Critical Miss (webcomic): Difference between revisions

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* [[Author Avatar]]: Seen in the [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/8543-Critical-Miss-Children-of-Steam-2 Children of Steam] arc. The blonde one is [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/profiles/view/Cory+Rydell Cory Rydell] (the artist) and the one with glasses is [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/profiles/view/Grey+Carter Grey Carter] (the writer). Erin remarks that "They seem a bit... [[Self-Deprecation|retarded]]."

* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/8348-Critical-Miss-Ask-and-Ye-Shall-Receive 3D Sonic games].

* [[Bread Eggs Breaded Eggs]]: According to the pie chart [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/8624-Critical-Miss-The-Numbers-Mason here], user-generated emblems in ''[[Call of Duty Black Ops (Video Game)|Call of Duty Black Ops]]'' are all skulls, dicks, or skulls with dicks on them.

* [[Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs]]: According to the pie chart [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/8624-Critical-Miss-The-Numbers-Mason here], user-generated emblems in ''[[Call of Duty Black Ops (Video Game)|Call of Duty Black Ops]]'' are all skulls, dicks, or skulls with dicks on them.

* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/9527-Consensus "This is going to look terrible on my TVTropes page".]

* [[Cat Fight]]: Between Mol and Erin (when Erin goes to destroy Elliot's [[Xbox 360]] - [[God of War (Video Game)|Kratos]] told her to) in their underwear. Elliot sits back and enjoys it for a while, until it goes too far and Erin throws the [[X Box]] at Mol's head.

* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: Lampshaded on the "Chapter 2" title page, which pokes fun at strip's recent developments (sex drama, mental illness, et cetera) with band posters for ''[[Take That|Miscarriage]] [[Ctrl Alt Del|Arc]]'', who are opening for ''Cerberus Syndrome''.

* [[Commie Nazis]]: How do you make the [[Killzone|Helghast]] even more [[Obviously Evil|evil-looking]]? By adding [[Josef Stalin|Stalin]] '''and''' [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]]. No, wait, Stalin and '''[[Up to Eleven|two]]''' Hitlers! [[But Wait! There's More!|No, wait]], Stalin, two Hitlers, and [[Red Eyes Take Warning|Flaming Eyes of Doom]] in a sea of [[Hellfire]]! [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/8708-Critical-Miss-Evil-Evidently That should look evil enough].

* [[Commie Nazis]]: How do you make the [[Killzone|Helghast]] even more [[Obviously Evil|evil-looking]]? By adding [[Josef Stalin|Stalin]] '''and''' [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]]. No, wait, Stalin and '''[[Up to Eleven|two]]''' Hitlers! [[But Wait! There's More!|No, wait]], Stalin, two Hitlers, and [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|Flaming Eyes of Doom]] in a sea of [[Hellfire]]! [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/8708-Critical-Miss-Evil-Evidently That should look evil enough].

* [[Crush Blush]]: [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/9626-The-Come-On Erin sports one here], though that might just be the alcohol.

* [[Cut and Paste Environments]]: [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/8730-Critical-Miss-Erin-Hawke-Explorer Erin] comes across this in ''[[Dragon Age]]''.

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** The last statistic in [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/8624-Critical-Miss-The-Numbers-Mason this strip].

* [[Serious Business]]: ''[[Farmville]]'' [[Ruined FOREVER|will destroy gaming]]! Casual gamers will rise up against "hardcore" gamers! [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/7874-Critical-Miss-21 No.]

* [[Shout Out]]: The little sentences under each comic is a shout out, usually (if not always) to a song lyric.

* [[Shout-Out]]: The little sentences under each comic is a shout out, usually (if not always) to a song lyric.

** "Cory Rydell and Grey Carter [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiY-SgAFUUY have got guns in their hands but the guns won't cock."]

* [[Speechbubbles Interruption]]: Erin [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/7560-Critical-Miss-1 gets distracted from her moping].

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** Erin decides to ignore her hallucination of [[The Legend of Zelda (Franchise)|Link]], so [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/8994-Critical-Miss-Stowaways-9 he brings out the big guns]:

{{quote| '''Erin:''' Oh, go [[Curse Cut Short|fu--]]<br />

'''Navi:''' [[Stop Helping Me|HEY!]] [[Most Annoying Sound|LISTEN!]] }}

'''Navi:''' [[Stop Helping Me!|HEY!]] [[Most Annoying Sound|LISTEN!]] }}

* [[Stop Helping Me]]: "You just got [[Mario]] sucked into a black hole, a gateway to the dark void between realities, where he will be tortured ''forever''. That is not helping. That is the '''''opposite of helping'''''."

* [[Stop Helping Me!]]: "You just got [[Mario]] sucked into a black hole, a gateway to the dark void between realities, where he will be tortured ''forever''. That is not helping. That is the '''''opposite of helping'''''."

* [[Story Arc]]: "[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/8518-Critical-Miss-Children-of-Steam-1 Children of] [[Valve Software|Steam]]", taking place in a post-apocalyptic-like scenario caused when Gabe Newell shuts down [[Steam]] because of all the fat jokes at his expense. Also, "[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/8640-Critical-Miss-God-Emperor-of-Steam-1 God Emperor of Steam]", its finale. After that is the "[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/8923-Critical-Miss-Stowaways-1 Stowaways]" arc, which segues into "[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/9566-Chapter-2 Chapter 2: Up, up, down, down]".

* [[Take That]]: Pretty much the entire point of the comic, as Erin is extremely critical. A few examples:

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* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: Invoked for [[Came Back Wrong|what happens]] when [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/8398-Critical-Miss-Genocyber application files are undeleted] in the [[Tron]] '[[Verse]].

* [[The Voiceless]]: Scary Penny.

* [[Wham Episode]]: The "Stowaways" storyline. Surprisingly sombre in comparison to the wackiness of previous strips, and resulted in a permanent change in the comic's dynamic.

* [[Wham! Episode]]: The "Stowaways" storyline. Surprisingly sombre in comparison to the wackiness of previous strips, and resulted in a permanent change in the comic's dynamic.

* [[You're Not My Father]]: [[Mortal Kombat|Kitana]] to [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/8836-Critical-Miss-Mortal-Kombat Shao Khan], after he tells her that he doesn't want her fighting in anything more than "[[Stripperiffic|two strips of leather]] [[Lampshade Hanging|held tenuously together by wishful thinking]]".

* [[Xtreme Kool Letterz]]: These [[Eldritch Abomination|upset]] Erin. "[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/comics/critical-miss/7665-Critical-Miss-7 It's just my English gland."]