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{{quote|''Sweet Christmas, it's stupid fresh!''}}

 

 

Alex Williams was a 22-year-old college dropout, working at [[Burger Fool|the local sub shop]] and spending way too much time playing emulated video games (hence his grades, and hence the "dropout" part). As he puts it, "trapped by my own fear and apathy, and doomed to become another mindless drone."

 

 

Before long, things get complicated, and ''fast''. Interdimensional kidnappings, incarnations of Alex's five chief vices (Arrogance, Hatred, Cynicism, Hypocrisy, and Apathy) trying to save him from a [[Fate Worse Than Death]] (by killing him, of course), a "Great Change" that occurred years before, a mysterious zombie, nested flashbacks, and repeated hints that one of the most important people involved in the goings-on may, in fact, be Alex's old baby-sitter.

* [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?]]: Alex letting it slip that {{spoiler|he blew up the Royal Gate, endangering everyone in Nexus.}}

* [[Dramedy]]: The webcomic uses drama and comedy very effectively.

* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]?: Alex can be the poster boy of this trope.

** [[Final Fantasy IV|Milon]] is the Elemental Arch-Fiend of Earth, yet he's treated as a joke not only by the heroes, but by the other Elemental Arch-Fiends.

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: RPG sprites aren't well liked in Nexus, to the point where their natural behaviors are considered [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|a psychological disorder]]. This is also because RPG Sprites have the ability to grow and develop, whereas most other sprites remain static.

* [[Fence Painting]]: Alex uses this technique on Palom to [http://www.captainsnes.com/2002/06/20/148-in-paloms-defense-hes-like-11-years-old/ get him to wash his pants and jacket] after Palom vomits all over them.

* [[Fisher King]]: whatever impressions the Gamemaster held of Videoland's citizens before entering it seem to become true.

** Not only this, but it's based on ''his'' videogames. Meaning, for instance, that if he got a whole bunch of items, the protagonists still have them. Cue "Alex has no life" joke.

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: The N-Forcers [http://www.captainsnes.com/2011/07/20/699-protomans-the-rest-of-the-story/ go through one] after Mother Brain {{spoiler|kills Duke}}, as they try to comprehend just what happened.

* [[Heroic Mime]]: Anyone who was one in their games, parodied as "Silent Protagonist Syndrome".

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|How Roll fixes the gate. Later, [http://www.captainsnes.com/2012/03/28/767-hax-to-the-max/ how Celes foils Kefka's plans].}}

* [[Hopeless Boss Fight]]: {{spoiler|Kain VS Schrödinger The Cat. Schrödinger possesses not only [[Mega Man (video game)|Mets Hat]] which prevents all damage, but also the [[Final Fantasy VI|Black Belt]] which allows it to counter attack for 1 damage. Despite Kain being at Lv99, theres virtually nothing he can do, and he's being slowly being taken down via [[Death of a Thousand Cuts]]. Kain can't even run away, as Schrödinger is considered a Boss character.}}

* [[Mind Probe]]: Eggplant Wizard attempts one on {{spoiler|[http://www.captainsnes.com/2002/11/26/235-eggplant-wizards-almost-brilliant-plan-2/ Samus Aran.]}} Subverted hillariously due to a tiny kink in Eggplant Wizard's plans, as instead, {{spoiler|Samus broke Eggplant Wizard, ''by merely silently staring at him'':}}

{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Alex:''' When trying to extract information using mental effects, make sure you have the stronger will.}}}}

** {{spoiler|Golbez}} does one to Eggplant Wizard in [http://www.captainsnes.com/2011/06/29/687-one-good-question/ #687]. Note that Eggplant Wizard was in the middle of his own [[Mind Probe]] on {{spoiler|Golbez}}.

* [[Mind Screw]]: These [http://www.captainsnes.com/2006/02/07/517-the-legendary-swear-down-on-sailor-street/ two] [http://www.captainsnes.com/2006/02/09/518-totally-unexpected-twist/ comics]. You are seriously advised to take [[Bellisario's Maxim|the Captain's advice in the last panel of the second one]].

* [[Not Actually the Ultimate Question]]: [http://www.captainsnes.com/2011/03/16/648-occupational-choices-in-the-great-beyond/ "What are you doing here?"]

