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''[http://www.undefined.net/1/0/ 1/0]'' starts, appropriately enough, with darkness. [[Tailsteak]], the ever present and all powerful narrator and author thinks for a moment and says "Let there be light" and from there on goes about creating his universe. He starts by stealing bit characters from other [[Web Comics]], talking to them, creating other characters from them and begging them to do something interesting.
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In less prosaic terms, 1/0 is a [[Web Comic]] that was started to get the author a girlfriend, when he began to explore the possibilities of a series that firmly established there was [[No Fourth Wall]] for one of the most poignant examples of [[Meta Fiction]] yet.
Not to be confused with [[Divide
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[[Tailsteak]] is still around now that 1/0 is complete -- he's [http://tailsteak.com/index.php working on new projects on a new site]. He also recently started a new continually updating comic: ''[[
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* [[Author Tract]]: Lampshaded very aggressively in the debate between Ghanny, Mock, and Marcus. Petitus pointed out that it was very much an [[Author Tract]] coming from a Christian writer.
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: Mock's horizonite claws.
* [[Back
** Those who did disappear for good {{spoiler|are physically resurrected shortly before the world ends.}}
* [[Balancing Death's Books]]: Between {{spoiler|Terra and Max}}.
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* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: [http://www.undefined.net/1/0/?strip=938&nocache=true "Spark punch! Clap shocker! Thunder fists!"]
** Don't forget the "ELECTRIC BODY SLAM!"
* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: The comic starts as pointless doodles. Philosophy grows naturally out of the tomfoolery once there are enough viewpoints to fuel conversations, which may give a charming low-key atmosphere, but is tough on new readers.
* [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe]]: Everyone's adventures in Portland, if they have any, after the end of the comic are left by Tailsteak to the audience's interpretation.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The greasy stuff from the grass didn't exactly turn out to be a plot point, but it was used {{spoiler|to blow bubbles shortly before the world ended}}.
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* [[Dissimile]]: "Yeah... Sort of like being friends. Only it's completely different, and with more suffering."
* [[Face Palm]]: [http://www.undefined.net/1/0/?strip=977 Zadok has a realization.]
* [[Fantastic Aesop]]: Thanks to the [[Back
* [[Flat Earth Atheist]]: Marcus, when he gains a [[Fourth Wall]], and for while also Mock and Terra.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: [http://www.undefined.net/1/0/?strip=563 This,] then [http://www.undefined.net/1/0/?strip=782 this] happens. {{spoiler|For those who are lazy, Junior threatens to kill Mock, then later follows through with it.}}
* [[Genre Savvy]]: The characters converse with the author about the rules of their universe and the author's plans for them, and try to use this knowledge to stop him from killing them off. Petitus is particularly good at that last part.
* [[Golem]]: Zadok, Petitus, Mock, {{spoiler|Teddy Weddy}}.
* [[A Good Name for
* [[He Who Must Not Be Seen|It Which Must Not Be Seen]]: The jar.
* [[I Know Your True Name]]: Golems are brought to life by a character saying their true name out loud. After Zadok realises that {{spoiler|"Teddy Weddy" is a nickname, he uses "Theodore" to resurrect him as a golem.}}
* [[In a World]]: Zadok does a Don LaFontaine impersonation in strip #818, complete with underlined text.
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* [[Killed Off for Real]]: Barnacle Jones and Max. {{spoiler|At least until the laws of the universe start breaking down at the end.}}
* [[Let Us Never Speak of This Again]]: Strip 339.
* [[Literal
* [[Medium Awareness]]
* [[Meta Fiction]]
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* [[No Fourth Wall]]: Taken to an art form. In fact, it's in many ways the main point of the strip.
** "This strip doesn't have a fourth wall, baby!" (Strip 16)
* [[Only Known
* [[Papa Wolf]]: [http://www.undefined.net/1/0/?strip=213 Max].
* [[Post Modernism]]: And. ^$%#$%&. How.
* [[Perfectly Cromulent Word]]: Marcus is prone to using them.
* [[Put
* [[Rage Against the Author]]: The reason Junior exists.
* [[Running Gag]]: [[Visual Pun|Liter]][[Incredibly Lame Pun|ally]].
* [[Science Fantasy]]
* [[Science Marches On]]: [http://www.undefined.net/1/0/?strip=285 Terra the earthworm needed to surface during the rain] in the comic, but contrary to previous scientific belief, [https://web.archive.org/web/20131030150146/http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=why-earthworms-surface-after-rain earthworms wouldn't actually drown by staying underground during rainstorms.]
* [[Seppuku]]: {{spoiler|Junior}}.
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: Marcus.
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* [[Show Within a Show]]: "Max's World", a strip drawn by Max to show Marcus what a comic strip is. Though it doesn't last very long, as the 1/0 characters gets jealous of the main character's girlfriend and drop an anvil on him in the next panel.
** Parodied in [http://www.rogermwilcox.com/maxs_world.html The Max's World Archive].
* [[
* [[Smooch of Victory]]
* [[Speech Bubbles]]
* [[Spit Take]]
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** {{spoiler|1=Although, in his defense, [http://www.undefined.net/1/0/?strip=470 said plot twist is foreshadowed well in advance].}}
* [[Symbol Swearing]]: Marcus is the only character who can actually understand the swears.
* [[
* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: "Jar Breeze".
* [[Visual Pun]]
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