2ccee25 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e2ccee25 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e43c66bd | type |
Art Evolution | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e43c66bd | comment |
Art Evolution: Both Pascalle's art and Chris's writing noticeably improve over the years - from odd angles and somewhat awkward exposition to a polished comic that has more to it than snarky humor. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e43c66bd | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e43c66bd | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e43c66bd | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e44a1a70 | type |
Bounty Hunter | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e44a1a70 | comment |
Bounty Hunter: The four Elementaros are initially brought in by the Galactic Earth Federation as bounty hunters to pursue Zap and company. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e44a1a70 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e44a1a70 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e44a1a70 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e4900915 | type |
Ridiculously Human Robots | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e4900915 | comment |
Ridiculously Human Robots: Robot is rude, snarky, contrarian, cowardly, pessimistic, apparently has a love life with A.I.s and is introduced being "woken up" - holding a teddy bear. He is missing an important personality chip, though. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e4900915 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e4900915 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e4900915 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e5448c9 | type |
Pimped-Out Dress | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e5448c9 | comment |
Pimped-Out Dress: Demonica provides our heroes with some slinky clothes when inviting them for fancy dinner. Reona's dress, in addition to being rather more revealing than her usual clothes, is black with star-like sparkles and makes her look absolutely stunning. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e5448c9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e5448c9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e5448c9 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e61d9a3c | type |
Clothing Damage | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e61d9a3c | comment |
Clothing Damage: Zap, Reona, and Grontar ruin their nice clothes in the amusement park battle. But Reona's nice sheer hose survive the fight without even a run. Gunner's cloak gets dramatically torn, as well. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e61d9a3c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e61d9a3c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e61d9a3c | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e624f0e8 | type |
Suspiciously Specific Denial | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e624f0e8 | comment |
Suspiciously Specific Denial: As Billings announces the founding of Universal Psychic Academy and a recruitment drive for it... | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e624f0e8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e624f0e8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e624f0e8 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e6eafde0 | type |
Battle Aura | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e6eafde0 | comment |
Battle Aura: Psychics, when seriously irked, emanate an aura in their colour. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e6eafde0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e6eafde0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e6eafde0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e8123047 | type |
Borrowed Biometric Bypass | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e8123047 | comment |
Borrowed Biometric Bypass: Naveed uses a guard's severed hand to retrieve her sword. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e8123047 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e8123047 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e8123047 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e99f2959 | type |
Webcomic Time | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e99f2959 | comment |
Webcomic Time: A few years of comics following a few months of plot. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e99f2959 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e99f2959 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_e99f2959 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_ece6f910 | type |
Moment Killer | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_ece6f910 | comment |
Moment Killer: Robot rather deliberately ruins the very first moment Reona has with Zap by yelling at them. Zap later returns the favour by walking in on Robot interfacing with Excelsior. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_ece6f910 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_ece6f910 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_ece6f910 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_ee4535b9 | type |
"Kick Me" Prank | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_ee4535b9 | comment |
"Kick Me" Prank: Zap sticks an "unplug me" note to Robot's back once. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_ee4535b9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_ee4535b9 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_ee4535b9 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_f7bbd5b0 | type |
I Will Find You | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_f7bbd5b0 | comment |
I Will Find You: Reona won't believe Efrem is dead, despite all odds. She will contradict the Resistance orders if she has a chance to find a clue about where he is. Later on, after learning of Efrem's betrayal, she acts the same about finding Zap. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_f7bbd5b0 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_f7bbd5b0 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_f7bbd5b0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_f96f188c | type |
Drives Like Crazy | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_f96f188c | comment |
Drives Like Crazy: Zap's initial piloting skills, or lack thereof, combined with the general Idiot Hero demeanor result in this. And a crash. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_f96f188c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_f96f188c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_f96f188c | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_f9bc2937 | type |
Laser Sight | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_f9bc2937 | comment |
Laser Sight: For some reason, the Bounty Hunter uses one here. In a setting where most guns are lasers. In a place he would realistically use lethal weaponry first and ask questions later. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_f9bc2937 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_f9bc2937 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_f9bc2937 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_f9f2c33 | type |
Running Gag | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_f9f2c33 | comment |
Running Gag: Reona's snoring being compared to a freight-hover train. Zap's fear and loathing of space squid. The alien who goes "Oh, poop. Not again." Every time he appears. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_f9f2c33 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_f9f2c33 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_f9f2c33 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_fc4a7224 | type |
Trash Landing | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_fc4a7224 | comment |
Trash Landing: Zap's introduction consists of him falling into a dumpster, scrambling out, commenting to himself that wasn't a very good idea and "they" are still on his tail and legging it as the dumpster is blown up by his pursuers. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_fc4a7224 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_fc4a7224 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) | hasFeature |
Zap! (Webcomic) / int_fc4a7224 | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_fcf6bca9 | type |
Robosexual | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_fcf6bca9 | comment |
Robosexual: Aside from Stickles who treat robots like teen idols, there's Billings fooling around with robotic secretaries. | |
| Zap! (Webcomic) / int_fcf6bca9 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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