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You can find it on [[Keenspot]] [http://plusev.keenspot.com here.]
You can find it on [[Keenspot]] [http://plusev.keenspot.com here.]
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=== Contains examples of the following tropes: ===


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* [[Anti Poop Socking]]: Averted (yes), [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060927.html here].
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* [[Beginners Luck]]: Seems to be the explanation for the successes of, if not Scarlett, then at least for Harold and Clancy.
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* [[Anti-Poopsocking]]: Averted (yes), [https://web.archive.org/web/20130130143643/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060927.html here].
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* [[Catch Phrase]]: Violet's "I think I want a divorce" qualifies to the point she lampshades it [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20090913.html when Corbin calls her a "dink" in a text message.]
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* [[Beginner's Luck]]: Seems to be the explanation for the successes of, if not Scarlett, then at least for Harold and Clancy.
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* [[Cam Whore]]: OK, so Violet presents her bikini photos in her blog. [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070516.html See here.]
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* [[Catch Phrase]]: Violet's "I think I want a divorce" qualifies to the point she lampshades it [https://web.archive.org/web/20130401075414/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20090913.html when Corbin calls her a "dink" in a text message.]
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* [[Cam Whore]]: OK, so Violet presents her bikini photos in her blog. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130401080220/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070516.html See here.]
* [[Child Prodigy]]: Scarlett, who's following in her father's footsteps.
* [[Child Prodigy]]: Scarlett, who's following in her father's footsteps.
* [[Dystopian Edict]]: [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070423.html But why are people punished by hanging just for *mentioning* poker??]
* [[Dystopian Edict]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130130144845/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070423.html But why are people punished by hanging just for *mentioning* poker??]
* [[Everythings Better With Llamas]]: [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20071019.html here.]
* [[Everything's Better with Llamas]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130401080504/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20071019.html here.]
* [[Everythings Better With Princesses]]: Princess Amazia.
* [[Everything's Better with Princesses]]: Princess Amazia.
* [[Cute Kitten]]: [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061101.html Dolly]
* [[Cute Kitten]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130130144306/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061101.html Dolly]
* [[Fan Disservice]]: [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20080319.html here]. With Harold, of course.
* [[Fan Disservice]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130401081225/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20080319.html here]. With Harold, of course.
* [[Fan Service]]: Sometimes, [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060908.html here with Violet.]
* [[Fan Service]]: Sometimes, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130130143313/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060908.html here with Violet.]
* [[Fat Idiot]]: Harold. Oh God, Harold.
* [[Fat Idiot]]: Harold. Oh God, Harold.
* [[The Fool]]: Harold and Clancy.
* [[The Fool]]: Harold and Clancy.
* [[Funny Foreigner]]: The Finn-lander Konsta.
* [[Funny Foreigner]]: The Finn-lander Konsta.
* [[GIRL]]: [[Genre Savvy|Corbin knows this trope.]] [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070723.html See here.]
* [[GIRL]]: [[Genre Savvy|Corbin knows this trope.]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130401074948/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070723.html See here.]
* [[The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry]]: [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070806.html How it begins...]
* [[The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130401075004/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070806.html How it begins...]
* [[Godwins Law]]: Kind of. [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20080408.html See here.]
* [[Godwin's Law]]: Kind of. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130401075243/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20080408.html See here.]
* [[Goofy Print Underwear]]: [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060918.html here.]
* [[Goofy Print Underwear]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130130144655/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060918.html here.]
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Scarlett declares that poker and [[Show Within a Show|Princess Amazia]] are her two favorite things, and she couldn't do without either. Then Amazia [[An Aesop|comes out against]] gambling.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Scarlett declares that poker and [[Show Within a Show|Princess Amazia]] are her two favorite things, and she couldn't do without either. Then Amazia [[An Aesop|comes out against]] gambling.
* [[House Rules]]: [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070928.html Be careful to play against Konsta with his own deck.]
* [[House Rules]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130401075102/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070928.html Be careful to play against Konsta with his own deck.]
* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061023.html Fortunately, just a dream.]
* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130130144417/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061023.html Fortunately, just a dream.]
* [[Jerkass]]: Corbin, [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20090125.html occasionally.]
* [[Jerkass]]: Corbin, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130401075333/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20090125.html occasionally.]
* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070413.html here.]
* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130130143754/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070413.html here.]
* [[Kevin Smith]]: Has a kind of cameo [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061204.html here].
* [[Kevin Smith]]: Has a kind of cameo [https://web.archive.org/web/20130130144347/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061204.html here].
* [[Konami Code]]: Referenced [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20080111.html here].
* [[Konami Code]]: Referenced [https://web.archive.org/web/20130401075228/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20080111.html here].
* [[Las Vegas]]: Of course.
* [[Las Vegas]]: Of course.
* [[Mouth Flaps]]: A peculiar aversion despite this being an animation trope: The characters' mouths are usually closed when they speak in this comic's particular style.
* [[Mouth Flaps]]: A peculiar aversion despite this being an animation trope: The characters' mouths are usually closed when they speak in this comic's particular style.
* [[Mushroom Samba]]: [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061215.html So, Harold owes the Goombas hundred dimes, and they'll kill him if he can't pay?]
* [[Mushroom Samba]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130130143407/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061215.html So, Harold owes the Goombas hundred dimes, and they'll kill him if he can't pay?]
