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* [[Aliens Speaking English]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]]; Brian asks them how they're speaking English, and they answer, "What is this 'English' Do not try to confuse us with your Earthian words!"
* [[Aliens Speaking English]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]]; Brian asks them how they're speaking English, and they answer, "What is this 'English' Do not try to confuse us with your Earthian words!"
* [[Attack of the Fifty Foot Whatever]]: When the Chairman doesn't get his [[Applied Phlebotinum|life-preserving medicine]] (because O'Halloran had the latest shipment altered to create the [[Zombie Apocalypse]]), he goes giant. Luckily, one of the zombies bites him, and it cures him.
* [[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever]]: When the Chairman doesn't get his [[Applied Phlebotinum|life-preserving medicine]] (because O'Halloran had the latest shipment altered to create the [[Zombie Apocalypse]]), he goes giant. Luckily, one of the zombies bites him, and it cures him.
* [[Ax Crazy]]: [[Meaningful Name|Craze]], Peoni, Tia, Yuki?
* [[Ax Crazy]]: [[Meaningful Name|Craze]], Peoni, Tia, Yuki?
** [http://www.building12.net/issue2/page18.htm Klaus]?
** [http://www.building12.net/issue2/page18.htm Klaus]?
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* [[Bifauxnen]]: Alex, for complicated reasons.
* [[Bifauxnen]]: Alex, for complicated reasons.
* [[Bishonen]]: Kitch (Tia's father)
* [[Bishonen]]: Kitch (Tia's father)
* [[Blob Monster]]: [[Spell My Name With an "S"|Slauf/Slough]]
* [[Blob Monster]]: [[Spell My Name with an "S"|Slauf/Slough]]
* [[Capulet Counterpart]]: Peoni, Tia
* [[Capulet Counterpart]]: Peoni, Tia
* [[Casanova]]: Jack
* [[Casanova]]: Jack
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* [[Expy]]: Okay, not really, because ''Building 12'' came ''first'', but Alex and [[Misfile|Ash]] are extremely similar. The former is a girl who [[Bifauxnen|dresses as a guy]], and tries to hold back her feelings in order to keep up [[The Masquerade]] (at which point Joe suggests that they could be gay); the latter a [[Gender Bender|former guy]] with issues about carrying on a relationship with "another" girl (okay, ''she'' doesn?'t have a problem with it, but still), and they look a lot alike.
* [[Expy]]: Okay, not really, because ''Building 12'' came ''first'', but Alex and [[Misfile|Ash]] are extremely similar. The former is a girl who [[Bifauxnen|dresses as a guy]], and tries to hold back her feelings in order to keep up [[The Masquerade]] (at which point Joe suggests that they could be gay); the latter a [[Gender Bender|former guy]] with issues about carrying on a relationship with "another" girl (okay, ''she'' doesn?'t have a problem with it, but still), and they look a lot alike.
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: The Chairman; Joe's parents.
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: The Chairman; Joe's parents.
* [[Fan Service]]: At the end of each issue is a "fanservice page", which is [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|exactly that]].
* [[Fan Service]]: At the end of each issue is a "fanservice page", which is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|exactly that]].
* [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]]: Demons, aliens, mad scientists, zombies, and military nuts--and those are just the villains. On the heroic side, we have ''another'' military nut, ''another'' mad scientist, a witch, and a girl who can punch through walls.
* [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]]: Demons, aliens, mad scientists, zombies, and military nuts--and those are just the villains. On the heroic side, we have ''another'' military nut, ''another'' mad scientist, a witch, and a girl who can punch through walls.
* [[Foe Yay]]: Jack and Peoni get this a lot, and then there was Peoni's mistaken assumption that Yuki was a lesbian.
* [[Foe Yay]]: Jack and Peoni get this a lot, and then there was Peoni's mistaken assumption that Yuki was a lesbian.
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* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Sarah
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Sarah
* [[Naive Newcomer]]: Joe, at the beginning of the comic
* [[Naive Newcomer]]: Joe, at the beginning of the comic
* [[Naked On Arrival]]: Tia
* [[Naked on Arrival]]: Tia
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Craze
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Craze
* [[Neural Implanting]]: Peoni [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|steals memories]] from one of Jack's one-night stands and implants the memories of the night into her own mind. Which backfires spectacularly when the girl turns out to be into [[Noodle Incident|some sort of]] nasty [[Fetish]].
* [[Neural Implanting]]: Peoni [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|steals memories]] from one of Jack's one-night stands and implants the memories of the night into her own mind. Which backfires spectacularly when the girl turns out to be into [[Noodle Incident|some sort of]] nasty [[Fetish]].
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* [[Panty Shot]]: Sarah gives one to Craze (which we can't actually see), and Tia gives one in [http://www.building12.net/issue4/fanservice.htm fanservice page 4].
* [[Panty Shot]]: Sarah gives one to Craze (which we can't actually see), and Tia gives one in [http://www.building12.net/issue4/fanservice.htm fanservice page 4].
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Even before [[The Reveal]], Joe had his suspicions that Alex was a girl, and after the reveal, Hazelton doesn't even bother drawing her flat enough to fool anyone (though still far flatter than she actually is). Somehow, no one else figures it out.
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Even before [[The Reveal]], Joe had his suspicions that Alex was a girl, and after the reveal, Hazelton doesn't even bother drawing her flat enough to fool anyone (though still far flatter than she actually is). Somehow, no one else figures it out.
* [[Perky Female Minion]]: Slauf/Slough's gender is indeterminate, but it ''does'' play the part of "Mommy" to Tia on Parent's Day, and this troper figures that an animated version would be quite reminiscent of [[Invader Zim|GIR]], only not quite as high-pitched, probably sounding more like [[Star Wars the Clone Wars|a battle droid.]]
* [[Perky Female Minion]]: Slauf/Slough's gender is indeterminate, but it ''does'' play the part of "Mommy" to Tia on Parent's Day, and this troper figures that an animated version would be quite reminiscent of [[Invader Zim|GIR]], only not quite as high-pitched, probably sounding more like [[Star Wars: The Clone Wars|a battle droid.]]
* [[Perky Goth]]: Sarah doesn't even look like a typical [[Goth]] for the most part, but she ''does'' study witchcraft. So she?s part [[Perky Goth]], part [[Cute Witch]].
* [[Perky Goth]]: Sarah doesn't even look like a typical [[Goth]] for the most part, but she ''does'' study witchcraft. So she?s part [[Perky Goth]], part [[Cute Witch]].
* [[Punny Name]]: Klaus Der Phobia
* [[Punny Name]]: Klaus Der Phobia

Revision as of 20:44, 8 April 2014

Building 12 was an earlier webcomic by Misfile creator Chris Hazelton. It was an embellished webcomic about a group of misfits dealing with the Fantasy Kitchen Sink at their college. It ran for nine issues of about 25-30 comics each.

It can be found here.

Building 12 has examples of the following tropes:

  Sarah: Why is a zombie staring at my rack?

 Craze: Why are we running, Sarah? We've fought WAY worse than these pathetic tentacles today!

Sarah: Yeah, well I've seen too many anime to stick around when tentacles appear. If you had a second "X" chromosome, you'd be running too.

  • The Gunslinger: Craze, who's absolutely nuts about guns.
  • I Can Explain: Craze, after Tia shows up when his sister comes to visit. This doesn't help:

 Craze?s Sister: I hope this girl's at least eighteen years old or mom and dad will have a fit.

Tia: Eighteen years old? No way! I'm not NEARLY THAT old yet!

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