Automoderated users, Autopatrolled users, Bureaucrats, Comment administrators, Confirmed users, Moderators, Rollbackers, Administrators
213,561
edits
All Over the House: Difference between revisions
no edit summary
m (Dai-Guard moved page All Over the House (Webcomic) to All Over the House over redirect: Remove TVT Namespaces from title) |
No edit summary |
||
| (7 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown) | |||
Line 8:
* Emily Moll Dee Westwood: A former journalist who managed to get elected to Parliament on the basis that she was running against a complete moron. Despite being something of a [[Mad Scientist]], she is the comic's [[Straight Man]] and spends much of her time despairing at the state of humanity.
* Tesrin Eloise [[Embarrassing Middle Name|Rhododendron]] Stepford-Brown: A (surprisingly) successful barrister who practices demonology on the side. An [[
* James Rohan Jameson: A systems administrator who lost his job in the recession and now works as a blogger and tech consultant. Tends to be the butt of any technology jokes going and [http://www.alloverthehouse.net/2010/07/07/bad-advice/ relies far too much on advice from the Internet] for his own good.
* Gary Seville: Long-suffering artist who desperately wants his computer to just work. Mainly gets used for art jokes and as a foil for James' technology jokes.
Line 26:
** Examples include [http://www.alloverthehouse.net/2009/07/14/classical-education/ graffiti daubed on a wall in ancient Rome], saying {{spoiler|"Caecilius was here"}}.
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Tesrin is a barrister who summons demons.
* [[The Cameo]] - Emily and Tesrin [http://www.nobmouse.net/2009/05/15/revenge-of-the-nasties-epilogue/ appeared] in ''[[The Life of Nob T. Mouse]]'' during its ''Revenge of the Nasties'' storyline.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: {{spoiler|The soldering iron and capacitor from the time travel story form a major part in the later ''All over the mouse'' crossover story.}}
* [[Crazy Prepared]]: Tesrin in [http://www.alloverthehouse.net/?p=92 this strip]:
{{quote|
* [[Crossover]]: Emily and Tesrin ended up in [[The Life of Nob T. Mouse|Blobland]] thanks to a misused spellbook during ''[http://www.alloverthehouse.net/?p=200 Homeward bound]''. The story in which this happened acted as a lead in to [http://www.alloverthehouse.net/?p=222 a crossover story]{{Dead link}}.
* [[Crisis Crossover]] - The ''All over the mouse'' storyline and its lead-in stories almost certainly qualify here.
* [[Defictionalization]]: 'The Blobland Band' books and radio show are mentioned in the ''All over the mouse'' story as being Tesrin's favourites as a child. [[Word of God]] says these are on their way (although the "radio show" will be in the form of audio CDs).
* [[Demonic Possession]]: [http://www.alloverthehouse.net/?p=43 this strip] in particular.
* [[Fictional Counterpart]]: ''[[The BBC|OnTV]] [http://www.alloverthehouse.net/?p=170 News 24]'',{{Dead link}} [[Thomas the Tank Engine|Larry
* [[Fictional Document]]: Tesrin loved ''The Blobland Gang'' books, film, TV and radio shows as a child. They are all apparently based on Hubert Schlongson's visits to [[The Life of Nob T. Mouse|Blobland]], making these an example of [[The Multiverse]], too.
* [[Funetik Aksent]]: Played for laughs in [http://www.alloverthehouse.net/?p=170 a news report about regional accents on street signs]{{Dead link}}, to enhance 'local identity'.
* [[Homage Shot]] - W.D. Cooper's famous ''The Boston Tea Party'' is [https://web.archive.org/web/20120320142429/http://www.alloverthehouse.net/2012/01/31/the-boston-tea-party/ recreated, with some differences], in an episode where Tesrin steals the tea from Boston harbour. The recreation even includes Cooper's ''signature'', which is absent from the original.
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]] - Tesrin's favourite brand of tea is "[[Mr. T|Mr Tea]]""
* [[Lethal Chef]] - Tesrin can't cook, but not for [http://www.alloverthehouse.net/?p=53 want] of [http://www.alloverthehouse.net/?p=66 trying].