* [[Nothing Can Stop Us Now]]: Parodied mercilessly

* [[Not-So-Harmless Villain]]: Originally just an annoying goof, Eggplant Wizard has developed some nasty abilities since the original show. He's still an annoying goof.

** During the ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' arc, Kefka doesn't pose much of a threat at first... until he {{spoiler|tells a little girl her mother doesn't love her}}.

** [http://www.captainsnes.com/2011/12/21/750-heartless-victory/ You need a heart to use it in the first place.]

** Not even [[Heroic Resolve]] works

* [[Psychic Static]]: Subverted, and combined with [[Cassandra Truth]]. Daos, Sinistral of Terror, tries to read Alex's mind to find out what his worst fear is. When all Daos can find is "[[Berzerk|a giant pink smiley face that blinked in and out of existence]]", Daos concludes that it's some kind of mental shield, refusing to believe that Alex's worst fear would be something that ridiculous. (See also [[Cassandra Truth]], above.)

* [[Puff of Logic]]: Alex tries and fails to [[Invoked Trope|invoke]] this against Hatred.

* [[RPG Mechanics Verse]]: At least two so far

** In [http://www.captainsnes.com/2003/05/20/337-the-repentence-of-lucca/ #337] Lucca provides Crono one of her inventions, the Reality Stabilization Belt, which allows the user to carry over their world's gameplay mechanics to another game world. In the world of Final Fantasy IV, this gave him the ability to fight on the overworld. To the people of that game world, Crono's actions are the equivilent of a [[Cutscene Power to the Max|cutscene]], as normal combat takes place in another dimension as a random encounter screen. This makes Crono a killing god, as very few people in that world are capable of defending themselves on the overworld.

** Only ninja can defeat ninja (an explicit superpower is the power of "badness" which, among other things, allows one to defeat ninja without being a ninja).

* [[Sarcastic Confession]]: [http://www.captainsnes.com/2005/05/28/485-the-best-lie-is-the-truth/ Alex] and [http://www.captainsnes.com/2008/09/16/569-the-best-lie/ Bass] both do this. "The best lie is the truth", indeed...

* [[Sdrawkcab Name]]: Done so subtly that you won't even notice. {{spoiler|"Drab" is "Bard" spelled backwards.}}

* [[Sealed Inside a Person Shaped Can]]: [[Final Fantasy IV|Fusoya]] sealed Golbez's anger deep inside Golbez's mind. {{spoiler|Then Eggplant Wizard entered Golbez's mind and unleashed it out of stupidity.}}

* [[Shout-Out]]: "Christ, don't tell me I got the ''[[Bob and George]]'' version of Mega Man." He didn't.

** There's also entire "Captain SNES vs [[8-Bit Theater|16 Bit Theatre]]" storyline.

** [http://www.captainsnes.com/2012/04/16/771-backstoried/ *sigh*] [[RPG World|Times are tough.]]

* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: Prior to the Great Change, Videoland was very idealistic, where [[The Power of Friendship]] will always triumph over evil. Post-Great Change, Videoland have become much more cynical, the previous idealism disappearing. A great example of this is Mega Man, with his blue and green halves of his personalities representing cynicism and idealism.

* [[Somewhere a Palaeontologist Is Crying]]: Lampshaded in-universe.

{{quote|'''Alex''': [http://www.captainsnes.com/2004/04/29/449-legend-of-the-dreamstone-one-of-two/ 65 million years passed and-]

* [[Winds of Destiny Change]]: Alanis Morisette can manipulate events to make them more "[[Isn't It Ironic?|ironic]]"

* [[World of Cardboard Speech]]: [http://www.captainsnes.com/2011/03/14/647-playing-with-fire/ "When there is no hope...there's nothing to lose by trying."]

* [[Yaoi Fangirl]]: Relm in the [[Omake]] episodes.

** Actually, she started out as a Shonen-ai fangirl and thought of the sexual content of Yaoi as "icky". She suffered a BSOD after Alex [[Be Careful What You Wish For|went along with her idea]] to write a shonen-ai, but cast Strago (her adoptive grandfather!) as one of the main characters. Ironically, she was a full Yaoi fangirl in her next cameo.