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[[File:cyan_happiness_134.gif|frame|[[Black Comedy|"...or one of us will mock the other for having AIDS?!"]]<ref>GAARRFIEELLDD!!!!!!!</ref>]]
 
''[[Cyanide & Happiness]]'' is a daily webcomic strip at [http://www.explosm.net/ explosm.net] It was begun by Kris Wilson originally, but after showing his work to some members on the sticksuicide.com forum several others joined in the fun: Matt Melvin, Rob DenBleyker and Dave McElfatrick. They have no shame in exploiting extreme [[Black Comedy]], [[Literal-Minded]]-ness and affinities for the most hilariously controversially awkward situations known to webcomickind. Their comics involve the exploitation of simply-drawn [[Stick Figure Comic|stick figuresdolls]] for all they're worth.
 
''Cyanide & Happiness'' is a daily webcomic strip at [http://www.explosm.net/ explosm.net] It was begun by Kris Wilson originally, but after showing his work to some members on the sticksuicide.com forum several others joined in the fun: Matt Melvin, Rob DenBleyker and Dave McElfatrick. They have no shame in exploiting extreme [[Black Comedy]], [[Literal-Minded]]-ness and affinities for the most hilariously controversially awkward situations known to webcomickind. Their comics involve the exploitation of simply-drawn [[Stick Figure Comic|stick figures]] for all they're worth.
 
Dark, cynical, offensive, irreverent... and we're just getting started.
 
Oh, and they also have a sketch comedy show, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuaNuBp09Gk here].
 
