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* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|Gunnerkrigg Court]]'': Antimony realizes that she's somehow acquired [[Living Shadow|a second shadow]]. She proceeds to calmly take the shadow aside and ask if he needs her help. Clearly she's [[Chronic Hero Syndrome|a helpful soul]], and not one to be [[Emotionless Girl|fazed]] by [[Weirdness Magnet|weirdness]].
* ''[[Sluggy Freelance (Webcomic)|Sluggy Freelance]]'': Bun-bun [http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=970901 calls Torg a "nerd-boy," beats him up, and threatens to neuter him with a spoon] during his second appearance in the series. Pretty much everything you need to know about Bun-Bun right there.
** Note for non-readers: Bun-bun is a rabbit. A [[Killer Rabbit]], but still a fluffy little bunny. Who's way scarier than anything the main characters have to fight.
** The whole story "The Bikini-Suicide Frisbee Match" serves to establish Zoë as the relatively normal person and [[Chew Toy]] of the group. It's almost an exaggeration of what she's going to be like, but her being a dump for the consequences of the weirdness in the world of the comic is a pretty much permanent thing, even though she learns to deal with it and stand up for herself.
* In [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0013.html an early installment] of ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|The Order of the Stick]]'', Belkar responds to being told of Roy's plans by stating that he was under the impression that they were simply there to "[[Sociopathic Hero|wander around, kill some sentient creatures because they have green skin and fangs and we don't, and then take their stuff.]]" This is the first indication we get that the Belkster isn't going to be your standard, jolly halfling.
** An even more telling moment (well, for those who know ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (Tabletop Game)|Dungeons and& Dragons]]'' well enough to pick up the implications) comes [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0011.html two strips earlier], when a goblin attempts to incapacitate Belkar with an Evil-aligned spell...and it ''doesn't affect him''.
** Xykon gets two in the [[Start of Darkness]] origin comic. The firs comes when a [[X-Men (Comic Book)|Professor Xavier]] expy visits him and wants to teach Xykon how to use his sorcery powers to protect a world that hates and fears him; Xykon isn't interested and so electrocutes and zombifies the man and sics him and Xykon's zombie grandmother on his parents.
** His second moment comes when he reveals to Redcloak he knew in advance of Right-Eye's plan to betray Xykon, and had protected himself against it. The reason he didn't stop Right-Eye was to see if Redcloak was loyal enough to kill his brother to protect Xykon; he then brings the moment home with an [[Eviler Than Thou]] speech about how he doesn't need any sort of justification for being evil, destroying Redcloak's will to resist in the process.
** The very first moment occurs on the first page. Little boy Xykon is crying over his dead dog Barky, then a burst of magic causes the dog's corpse to zombify and eat a bird's brain. Lil' Xykon's reaction? "That was so COOL! C'mon, let's go find some more birds!"
** When {{spoiler|Elan's father, Tarquin}} shows up, he gives a long, eloquent explanation for recent events to Elan, and ends with {{spoiler|the line, "I am your father," as a [[Shout -Out]] to [[Star Wars]]}}. Then immediately enthusiastically yells "Oh MAN! I've always wanted to say that line!" Which establishes him as a very [[Genre Savvy]] character that exists to make the [[Leaning Onon the Fourth Wall|fourth wall cry.]]
* ''[[Something Positive (Webcomic)|Something *Positive]]'': Davan. First strip. Sends a coathanger as a baby shower gift.
** The very next strip shows Aubrey stealing from Santa Claus...
** And the one after that establishes Pee-Jee as the voice of reason in the group by showing her objecting to Davan and Aubrey's attempts at creating pornographic snow sculptures.
* ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'' did this with ''almost everybody''. Especially Thief, Red Mage, Garland, Vilbert...
* Mr. Mighty of ''[[Everyday Heroes]]'' starts out in typical [[Large Ham]] mode, giving us a typical monologue including his [[Stock Super Powers|powers]], his [[The Cape (trope)|personal philosophy]]...and his [[Weaksauce Weakness|aversion to paperwork]].