** [[This Is Reality|"Um, Harold, those are fictional characters in a video game."]]
** [[This Is Reality|"Um, Harold, those are fictional characters in a video game."]]
* [[Oktoberfest]]: [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060920.html here.]
* [[Oktoberfest]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130130144537/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060920.html here.]
* [[Perpetual Poverty]]: Harold and Clancy win millions in poker, but shit it all away.
* [[Perpetual Poverty]]: Harold and Clancy win millions in poker, but shit it all away.
* [[Pink Girl Blue Boy]]/[[Princesses Prefer Pink]]: [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061127.html Scarlett's computer.]
* [[Pink Girl, Blue Boy]]/[[Princesses Prefer Pink]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130130143410/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061127.html Scarlett's computer.]
* [[Primal Scene]]: Seems to have happened off-strip, since Scarlett knows about the game that only mommies and daddies can play. [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060818.html See here.]
* [[Primal Scene]]: Seems to have happened off-strip, since Scarlett knows about the game that only mommies and daddies can play. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130130143338/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060818.html See here.]
* [[Professional Gambler]]: Corbin, and several members of the supporting cast.
* [[Professional Gambler]]: Corbin, and several members of the supporting cast.
* [[Rick Roll]]: Done in [[Real Life]] [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20090803.html here]. Yes, there is such a thing as a real life rickroll.
* [[Rickroll]]: Done in [[Real Life]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130401081349/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20090803.html here]. Yes, there is such a thing as a real life rickroll.
* [[Scary Black Man]]: Clancy knows about this trope, [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070824.html but doesn't really understand it.]
* [[Scary Black Man]]: Clancy knows about this trope, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130401054313/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070824.html but doesn't really understand it.]
* [[Shout Out]]: To ''[[American Idol]]'' [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070202.html here], ''[[Heroes (TV)|Heroes]]'' [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070423.html here], ''[[A Boy and His Blob]]'' [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20080125.html here]
* [[Shout-Out]]: To ''[[American Idol]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20130130144327/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070202.html here], ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20130130144845/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070423.html here], ''[[A Boy and His Blob]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20130401081208/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20080125.html here]
* [[Snap Back]]: Harold wins a lot of money and loses it again, loses weight and gains it again... and so on.
* [[Snap Back]]: Harold wins a lot of money and loses it again, loses weight and gains it again... and so on.
* [[Soap Opera]]: Violet is a fan of ''[[One Life to Live]]''.
* [[Soap Opera]]: Violet is a fan of ''[[One Life to Live]]''.
* [[Speed Sex]]: [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060918.html Corbin can do it twice in five minutes!]
* [[Speed Sex]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130130144655/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060918.html Corbin can do it twice in five minutes!]
* [[The Stoner]]: Harold and Clancy, [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070706.html apparently].
* [[The Stoner]]: Harold and Clancy, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130401074932/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070706.html apparently].
* [[Stylistic Suck]]: Corbin's comic.
* [[Stylistic Suck]]: Corbin's comic.
* [[Take That]]: [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20080715.html Is Gold Coast really that shitty? No idea.]
* [[Take That]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130401081250/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20080715.html Is Gold Coast really that shitty? No idea.]
* [[Theme Naming]]: Corbin's wife's name is Violet. Her first daughter is Scarlett, which is a shade of red. [[Captain Obvious|And violet is a mixture of red and blue.]] So it was logical to give their second daughter a name that's a shade of blue, and thus she was named... Ultramarine!
* [[Theme Naming]]: Corbin's wife's name is Violet. Her first daughter is Scarlett, which is a shade of red. [[Captain Obvious|And violet is a mixture of red and blue.]] So it was logical to give their second daughter a name that's a shade of blue, and thus she was named... Ultramarine!
* [[Third Person Person]]: Konsta.
* [[Third Person Person]]: Konsta.
* [[Title Drop]]: [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060908.html Here.]
* [[Title Drop]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130130143313/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060908.html Here.]
* [[Toilet Humor]]: Especially if Harold is involved. [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070903.html See here.]
* [[Toilet Humor]]: Especially if Harold is involved. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130401080426/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070903.html See here.]
* [[Wacky Cravings]]: [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070504.html here.]
* [[Wacky Cravings]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130402150703/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070504.html here.]
* [[The War On Terror]]: [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061027.html See how Phil Ivey helps to win it!]
* [[The War on Terror]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130130143506/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061027.html See how Phil Ivey helps to win it!]
* [[Show Within a Show|Webcomic within a webcomic]]: [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070319.html "The Degenerate."]
* [[Show Within a Show|Webcomic within a webcomic]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130130143745/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070319.html "The Degenerate."]
* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: Many [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Incredibly Lame Puns]], usually poker-related. [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070305.html Big Blind], [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20081009.html Pocket Pear]...
* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: Many [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Incredibly Lame Puns]], usually poker-related. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130130145216/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070305.html Big Blind], [https://web.archive.org/web/20130401075323/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20081009.html Pocket Pear]...
* [[Writers Cannot Do Math]]: [http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060906.html Play poker too long, and you'll forget how to count to twenty. Even if you were a mathematician before.]
* [[Writers Cannot Do Math]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20121021191901/http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060906.html Play poker too long, and you'll forget how to count to twenty. Even if you were a mathematician before.]


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Latest revision as of 15:02, 13 September 2018

"A Poker Comic with Positive Expected Value." (Hint: +EV is the common abbreviation for "positive expected value".) About professional online poker player Corbin, his family, his poker buddies and several prominent poker players.

You can find it on Keenspot here.

Tropes used in +EV include:
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