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Can be found [http://www.ftg-comic.com here]. |
Can be found [http://www.ftg-comic.com here]. |
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=== This webcomic provides examples of: === |
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* [[Alternate History]]: The heroes' actions seem to be resulting in this |
* [[Alternate History]]: The heroes' actions seem to be resulting in this |
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* [[A Million Is a Statistic]]: [[Played for Laughs]] with Peter the Great. His idea of enlightened rule is the mass slaughter of serfs. |
* [[A Million Is a Statistic]]: [[Played for Laughs]] with Peter the Great. His idea of enlightened rule is the mass slaughter of serfs. |
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* [[Take That]]: Napoleon, an avowed fan of [[The Empire]] from ''[[Star Wars]]'', suffers a psychotic breakdown when he sees them defeated by the Ewoks. |
* [[Take That]]: Napoleon, an avowed fan of [[The Empire]] from ''[[Star Wars]]'', suffers a psychotic breakdown when he sees them defeated by the Ewoks. |
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** The Gentlemen Scholars (or at least the Count) don't have a very favourable opinion on Carl Jung or his work. To their credit, this dislike doesn't really show that much in the comic (Jung's [[Jerkass]] tendencies aren't any worse than anyone else's in the comic), but [[The Rant]] for those strips was incredibly vitriolic. |
** The Gentlemen Scholars (or at least the Count) don't have a very favourable opinion on Carl Jung or his work. To their credit, this dislike doesn't really show that much in the comic (Jung's [[Jerkass]] tendencies aren't any worse than anyone else's in the comic), but [[The Rant]] for those strips was incredibly vitriolic. |
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* [[Timey-Wimey Ball]]: It's a time travel comic. This is to be expected. |
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* [[Viewers Are Geniuses]]: Many of the jokes require a lot of historical knowledge. Usually the Gentlemen Scholars are kind enough to provide helpful information in [[The Rant]]. |
* [[Viewers Are Geniuses]]: Many of the jokes require a lot of historical knowledge. Usually the Gentlemen Scholars are kind enough to provide helpful information in [[The Rant]]. |
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* [[Villain By Default]]: Averted. For an historical comic, 'classic' historical baddies such as [[Josef Stalin]] and [[Those Wacky Nazis]] have yet to show up, in favour of more bizarre antagonists like Ethan Allen and Pablo Picasso. |
* [[Villain By Default]]: Averted. For an historical comic, 'classic' historical baddies such as [[Josef Stalin]] and [[Those Wacky Nazis]] have yet to show up, in favour of more bizarre antagonists like Ethan Allen and Pablo Picasso. |