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Line 1: {{work}} {{quote\|''"You'd think they'd never seen a gigantic ship erupt from the ground and open a monster-spewing tear in the fabric of space and time before."''~~\|'''Stephanos''', ''Chapter 1''}}~~ \|'''Stephanos''', ''Chapter 1''}} {{quote\|'''Jon Stewart:''' ''You can ... teleport?! AND you have telekinetic powers?''~~<br />~~ '''Anderson Cooper:''' ''Err ... yes?''~~<br />~~ '''Jon Stewart:''' ''I'm still having trouble wrapping my brain around the whole 'everyone I've ever known has superpowers' thing.''~~<br />~~ '''Cooper:''' ''Oh please, Jon. It's not as if I've been hiding it!''~~\|'''Jon Stewart and Anderson Cooper''', ''Chapter 5''}}~~ \|'''Jon Stewart and Anderson Cooper''', ''Chapter 5''}} An unofficial fan webcomic by Page Branson wherein [[Stephen Colbert]], [[The Daily Show ~~(TV)~~\|Jon Stewart]], and many other 'fake news' corespondents [[Superpower Lottery\|receive superpowers]], receive a magical [[MacGuffin]], or just happened to have had superpowers all along and they've just come in handy today, because today's the day that Dick Cheney reveals himself as an [[Evil Overlord\|Evil Alien Overlord]] bent on destroying our planet, stealing Stephen's magical [[MacGuffin]], and drinking the blood of pandas. Our heroes fight their way through monsters, possessed comrades, [[Evil Twin~~\|Evil Twins~~]]s and mountains of tropes on various [[Fetch Quest~~\|Fetch Quests~~]]s and rescue missions. Can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20131209113806/http://star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr.html here]. See also: [[~~The Colbert Report (TV)\|~~The Colbert Report]] and [[~~The Daily Show (TV)\|~~The Daily Show]] ---- {{tropelist}} ~~=== This [[Web Comic]] provides examples of: ===~~ * [[Alternate Universe]]: All the villains so far came from one, as well did Tek Jansen. To make things better, each universe contains some version of of Stephen and Jon. * [[An Ice Person]]: Samantha Bee. Line 24 ⟶ 26: * [[Beethoven Was an Alien Spy]]: Dick Cheney - [[Evil Alien Conquerors\|Evil Alien Overlord.]] * [[Berserk Button]]: Riggle’s appears to be people harming [[Ho Yay\|John]] [http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_11_8.html Oliver]. * [[Canada, Eh?]]: Samantha Bee and Jason Jones have taken ~~the~~ [[~~Endofthe~~The End of the World Asas We Know It]] as the signal to start the Canadian invasion of America. * [[Car Fu]]: Anderson. * [[Celebrity Power]]: What the comic runs on. Everyone in conjunction with [[~~The Daily Show (TV)\|~~The Daily Show]] or [[~~The Colbert Report (TV)\|~~The Colbert Report]] has superpowers, or something that gives them superpowers. * [[Chekhov's Gun]]: [[Genre Savvy\|Just tell me this line isn't going to be relevant later]]: {{quote\| '''Yonatan:''' ''I can smell something hidden... Something even greater than the blood of a [[Doctor Who ~~(TV)~~\|time lord.]] Something monstrous...'''}} * [[Chromatic Arrangement]]: Played with, since Stephen is red, Jon is blue and Steve is green, even though Jon seems to be [[The Hero\|the ~~main~~ protagonist]], Steve acts like [[The Smart Guy]] and Stephen... Well, Colbert seems to be [[The Lancer]] if anything. He wishes he was [[The Hero]], though. * [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: Almost everyone, especially the bad guys. Each character is color coded with an [[Battle Aura\|aura]] and the color of their [[Technicolor Eyes\|eyes]] that shows a bunch of stuff such as the color purple to denote anything//anyone on the side of evil, or if it's a protagonist, their [[Technicolor Eyes\|eyes]] and [[Battle Aura\|auras]] represent their powers. See the entry for [[Technicolor Eyes]]. {{spoiler\|When Stephanos and Yonatan are released from Cheney’s hold on them, [[Good Colors, Evil Colors\|the purple in their outfits and eyes drains away]], to be replaced with [[Hot -Blooded\|red]] and [[Blue Eyes\|blue]] respectively. Lampshaded [http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_11_33.html here].