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On the night before her first day of junior high, Alex O'Connor has a dream in which a mysterious entity hands her a wand and proclaims that she will save the world from evil. Alex wakes up the very next morning with the rod in her hand and not a clue of what to do with it. By the time the day is over, she's killed her first monster and gained a talking cat as a mentor. Welcome to magical girl duty, Alex.

''Angel Moxie'' is a black and white [[Yonkoma]] Webcomic [[Affectionate Parody]] of [[Magical Girl]]s by Dan Hess, creator of ''Rebus'', ''[[Realms Of Ishikaze]]'', and ''[[Weesh]]''. It mixes a sharp sense of humor with a fairly cut and dried magical girl plotline. What results is an overall charming teenage superhero romp that hits some surprising emotional depths along the way.

''Angel Moxie'' is a black and white [[Yonkoma]] Webcomic [[Affectionate Parody]] of [[Magical Girl|Magical Girls]] by Dan Hess, creator of ''Rebus'', ''[[Realms Of Ishikaze]]'', and ''[[Weesh]]''. It mixes a sharp sense of humor with a fairly cut and dried magical girl plotline. What results is an overall charming teenage superhero romp that hits some surprising emotional depths along the way.

The series ran from 2002 to 2006. Upon completion of the storyline, the series began rerunning with a new strip from the archives, though no new material has been written since.

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* [[Alliterative Name]]: Riley Rosenbaum

* [[Animesque]]: The series mixes obvious Japanese references with American culture. And then there's the art.

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: "There's plenty to save the world from--zealots, corruption, bigotry, disease, [[~~sitcom~~]]s..."

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: "There's plenty to save the world from--zealots, corruption, bigotry, disease, [[Sitcom|sitcoms]]..."

* [[Art Evolution]]: As the series progressed, the looser, scribbley art became much more refined, though it still kept its fairly simple art style. The format also started as very tiny panels in a horizontal format as the artist originally planned to stream the comic on cell phones. As this technology was too costly at the time of the comic's run, the author changed the format and slowly reverted the older comics to follow the Yonkoma format with larger art.

* [[Author Appeal]]: An in-universe example, wherein {{spoiler|Ms. Konk's creator, who is male, refuses Alex's and Riley's request that he build a really hot guy robot rather than a really hot girl robot.}}

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* [[Exposed to the Elements]]: [http://www.venisproductions.com/angelmoxie/archives/2/6/266.html "Isn't there a winter costume or something?!"]

* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: Grant Kyokasho. {{spoiler|He opens them only once after he's absorbed an insane amount of magical power, which he proceeds to use to blow up one of Shugari's monsters to save the girls.}}

* [[Faceless Eye]]s: In the beginning, {{spoiler|before Tristan breaks all of the barriers to release her power}}, Vashi appears as just a glowing, floating pair of eyes.

* [[Faceless Eye|Faceless Eyes]]: In the beginning, {{spoiler|before Tristan breaks all of the barriers to release her power}}, Vashi appears as just a glowing, floating pair of eyes.

* [[Foreshadowing]]: {{spoiler|When the second seal is broken, non-magical entities are effected by time slowing down. Though Miya doesn't know why Riley also isn't slowing down, it hints that she has powers of her own.}}

* [[Freudian Trio]]

** Alex, ''the Magician''~~—Superego~~

** Alex, ''the Magician'' -- Superego

** Riley, ''the Scholar''~~—Ego~~

** Riley, ''the Scholar'' -- Ego

** Tristan, ''the Warrior''~~—Id~~

** Tristan, ''the Warrior'' -- Id

* [[Gender Blender Name]]: Alex, Riley and Tristan.

* [[Genki Girl]]: Shugari.

* [[Genre Savvy]]: The source of ''many'' [[Lampshade Hanging]]s.

* [[Genre Savvy]]: The source of ''many'' [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshade Hangings]].

* [[Graceful Loser]]: {{spoiler|Tsutsumu}} becomes the epitome of this when {{spoiler|he leaves a [[Video Wills|Video Will]] that not only congratulates them on their victory and tells them that he, as their [[Evil Mentor]], is proud over their skills, but also leaves them his business: a multi-billion dollar worldwide company}}.

* [[Hair-Raising Hare]]: [http://www.venisproductions.com/angelmoxie/archives/2/3/238.html "This is my servant, Cottontail. Cute, furry,......and evil."]

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* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Alex's parents are mentioned but never seen, we see Riley's father but not her mother, and Tristan's mother but not her stepfather.

* [[Parental Obliviousness]]: Riley's father has this to a severe degree, to the point that the girls can [http://www.venisproductions.com/angelmoxie/archives/4/0/407.html openly discuss a battle plan in front of him and he assumes they are discussing a surprise party].

* [[Pink Means Feminine]]~~—Alex~~'s costume.

* [[Pink Means Feminine]] -- Alex's costume.

* [[Power Gives You Wings]]~~—Alex~~'s magical girl form.

* [[Power Gives You Wings]] -- Alex's magical girl form.

* [[Punny Name]]: Shugari has a rather [[Tastes Like Diabetes|sugary]] personality.

* [[Purple Is Powerful]]: Tristan's outfit.