Material Girl



...is a Web Comic hosted on Deviant ART. Material Girl follows the story of Noah, a teenager forced to live as a Wholesome Crossdresser after brushing off the local beggar girl. Failing to spare some coin, Noah finds himself a slave to Karma when his sister's wardrobe (somehow) acquires life and, in her absence, decide he'll make an acceptable replacement.

Unnatural forces aside, the comic stays mostly slice-of-life comedy with a bit of drama and some messages to give to the readers.

You can start reading it here.

""While I could explain it all, give my take on the situation and why it's taking place this way, and how this is still fulfilling my initial goal to 'Do something different,' I won't. I don't intend to insult the intelligence of my audience by hand-feeding reasons and deprive them of any personal discovery or vested interest.""
 * And I Must Scream: A minor version of this -- one of the animated clothing's favorite tricks is to simply gag him with an animated ribbon and them drag him where they want him to go.
 * Big Damn Heroes:
 * Broken Aesop: Remember, your sexuality is a choice! Someone else just has to choose it for you and then condition you into following said sexuality. A retcon to Noah's past tried to fix this, but it still seems to contradict the overall message of the comic and turn very veeeery freaky.
 * The creater did address these concerns, sort of.


 * Brother Chuck: Scotty and Chet disappear after a seemingly unresolved fight.
 * Cassandra Truth: Telling the truth just won't help Noah's case. He becomes aware of that later.
 * Cerebus Syndrome: The comic starts out as a joke a day panel each time, and then becomes much darker until
 * Disproportionate Retribution: So he ignores a gypsy beggar and ends up having his entire life shattered and put back together in response? Harsh.
 * It depends on how much you read into the comic. With the symbolism, it could be that the gypsy was completely unrelated to a later nervous breakdown, or her harsh words caused it.
 * Dropped a Bridget On Him: That's how it starts.
 * Gender Bender: A variant. Noah's doesn't change gender per se, but is forced into being a Wholesome Crossdresser by magically animated clothing. Unless you buy into the theory that it's all in his head and he's having a breakdown due to repressed gender issues, that is.
 * Gypsy Curse: In this case the Gypsy is a cute young-ish girl instead of an old crone, but it still fits.
 * Hello, Nurse!: Just look at the goddamn picture in the article!!
 * Heroic Sacrifice:
 * Homage: To Alice in Wonderland.
 * Also, a comparison with the Beauty and The Beast.
 * I Didn't Mean To Turn You On: Noah certainly didn't mean this with, but had to pay the consequences.
 * He also kind of does it here
 * If It's You It's Okay:
 * It Got Worse:
 * Laser-Guided Karma
 * My God, What Have I Done?: Ribbon's response to seeing  Also  's apparent offscreen reaction to
 * Overprotective Dad: That collects medieval torture devices.
 * No Name Given: 'Mars', with no name given in the comic proper, the fans just followed the artist's lead and named him from his shirt.
 * Stupid Sexy Flanders
 * Suddenly Sexuality: Despite originally being freaked out about dating a boy and showing no tendencies to transvestism, homosexuality or transgenderism, by the end of the series,
 * Take a Third Option: Which was possibly Noah's Crowning Moment of Awesome.
 * There Are No Therapists: Averted - As the Cerebus Syndrome kicks in and Noah's new quirk goes from funny to disturbing, the "have you called a therapist" joke between Noah's parents becomes "we're locking you in the back of the car and making you go to one".
 * Unresolved Sexual Tension:
 * What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic: Mars' shirt.
 * Where Are They Now? Epilogue
 * Wholesome Crossdresser