* ''[[Looking for Group (Webcomic)|Looking for Group]]'': Richard [http://www.lfgcomic.com/page/1 incinerates a bunny]
* ''[[Schlock Mercenary (Webcomic)|Schlock Mercenary]]'' has one for [[Torture Technician]] [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/d/20080120.html2008-01-20 Colonel DeHaans.]
** And later [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2014-03-16 General Apala Bala-Amin] practicing "Speak softly, and carry a big stick" doctrine.
* Susan of ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'' is [http://egscomics.com/?date=2002-05-29 introduced] as a [[Straw Feminist]].▼
** [[Ambiguous Innocence|Schlock]] is introduced pointing his [[Hand Cannon|plasgun]] as Der Trihs's face with a big smile and replying [[Catch Phrase|"Sounds like my kind of fun"]] to his speech about the violence of mercenaries.
* Gabry's first appearance in ''[[This Is the Worst Idea You've Ever Had (Webcomic)|This Is the Worst Idea You've Ever Had]]'' has him asking a total stranger if she's okay after he sees her date pushing her and talking down to her.▼
▲* Susan of ''[[El Goonish Shive (Webcomic)|El Goonish Shive]]'' is [http://egscomics.com/?date=2002-05-29 introduced] as a [[Straw Feminist]].
* ''[[Spacetrawler (Webcomic)|Spacetrawler]]'': The humans all reveal something about their personality in their first appearance:▼
▲* Gabry's first appearance in ''[[This Is the Worst Idea You've Ever Had (Webcomic)|This Is the Worst Idea You've Ever Had]]'' has him asking a total stranger if she's okay after he sees her date pushing her and talking down to her.
▲* ''[[Spacetrawler (Webcomic)|Spacetrawler]]'': The humans all reveal something about their personality in their first appearance:
** Martina is feeling ennui over being "common", and hoping that an adventure is out there somewhere for her. When given a choice to join Interplanet Amity, she [[Jumped At the Call|jumps at the call]].
** Pierrot is riding in a car, and he punches the driver for deliberately running over a mole, and the car crashes as a result. Thus establishing that Pierrot [[Animal Wrongs Group|really cares about animals]], and that he has a tendency to act impulsively on his principles.
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** Dustin is introduced by brandishing a shotgun at Nogg and threatening to turn him over to the government. This establishes that he's annoyingly loud and xenophobic, and foreshadows his dangerously uncritical trust in "the government".
* In ''[[General Protection Fault]]'', Trudy is initially smiling through her entire interview, but when Dwayne is away, and Ki feels like she shook hands with the devil, Trudy tells her that she has that effect on "inferior life forms". Soon afterward, Trudy is shown ''literally'' [[Kick the Dog|kicking a dog]].
* ''[[Remus (Webcomic)|Remus]]'' introduces Seth by having him [[Rewarded Asas a Traitor Deserves|murder one of his own double agents]] against the will of his superiors. It's implied that he'd coerced the man into the position in the first place.
* The Wulfenbachs in ''[[Girl Genius]]''. The baron is menaced by someone with a giant robot. What does he do? ''Leave his son handle it as an exercise''. Said son gives a complete exposition of the situation, direct troops to suppress the danger… Then when a bomb is thrown in his direction, he send it back while protecting both the young assistant (our heroine, actually) and the goldfish. Establishing Character [[Moment of Awesome]].
* [[Homestuck]]:
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** Vriska is introduced by mindcontrolling a guy into jumping off a cliff.
** Likewise, Meenah's very first action on-screen is to try and kill Roxy for the heck of it.
* The very first appearence of [[Big Bad|Kore]] in ''[[Goblins]]'' shows him breaking into a tavern of perfectly peaceful [[What Measure Is a Non Human|"monsters"]] to brutally kill them to the last, [[Would Hurt a Child|including the adopted dwarf child]] (Kore is a dwarf himself), monologuing to him about [[Black and White Insanity|the need to eradicate all potential evil]] before killing him.
 
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