}} * [[Compelling Voice]]: Brian Williams. It's called "gravitas." * [[Cool Versus Awesome]]: Current event and politics comedians use magical melee weapons to fight an evil vice president from a parallel universe. * [[Damned By Faint Praise]]: All of Tek Jansen's compliments of Jon are like this. * {{spoiler\|[[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]}}: {{spoiler\|Yonatan in the arms of Stephanos. [[Only Mostly Dead\|Maybe]]?}} * [[Distracted Byby the Sexy]]: Actually helps Jason Jones {{spoiler\|to break free of Stephanos’s mind control}}. {{quote\| '''Jason Jones''': You, like many before you, have once again underestimated [[Raging Stiffie\|the power of the boner!]]}} * [[Eldritch Abomination]]: Cheney and his ... ''things''. * [[~~Everythings~~Everything's Worse ~~With~~with Bears]]: {{quote\| '''Stephen''': ''[http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_1_22.html "A bear. Of course it's a bear. Why would I have thought it would be anything other than a bear."]''}} * [[Evil Alien Conquerors]]: Dick Cheney. * [[Evil Twin~~\|Evil Twins~~]]s: Stephanos and Yonatan to Stephen and Jon. * [[Fastball Special]]: Rachel Maddow is positively gleeful about being able to [~~http~~https://~~www~~web.archive.org/web/20111202175616/http://star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_12_1.html try it]. * [[Flash Step]]: Stephanos and Anderson Cooper can both do this, and John Oliver can as well when he can get his time travelling screwdriver to work. * [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]: Anyone possessed by Cheney. * {{spoiler\|[[Heel Face Turn]]}}: {{spoiler\|A [[And the Fandom Rejoiced\|long-awaited one]] for Yonatan, dragging Stephanos along with him.}} * [["I Know You ~~Are~~'re in There Somewhere" Fight]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20141227145428/http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_7_8.html Jon says this almost verbatim to] {{spoiler\|Stephen.}} ** : {{spoiler\|Later on, Riggle gives John Oliver a speech [http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_11_17.html in the same vein]}}. * [[If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...\|If You Ever Do Anything To Hurt Him]]: A [http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_11_35.html frankly scary one] from Jon to {{spoiler\|Stephanos and Yonatan}} regarding Stephen’s trust to ensure that {{spoiler\|their [[Heel Face Turn]] ''stays'' turned}}. * [[Insult Backfire]]: Stephanos ''enjoys'' being evil. {{quote\| '''Jason Jones''': You cough bastard! ~~<br />~~ '''Stephanos''': Oh, flattery won’t save you now! }} * [[Kick the Dog]]: [http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_9_6.html "Or did you mistakenly believe yourself to be something more?"] * [[Lampshade Hanging]]: [http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_9_19.html Stephen tells Jon that] Jon's [[Evil Twin]] is [[Ho Yay\|in love with Stephen's]] [[Evil Twin]]. {{quote\| Jon: Great! Jesus, start the [[Slash Fic\|fan fiction]] now, [[Yaoi Fangirl\|ladies!]]}} * [[Laser -Guided Amnesia]]: Played with, since John Olliver can't remember what happened to the rest of the [[Doctor Who ~~(TV)~~\|time lords,]] but he has pretty good memories otherwise. It's just why he's on Earth and how he got here that's been giving him trouble. * [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: The end of [http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_6_32.html chapter six:] {{quote\| '''Jon:''' ''[[~~This~~Punctuated! IsFor! ~~Sparta~~Emphasis!\|Get ... your hands ... OFF OF HIM!!!]]''