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'''''Bar'd''''' is a [[Sprite Comic]] by Dregan (with support by Exerkol), which focuses on the staff of the [[Local Hangout|Leafy]] [[Good Guy Bar|Bar]] (Vasiel "Vas" Loup, the [[Our Centaurs Are Different|centaurian]] bouncer; the bartenders Sheila (anthro sheep) and Leonardo "Leo" Connelly (human), the Beast of Anko (aka Boa), former Freak-Off Champion turned drinks tester, Caek, the spokes-dog-girl who has issues with her native [[Interactive Comic]] [[Medium Awareness|format]], and Dejero, the landlord and owner of the bar who left it in the care of Shelia when he left to get his soul back together), along with its various eccentric patrons.

 

 

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* [[Allergic to Evil]]: The main reason Chris couldn't possess Maximillion back in [[Wham! Episode|#200]]. Apparently, {{spoiler|Max has an "aura" of death and horror and other outright unpleasant stuff, and it creeps Chris out}}.

* [[Author Catchphrase]]: "How to:..."

* [[Badass Biker]]: {{spoiler|[http://barred.smackjeeves.com/comics/1243063/roby-2-0/ Shelia],}} surprisingly enough.

* [[Badass Long Hair]]: Real Life Dregan and Evil-Villian-Only-Appeared-At-The-Start-Of-The-Comic-Sean

* [[Bar Brawl]]: Frequently.

** There are no walls in the black void! [[Madness Mantra|THERE ARE NO WALLS IN THE BLACK VOID!]]

* [[Bottle Fairy]]: Rupph.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Tsurugi. [[Angst? What Angst?|Not even her troubled past]] can break her silly demeanor.

* [[Coolest Club Ever]]

* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Maximillion. He thinks ''love can be bought!''

* [[Crapsack World]]: Not shown, but a [[Sprite Wars|crossover]] with two opposing commanders can't be good.

* [[Expy]]: Caek is this to [[Deadpool]], albeit with a little [[Tsundere]] thrown into the mix.

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Maximillion towards humans. Vas is a subversion in that he eventually accepts humans to be perfectly normal where he's staying.

* [[Fridge Logic]]: Vas never wears clothes, but [[Groin Attack|Standard Bouncer Waking Procedures]] indicate he's not an example of [[Nonhumans Lack Attributes]]. Which would mean he's just . . . hanging out there.

* [[Fun with Acronyms]]: '''''P'''assion '''O'''f '''T'''ears' '''I'''ndividual '''O'''pen-wound '''N'''ullifier''.

* [[Furry Confusion]]: All animals are stated to have both anthropomorphic and non-anthropomorphic varieties . . . which is why humans confuse Vas, as he's never seen a [[Oxymoronic Being|non-anthropomorphic human]].

* [[Gender Bender]]: Many times, mostly when [[Gratuitous French|Cintreuse de Genre]] is involved.

* [[Good Guy Bar]]. True to the heroic virtue of tolerance, bad guys also visit it regularly.

* [[Guest Strip|Guest Strips]]

* [[Hammerspace]]: [[Lampshaded]]

{{quote|'''Chris''' ''(when Vas throws a washing machine from out of nowhere at him)'': Wh... where did you get a washing machine...?}}

* [[Healing Potion|Healing]] [[Captain Obvious|P.O.T.I.O.N]]

* [[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"]]: Caek's name is apparently pronounced "kay-ek", but Vas keeps calling her "cake".

* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: Ze, upon finding out that Shelia was actually in love with Vas.

* [[Living Statue]]: Devon, kind of, except he's a scarecrow with a vegetable for a head.

* [[Local Hangout]]: The Leafy Bar, though this comic focuses mainly on the staff.

* [[Medium Awareness]]: Caek. Particularly that time when she punched out a speech bubble.

* [[Mix-and-Match Critters]]: Dejero.

* [[The Mole]]: {{spoiler|[http://barred.smackjeeves.com/comics/1076377/how-to-equate-aliveness-under-division-of-five-new-years-day-2011/ Godmodern Commander], one of the Outcast Mercenaries}}.

* [[Mood Whiplash]]: While Shelia and Vas are {{spoiler|fretting about their relationship going sour, Caek is exulting about getting married to Roger}}!

* [[Official Couple]]: {{spoiler|Caek and Roger}}. Also counts as a [[Beta Couple]] to Vas and Shelia.

* [[Opening Narration]]: The very first page of the comic.

* [[Our Centaurs Are Different]]: Vas started out as a perfectly normal anthro but underwent massive changes (mostly his brother's fault) that made him the way he is now.

* [[Our Souls Are Different]]: Dejero's soul being broken into pieces and having to spend eternity in limbo if he doesn't recover them.

* [[Out-of-Clothes Experience]]: Most likely Chris, but s/he could have been naked when he fell down the escalator, but even Dregan's not that cruel, right?

* [[Punny Name]]: Caek Aisecreme.

* [[The Rival]]: Blane desperately tries to invoke this trope on as many people as he can possibly find.

* [[Running Gag]]: Vas being woken up every morning with a [[Groin Attack|foot to the nads]], courtesy of Shelia (or whoever else is available), though it's been [[Playing with a Trope|played with]].

{{quote|'''Shelia:''' Vaaas, what have I told you about saving the world?

'''Vas:''' ''(sigh)'' "I am not to save the world or otherwise prevent its destruction during work hours."

'''Shelia:''' Good boy. }}

* [[Show Within a Show]]: Panda TV when seen inside the bar and Caek's advertisements.

** [[Attractive Bent Gender|Does it ever concern you that our eye candy for the men is also our eye-candy for the women?]]

* [[Tempting Fate]]: Happens every once in a while, usually with Vas as the culprit.

** [[World of Badass|Town of Badass]], which is why nobody wants it.

* [[Tsundere]]: Shelia, by her own admission.

* [[Walking the Earth]]: What Dejero was doing in his absence, so as to retrieve [[Our Souls Are Different|the broken pieces of his soul]] to avoid being stuck in limbo upon death.

* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: Half of the cast, I swear.

** [[Watsonian]]: Dejero explains that the bar has a very inconvenient location, and isn't as friendly-looking to boot.

** [[Doylist]]: The bar background (taken from [[Mega Man ZX]] Advent) has become so generic that Dregan decided to get a friend to make a new background that just screams "Leafy Bar" <ref>And finish the outside himself when said friend disappeared from the internet</ref>.

* [[Wham! Episode]]: #200. And ''how''.