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* [[Accidental Athlete]]: The "[https://web.archive.org/web/20131029120051/http://www.explosm.net/comics/1785/ Waiting for a bus]" short. This being ''Cyanide & Happiness'', the trope is [[Deconstructed]].
* [[Actually Pretty Funny]]: [http://www.explosm.net/comics/2247/ "For the sake of that joke, I'm kinda glad it happened now."]
* [[A Date with Rosie Palms]]: [http://explosm.net/comics/675/ This comic], while not featuring the act itself, takes it to ''extremely'' awkward levels.
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** [http://www.explosm.net/comics/235/ Sword arms] aren't as great as you might think.
* [[Body Horror]]: [http://www.explosm.net/comics/693/ I'm giving birth to piranhas!]
* [[Bowled Over]]: In [http://explosm.net/comics/4659/ #4659], after nearly a week of bowling ball themed strips, a man rolls into a ball and spin-dashes into several people dressed as bowling pins.
* [[Box-and-Stick Trap]]: Kris depicts catching a rabbit with a propped-up top hat and a carrot as a rite of passage for magicians in [http://explosm.net/comics/1274 #1274].
* [[Box-and-Stick Trap]]:
* [[Box-and-Stick Trap]]:* Kris depicts catching a rabbit with a propped-up top hat and a carrot as a rite of passage for magicians in [http://explosm.net/comics/1274 #1274].
** Inverted in [http://explosm.net/comics/2696 #2696] by Rob. A box-and-stick trap is set over a slice of pie on a plate. "Hey! Free box!" and then he slips on the pie and impales himself.
** In [http://explosm.net/comics/4450/ #4450] by Rob, a worm serves as bait to catch an "early bird" to cook and eat.
* [[Brick Joke]]: A lot, but their short [http://www.explosm.net/comics/1785/ Waiting for the Bus] is <s> probably</s> ''their best example.''
* [[Bungled Suicide]]: [http://www.explosm.net/comics/2450/ Because he was too tall.]
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* [[Continuity Nod]]: The guys in [http://www.explosm.net/comics/2573/ this comic] are the same as the ones who found Jesus [http://www.explosm.net/comics/2540/ here].
* [[Crapsack World]]
* [[Credits Gag]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20131020154926/http://www.explosm.net/comics/1972/ Waiting for the Bus 2] has as much credits as animation.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Inverted...or something in [http://www.explosm.net/comics/1387/ this strip].
* [[Cut and Paste Comic]]: [http://www.explosm.net/comics/511/ Starting on this strip,] there was a brief streak of comics done in this style. The humor was also a weird blend of surrealistic antics and [[So Unfunny It's Funny|so-unfunny-they-are-funny jokes]] during that period.
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* [[Defiant to the End]]: Couple with [[Do Wrong Right]].
{{quote|[http://www.explosm.net/comics/848/ You guys did a poor job nailing me up here. I know. I'm a carpenter.]}}
* [[Delivery Stork]]:
** [http://www.explosm.net/comics/1035/ #1035] shows an egg hatching into a "freak" (i.e. a human), and the mommy and daddy stork decide to "[[Door Step Baby|leave it on someone's doorstep]]."
** [http://www.explosm.net/comics/1742/ #1742] implies that storks feed at least some babies to their chicks. A comment speculates that this might be what happens to miscarriages.
** [http://explosm.net/comics/2139 #2139] has a stork in a lab coat as an obstetrician.
** [http://explosm.net/comics/2499 #2499] has a man and a woman deciding to order "delivery". After they reject Chinese and Mexican, the stork brings an African baby.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20160527233953/http://explosm.net/comics/2867/ #2867] by Matt has a woman giving birth to a live stork. "Push! Push!" and then it flies off.
** And vultures carry off aborted fetuses in [http://explosm.net/comics/2886 #2886] by Dave.
* [[Disney Creatures of the Farce]]: [http://www.explosm.net/comics/620/ On this strip].
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: What [http://www.explosm.net/comics/2755/ this kid] does when he doesn't get his ice cream.
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** Need more proof? [http://www.explosm.net/comics/1956/ Of course you do.]
* [[Grotesque Cute]]: The stick figures drawn by Kris and Dave are somewhat adorable. Sadly, [[Dead Baby Comedy|the cuteness probably won't stay.]]
* [[Handicapped Badass]]: Suzy dominates the obstacle course from her wheelchair in the short "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3thQUC_tLY Gym Class]".
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[Awesome Series|Egoraptor]] appears in quite a few shorts.
* [[Historical In-Joke]]: Apparently, [[wikipedia:The scream|Edvard Munch]] used [http://www.explosm.net/comics/840/ a live model as reference] for "The Scream".
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* [[It Came From the Fridge]]: [http://www.explosm.net/comics/716/ "Oh! There it is".]
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: People are already pointing out that [http://www.explosm.net/comics/2030/ this] is the longest C&H comic ever.
* [[The Internet Is for Porn]]: In [http://explosm.net/comics/2819 #2819] by Rob, Green asks about the history of the Internet and Yellow rattles off a list of porn fetishes.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jwccqhc8_5o&feature=player_embedded Literally.]
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: [http://www.explosm.net/comics/2195/ Did someone say ''hat off?'']
* [[Late to the Punchline]]: [http://explosm.net/comics/1791/ Hey, wait a minute!]
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Commonly assumed by comment section regulars, based on the early recurring character Purple Shirted Eye Stabber. Later averted in [https://web.archive.org/web/20160514141157/http://explosm.net/comics/2562 #2562] by Matt and [http://explosm.net/comics/3726 #3726 by Rob], where a character is choosing which color shirt to wear.
* [[Literal-Minded]]: Where plenty of the gags come from.
** One particularly notable example of this was the [http://www.explosm.net/comics/1137/ 'Facebook'] strip.
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* [[N-Word Privileges]]: Played with [http://www.explosm.net/comics/652/ on this strip.]
* [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome]]: [http://www.explosm.net/comics/1306/ It sure would be nice to know how those guys got chopped in half and decapitated.]
* [[One-Wheeled Wonder]]: [http://explosm.net/comics/2638/ Boybot], an android who scares off one woman and dates the other.
* [[Onion Tears]]: [http://www.explosm.net/comics/2235/ Subverted or something].
* [[Or Are You Just Happy to See Me?]]: [[Double Subverted]] [http://explosm.net/comics/1911/ here].
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** A direct and simple, yet hilarious, meta-example appears [http://www.explosm.net/comics/665/ on this strip].
* [[Take That Us]]: [http://www.explosm.net/comics/1056/ You call this art?!]
* [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics]]: [http://explosm.net/comics/1231/ #1231] makes male baldness a plot point where a mom with twin daughters shaves one's head to help tell them apart, and others assume the shaved daughter is a boy.
* [[Throwing Off the Disability]]: Parodied. [http://www.explosm.net/comics/1834/ Inspiring comic day!]
* [[Title Drop]]: [http://www.explosm.net/comics/121 Here: 04.15.2005]
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