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* [[Crosses the Line Twice]]: [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/11/13/episode-353-last-one-i-swear/ And doesn't even ''try'' to stop there].
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: King Steve is one of the most popular characters in the strip.
* [[Funny Moments (Sugar Wiki)|Funny Moments]]: Has its [[
* [[Genius Bonus]]: The LaGrange Terrace joke in [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2008/09/18/episode-1039-luxury-accommodations/ this strip]. {{spoiler|For those unfamiliar, [
* [[God Mode Sue]]: Sarda, though its [[Played for Laughs]], and [[They Plotted a Perfectly Good Waste|it works]].
* [[
* [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel]]: '''''[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/06/18/episode-044-what-the-hell-just-happened-in-survivor-8-bit-style-part-9/ DON'T LOOK AT ME!]'''''
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: The vampire from the game is replaced with an [[Emo Teen]] who says no one understands him. This was years before the ''[[Twilight (
** [[Older Than They Think]]: Vilbert's a stereotype of ''[[
* [[Jerkass Woobie]]:
** Black Mage, partly due to never being able to succeed at anything.
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* [[Memetic Mutation]]: '''''"I am the Black Mage! I casts the spells that makes the peoples fall down!"'''''
** "I like swords."
* [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Moment of Awesome]]: See the [[
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: Black Mage finally crosses this shortly after {{spoiler|he becomes evil incarnate in the Temple of Fiends.}}
** Before that there was his plan to either [[But Liquor Is Quicker|get White Mage drunk and then rape her]], or - if the thing he bought was a paint thinner rather than liquor (not that he cared) - [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2007/07/24/episode-874-silence-implies-consent/ make her drink it anyway and then rape her corpse]. [[Even Evil Has Standards|Thief and Red Mage treated this as his MEH in-universe]].
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'''Black Mage''': The way I see it, the body takes a while to cool. So, either way, I get what I want.
'''Red Mage''': That... may be the worst thing you've ever said. }}
** Red Mage's infamous chocobo experiments were his crossing of the MEH. Even ''Black Mage'' was horrified.
*** And when the living embodiment of evil is sickened by you, you know you have done something ''seriously'' wrong. [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2006/03/23/episode-676-supernatural-selection/ See for yourself.]
** King Steve [http://www.nuklearpower.com/2003/12/23/king-steve-theater-new-shoes/ in what may be the most disturbing clothing ever. ...EVER!]
* [[Older Than You Think]]: Many concepts which some believe originated in 8-Bit Theater are actually much older, and appeared because Brian Clevinger was part of Final Fantasy Fandom. For instance: the Black Mage being non-human (this came from Final Fantasy IX and there are clues to this effect as far back as Final Fantasy III), White Mage being a woman (this was a common perception among fans), and the grouping of four White Mages defeating Chaos (winning the game was this party is an old test of mettle for players).
* [[Squick]]: [[Interspecies Romance|Witch-dragon relationship]], "animal husbandry", most of the killings... you pick.
** One of Red Mage's plans involved him watching chocobos mate for a few hours; when asked by Black Mage why he had to watch, he replied: ''Oh, I never said I '''had''' to''.
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* [[Squishy Wizard]]: Black Mage, of course.
** Although, BM has shown surprising ability to take beatings for a supposed [[Squishy Wizard]]. Not to mention he is apparently strong enough to kill a bunch of sea monsters using only his dagger.
* [[Weird Al Effect]]: Some of the things that people believe to be true about ''[[
* [[The Woobie]]: White Mage.
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