* [[Mistaken for Gay]] Tesrin, in ''[http://www.alloverthehouse.net/?p=200 Homeward Bound]'', then both Emily and Tesrin in ''[http://www.alloverthehouse.net/?p=243 All over the mouse]'':{{Dead link}}
{{quote|
'''Tesrin''': "Hey, we've all got to pay our way through law school somehow." }}
** Emily again in [http://www.alloverthehouse.net/2011/10/17/tabloid-rumours/ newspaper reports] after she became an MP.
* [[The Multiverse]]: Tesrin read ''The Blobland Gang'' stories as a child. They are based on Hubert Schlongson's visits to Blob City, where ''[[The Life of Nob T. Mouse]]'' takes place.
* [[Must Have Caffeine]] - Tesrin requires a near-constant source of tea.
* [[Odd Couple]] - The source of much of the comedy in the strip is Emily and Tesrin living together.
* [[Odd-Shaped Panel]] - Skewed ellipses with part of a character popping out of them occur so often they are almost a signature effect in Robinson's long-form comics.
* [[Planet of Steves]] - [http://www.alloverthehouse.net/?p=77 The Army of Daves] is recruiting now.
* [[Politics Tropes|Politics]] - [http://www.alloverthehouse.net/?p=105 This strip]{{Dead link}}, and probably [http://www.alloverthehouse.net/?p=17 this one], too.
* [[The Professor]]: Emily builds weird devices in her spare time, including once making a [[Time Machine]] out of an old amplifier.
* [[Retroactive Preparation]]: [http://www.alloverthehouse.net/?p=141 This strip] discusses the necessity of remembering to come back and plant the items you needed.
* [[Running Gag]] - Tesrin often mistakes mundane things for zombies; like [http://www.alloverthehouse.net/?p=157 festival-goers], and [http://www.alloverthehouse.net/?p=72 the wind].
* [[Shout-Out]] - Oh, so many. Amongst them are:
** Tesrin wearing [[Penny Arcade|Gabe's]] t-shirt in [http://www.alloverthehouse.net/?p=100 this strip]{{Dead link}}.
** Tesrin often wearing a [[The Life of Nob T. Mouse|Nob Mouse]] t-shirt.
** Max Ernst's ''[[wikipedia:The Elephant Celebes|The Elephant Celebes]]'' appears in [http://www.alloverthehouse.net/?p=209 this strip]{{Dead link}}.
** [http://www.alloverthehouse.net/2011/01/12/cthulhu/ This] [[H.P. Lovecraft
** Tesrin has the [[Doctor Who|Seal of Rassilon]] on [http://www.alloverthehouse.net/2011/01/19/hell-is-waste/ her bedroom wall].
* [[Shown Their Work]] - The [http://www.alloverthehouse.net/?p=286 physics behind the time machine]{{Dead link}} in the ''All over the mouse'' story is based on real physics, albeit with a few modifications.
* [[Spit Take]] - Emily is [http://www.alloverthehouse.net/2011/05/18/nigerian-general/ not adverse to this], especially when given shocking and unexpected news.
* [[Stable Time Loop]] - [http://www.alloverthehouse.net/?p=152 This strip]{{Dead link}}, which is also a case of [[Help Your Self in
* [[Strip Buffer]]: The comics are produced at least one month in advance.
* [[Sweet Tooth]]: Tesrin is such a chocoholic she can hear a bar being unwrapped across thousands of miles.
* [[Throw the Book At Them]]: Implied in, and used as the title of, [http://www.alloverthehouse.net/?p=19 this discussion] of one of Tesrin's cases.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]] - Tesrin is a definite tomboy, while Emily is more of a girly girl.
* [[
{{quote|
'''Penny''': He did my stag party. ... It's a long story. }}
* [[Weird Science]] - Emily is a crazed inventor at times, and [http://www.alloverthehouse.net/?p=90 her] [http://www.alloverthehouse.net/?p=15 devices] almost always fit this bill.
Line 73:
{{reflist}}
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
[[Category:Horror Webcomics]]
[[Category:Gag Per Day Webcomics]]
[[Category:
[[Category:
[[Category:Web Comics of the 2010s]]
[[Category:Web Comics of the 2020s]]
| |||