~~<br~~ /> '''Stephanos:''' ''Oh, so the fangs come out. I've had to hear about ''you'' all night. It's about time I found out what all the fuss is about.'' ~~<br~~ /> focus on Jon's [[Determinator]] expression~~<br~~ /> '''Stephanos:''' ''Let's get started.'' }} * [[Let's You and Him Fight]]: In Chapter 2, Jon gets into a violent disagreement with Samantha Bee and Jason Jones before the later two finally realize what's [[The End of the World Asas We Know It\|going on]]. ** Later on, it happens with {{spoiler\|a possessed Stephen}} and Jon. * [[Love Martyr]]: The cries of "Oh, ''Yonatan''." are beginning to wipe out the normal fandom cry of "Oh, ''Stephen''." because of this trope. Line 70 ⟶ 72: * [[Mind Rape]]: Cheney to {{spoiler\|Stephen}}. * [[Minion Shipping]]: Stephenos and Yonatan have all-but declared this to be canon. * [[Mr. Exposition]]: John Oliver. Also other characters, from time to time. * Hello, [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya]] [[You Killed My Father]] [[Prepare to Die]]: Tek Jansen [http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_15_17.html Chapter 15, Page 17]. * [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: Stephen is rather [[Genre Savvy]] when he checks to see if there are any guarding the lance under the studio. {{quote\| '''Stephen''': ''No curses, no zombie pirate ninjas?!''}} * [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: [[Averted Trope\|Averted]] to a hysterical level. * [[No OSHA Compliance]]: On Cheney's Lair: {{quote\| '''Stephen''': Jesus, can this place get more ominous?~~<br />~~ '''Jon''': Needs more spikes. And glowy shit. }} * [[Oh Crap]]: Jon during his fight with {{spoiler\|a possesed Colbert.}} Seen [https://web.archive.org/web/20110715180428/http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_7_7.html here]. ** Done by [[Evil Twin\|Yonatan]] [http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_7_11.html here] right before he gets a tree dropped on him, also doubling as a [[Curse Cut Short]]. * [[One -Winged Angel]]: [[Evil Twin\|Stephanos]] gives the speech almost verbatim [http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_7_19.html here] * [[Our Presidents Are Different]]: Bush is a classic President Buffoon as shown at the begining of the story. * {{spoiler\|[[Person of Mass Destruction]]}}: {{spoiler\|Turns out that John Oliver was turned into one of these in order to win the [[Doctor Who ~~(TV)~~\|Time War]].}} * {{spoiler\|[[~~Pieta~~Pietà Plagiarism]]}}: {{spoiler\|Stephanos holds Yonatan this way after the latter’s [[Heroic Sacrifice]].}} * {{spoiler\|[[Please, I Will Do Anything!]]}}: {{spoiler\|Stephanos’s bargain with Jon Stewart if he saves Yonatan’s life.}} * [[Power Gives You Wings]]: Kinda-sorta [https://web.archive.org/web/20100401053301/http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_1_26.html here] when Stepehen gets his [[Blade Onon a Stick\|spear.]] * [[Sand in My Eyes]]: “And for the record, there’s dust in my eyes. Manly dust.” ([http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_11_31.html Spoilers]) * [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: Steve seems to have enough money to do this to the laws of physics via some sort of wealth-related magic. * {{spoiler\|[[Screw the Rules, I Have Supernatural Powers]]}}: {{spoiler\|Part of Bad Wolf’s skill set.}} {{quote\| {{spoiler\|Riggle: I mean, who needs all those silly rules about time and paradoxes when apparently you can simply choose to ignore them?}} ~~<br />~~ {{spoiler\|Colbert: That is a frighteningly good point.}} }} * [[Shipper Onon Deck]]: Stephen appears to be gleefully and actively playing [[The Matchmaker\|matchmaker]] for [[Evil Twin\|Stephanos]] [[Minion Shipping\|and]] [[Ho Yay\|Yonatan]]. {{quote\| '''Stephen''': [http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_11_36.html He meant he ''loves'' you! L-O-V-E! Love! He wants to jump your man bones! He wants cuddles! Damn! He really is thick, isn't he?!]}} * [[Shout -Out]]: Loads and loads of them. The main ones are [[Captain Obvious\|(obviously)]] to ''[[~~The Daily Show (TV)\|~~The Daily Show]]'' and ''[[The Colbert Report]]'', but shout-outs and references to ''[[~~Doctor Who (TV)\|~~Doctor Who]]'', ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' and ''[[Star Wars]]'' are very prevalent. Rob Riggle's costume is from [[Street Fighter]], and Samathan Bee and Jason Jones are wearing [[Sailor Moon]] outfits. Aasif Mandvi has a [[Super Mario Bros.