Code Name: Hunter

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In a parallel world with Furries but no humans, an age old barrier in London designed to prevent magic entering the world had been broken by German bombing in WWII and a secret British Government Agency develops around it to police the magic and maintain the Masquerade. Focuses on two agents, Hunter and Gypsy. Also in dead-tree format.

Code Name: Hunter - Cover of Issue 9

"Diplomacy is hard. Mixing diplomacy with magic is harder." —The Tagline

The Royal Center for Special Investigations has the difficult task of protecting Britain from loose magic. There's only one problem: England doesn't have any powerful, trained mages.

As of 2021, Code Name: Hunter is in reruns; you can read it here. Rated PG-13 for mild violence, language, adult themes and trigger happy redheads.

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Tropes used in Code Name: Hunter include:

• Action Girl: Ruby, AKA Agent Gypsy.
• Art Evolution: Extremely subtle, but the changes are there.
  • Mostly related to the late-2008 change in how the pages are drawn and colored.
• Badass Longcoat: Averted by this ^{[dead link]} reporter.
• Character Development: Slow, but, it's there.
• The Chick: Sissy Simmons, to the point that she drags Gypsy off, kicking and screaming, on a shopping expedition.
• Cute Bruiser: Agent Gypsy again.
  • In the no-longer cannom flashback arcs, she has sent 2 of her superiors to the hospital. One of them has been permanently relegated to desk work due to injuries she caused.
• The Fair Folk: The Fey are characterised as being rather dangerous to mere mortals. Making use of a Fey gate is generally viewed as suicidal.
• Full Name Ultimatum: Hunter to Gypsy:

Hunter: "Rubella Jane Pyrennes!" Gypsy: "Oh! I know you did not just use me full name."

• Functional Magic: It disrupts most complex modern tech.
• Furry Webcomic: The main character is a mouse, his assistant is a hound.
• Government Agency of Fiction: Royal Center for Special Investigations.
• He-Man Woman Hater: Reruns of the original comics suggest that Hunter was a severe gynophobe - to the point where his unwillingness to work with female agents almost cost him his job. Now he's merely severely shy around any non-Gypsy female. (This has since been redacted for the current story. The original run is no longer consider canon.)
  • In a recent storyline, we have a succubus asking Ruby if Max is gay. She says she's found his stash of lad's mags and reassures her that he's just shy.
• Horny Devils: The above mentioned Mercy Macenzie's idea of Mr. Right is every man alive, as well as a few females.
• Humble Pie: Looks like Gadel got one in the face (last panel ^{[dead link]}).
• Les Yay: Lady Gadel, her girlfriend Winnifred, Agent Doodle AKA Loretta Evans.
• The Magic Comes Back: Magic in England was sealed centuries ago by a king paranoid of a mage rebellion, the seal was broken when a bomb was dropped on it during WWII.
  • According to Ruby's mother most of the rest of the world was never sealed, including America.
• Magic Versus Science: Magic tends to disrupt electrical devices, in the prologue it somehow even caused a revolver to jam. However it's mentioned that American technology is more resilient to magic.
• Masquerade: RCSI Travel is a front for the Agency.
• Medieval Stasis: And Astoria (Or more accurately - the ruling class of Astoria) likes it that way.
• Mysterious Past: We are only slowly learning bits and pieces about the pasts of some agents.
• No Periods, Period: Inverted Gypsy is seen suffering from "PMS" just before the Fey treaty signing.
• Open Mouth, Insert Foot: Gypsy inserts both feet knee deep upon arriving at the commander's office.
• Our Werewolves Are Different: Only hounds are susceptible to lycanthropy, during full moons they become ravenous beasts capable of infecting hundreds in one night. Ruby's uncle Ishmael was lucky to get away with just a damaged eye, as all infected agents are "put down".
• Royal We: During her pre-treaty night speech to RSCI Moraine switches from saying "I" to we in order to emphasize how important formality is this night.
• Scenery Censor: How do you think they maintained a PG-13 rating through The Streak ^{[dead link]}?
• Shout-Out: Several notable instances.
  • British cartoon Danger Mouse.
  • Two separate Shouts to Amber Williams' Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures.
  • One Shout to Scudder Kiddwell's White Pony from the Cross Time Cafe. The same reference points indirectly toward Freefall's Florence Ambrose.
  • A shout to Yzma's original Evil Plan from The Emperors New Groove.
• Something That Begins With Boring: After their boat sinks ^{[dead link]}, Ruby tries to play this game with Max while swimming to shore.
• Tyke Bomb: Prince Matthew Mousira.
  • In Queen Moraine's own words: "My grandson is a magical time bomb. No. Everything is not fine."
• Wizarding School: The Astorian Mage Academy.
• Wizards Live Longer: In Astoria mages live up to 200 years, while the peasantry have a life expectancy of 30. Most likely because they're stuck in the middle ages.
• World of Funny Animals