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Defining the characters well and the sort of genre it's parodying is highly important for establishing the humor for the audience, as well as establishing the importance and absurdness of the plot. |
Defining the characters well and the sort of genre it's parodying is highly important for establishing the humor for the audience, as well as establishing the importance and absurdness of the plot. |
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Compare with [[Character-Magnetic Team]], [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]], and [[Hitchhiker Heroes]]. |
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* [[MS Paint Adventures]]' comics [[Problem Sleuth (Webcomic)|Problem Sleuth]] and [[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]] lean on this genre quite a bit. They play with the tics of gaming, and have intricate epic plots that reach literary levels of complexity, although the comedic PS is more humor and gaming based. They tend to break their verses' mechanics quite a lot, such as destroying healthbars or shattering name-windows. |
* [[MS Paint Adventures]]' comics [[Problem Sleuth (Webcomic)|Problem Sleuth]] and [[Homestuck (Webcomic)|Homestuck]] lean on this genre quite a bit. They play with the tics of gaming, and have intricate epic plots that reach literary levels of complexity, although the comedic PS is more humor and gaming based. They tend to break their verses' mechanics quite a lot, such as destroying healthbars or shattering name-windows. |
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** An in-universe subversion exists, with the gaming of Sgrub. The trolls all have violent, dysfunctional, conflicting personalities and should never have been able to complete their session except through plot. (Although one of the characters disagrees with this.) But through the forceful insistence of [[Jerkass Woobie|Karkat Vantas]], they manage to come together and beat the game. Almost. |
** An in-universe subversion exists, with the gaming of Sgrub. The trolls all have violent, dysfunctional, conflicting personalities and should never have been able to complete their session except through plot. (Although one of the characters disagrees with this.) But through the forceful insistence of [[Jerkass Woobie|Karkat Vantas]], they manage to come together and beat the game. Almost. |
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* ''[[Darths and Droids]]'' is a partial example. Like the ''Spaceballs'' example above, it reimagines the Star Wars movies, but as though their respective plots were made up on the spot in a role-playing game (though some of the stories are completely different). Consequently, there's a TON of lampshading, [[Shout |
* ''[[Darths and Droids]]'' is a partial example. Like the ''Spaceballs'' example above, it reimagines the Star Wars movies, but as though their respective plots were made up on the spot in a role-playing game (though some of the stories are completely different). Consequently, there's a TON of lampshading, [[Shout-Out|shout-outs]], and generally commenting how certain events make absolutely no sense. |
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== Web Original == |
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== Real Life == |
== Real Life == |
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* A rather interesting meta example might be the community of [[Image Boards|4chan]] and all they've accomplished. The board is full of trolls, vigilantes, and all sorts of divided, diverse people. Despite this, when they work together (or at least find common ground), they can accomplish quite a lot. This includes but isn't limited to, [ |
* A rather interesting meta example might be the community of [[Image Boards|4chan]] and all they've accomplished. The board is full of trolls, vigilantes, and all sorts of divided, diverse people. Despite this, when they work together (or at least find common ground), they can accomplish quite a lot. This includes but isn't limited to, [[wikipedia:Project Chanology|fighting Scientology]], [[wikipedia:WikiLeaks|combating censorship]], making political statements, [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|starting up unexpected fandoms]], and bringing down their fury on anyone who opposes them. Not to mention they are a major source of memes and humor, as well as unbelievable controversy. |
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** Part of the humor comes in them putting out their own egocentric image, having people believe that image, and then acting according to people's perceptions of them, therefore creating a sort of fictional anonymous internet persona they can adore to. And then scrutinizing and exploiting that persona for their own amusement. |
** Part of the humor comes in them putting out their own egocentric image, having people believe that image, and then acting according to people's perceptions of them, therefore creating a sort of fictional anonymous internet persona they can adore to. And then scrutinizing and exploiting that persona for their own amusement. |
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