\|flower that grants him]] [[Playing ~~With~~with Fire\|fire powers.]] Steve's bag of money looks like [[Naruto\|a giant gourd strapped to his back]]. Wyatt Cenac [[Sonic the Hedgehog\|has a pair of familiar-looking shoes that give him superspeed.]] Contrary to popular belief, it is Paul Dinello who is the current owner of [[Captain America (comics)\|Cap's shield]] after he grabbed it off of Stephen's mantlepeice during the fight with the [[~~Everythings~~Everything's Worse ~~With~~with Bears\|hellbear]]. Eric got his [[Star Wars\|lightsaber]] from the same mantlepeice during the same fight as mentioned above. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100309221127/http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_2_9.html The monster in the sewer] is a giant [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles\|mutant ninja turtle.]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20100309205531/http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_2_7.html The thing behind the gate] {{spoiler\|A.k.a. Steve Carell}} looks like the prison for the [[Naruto\|nine-tailed fox]]. * [[Speak of the Devil]]: [http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_11_25.html Tek Jansen really should have known better.] * {{spoiler\|Superpowered Evil Side}}: {{spoiler\|[[Doctor Who ~~(TV)~~\|Bad]] [http://www.star-crossedcomic.com/fnr/fnr_11_12.html Wolf.]}} * {{spoiler\|[[Taking the Bullet]]}}: {{spoiler\|Yonatan does this for Stephanos, although it's [[Dissimile\|less of a bullet and more tentacle-claw things]]}}. * [[Technicolor Eyes]]: Everyone. No, seriously, just about everyone with any sort of super powers has this in order to showcase their powers and alignments due to the [[Color Coded for Your Convenience\|color coding]] that will match their similarly colored [[Battle Aura\|battle auras.]] The only exceptions are the characters who get their powers from items, and even then some of said characters still have it. Line 109 ⟶ 111: * Including [[Mind Control Eyes\|the possessed.]] Jon's are blue for his [[Shock and Awe\|lightning]] [[Batter Up\|bat.]] Colbert's are red for [[Playing ~~With~~with Fire\|his fiery]] [[Blade Onon a Stick\|spear.]] Steve Carell's are green for his affinity for money-magic. Anderson Cooper has light blue eyes for [[Mind Over Matter\|telekinesis]] and [[Flash Step\|teleportation.]] Samantha Bee has [[Captain Obvious\|ice]] blue eyes since she's [[An Ice Person]]. John Oliver has yellow eyes to denote his [[Time Travel\|time travel theme.]] Or else it's just because he's a [[Doctor Who ~~(TV)~~\|time lord.]] Allison Silverman has [[Gray Eyes\|silver eyes]], though that's most likely more of a play on her name than the fact that she can clone herself, since she hasn't really displayed much of an [[Battle Aura\|aura]] yet. * [[Thief Bag]]: He didn't steal any of it, but the giant sacks of money Steve Carell wears on his back certainly count in appearance at the very least. * [[The Big Guy]]: Rob Riggle, listed on his profile page as "Comedian/Last Action Hero." * [[The Cuckoolander Was Right]]: Jon Stewart and other Fake News comedians were saying that Dick Cheney was evil for years. Too bad nobody believed them until it was too late. * [[The Obi -Wan]]: Tek's Alpha Squad Master who happens to be Jon's double for that universe. * [[The Power of Friendship]]: Both played straight and brutally subverted, depending on the occasion. * [[This Is Gonna Suck]]: More than once, usually from Jon or Yonatan. * [[True Companions]]: Everyone involved with [[~~The Daily Show (TV)\|~~The Daily Show]] and//TheColbertReport, really. Inspirational speeches and all. * [[Try Not to Die]]: {{spoiler\|Yonatan’s}} advice in preparation for the final battle. * [[President Evil\|Vice President Evil]]: Dick Cheney and ''how''. Line 129 ⟶ 131: [[Category:Fan Web Comics]] [[Category:Fake News Rumble]] [[Category:~~Webcomic~~Web Comics]]