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{{quote|'''Q: Isn't your comic, in fact, historically ''in''accurate?'''
A: Look, 1400 BC was a really long time ago. Our historical and archaeological records of that time are dodgy at best and laughable at worst. You'll just have to take my word that this comic is the 100% true portrayal of what really happened.
Anyway, this comic is no less historically accurate than other serious illustrated documentaries like ''[[Asterix]]'' or ''[[Groo the Wanderer|Groo]]''.|[http://gastrophobia.com/about.html The FAQ page]}}
''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130921194114/http://www.gastrophobia.com/index.php GastroPhobia]'' is a webcomic by David McGuire, about the Amazonian exile and single mom Phobia; her precocious scamp of a son, Gastro; and her recently-acquired, listless slave Klepto. They have adventures in [[Ancient Greece]].
The comic is a series of short stories; while there is continuity, there's little in the way of overarching plot.
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* [[Action Mom]]: Phobia
* [[
* [[Aerith and Bob]]: There's Phobia, Mania, Klepto,... then there's Kelly.
* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: The Amazonians.
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* [[Alt Text]]
* [[The Aristocrats]]: Not the best joke to tell in front of your mother.
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* [[Book Dumb]]: What the example under [[Foreshadowing]] below was implied to be at the time; Philia gives off a vibe of not being all that bright, at the best of times.
* [[Bedsheet Ghost]]: Aunt Pneuma
* [[But He Sounds Handsome]]: "That sexy barbarian lady escaped! Not only is she clever, she's a powerhouse!"
* [[Butterfly of Doom]]: Filby chastises Nightsorrow for this after he confesses to sleeping with Phobia not long after they ended up in ancient Greece.
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'''Nightsorrow:''' I did a lot more than ''step'' on that butterfly, [[
* [[Classical Mythology]]: Phobia is an Amazon (the Greek myth version), with storylines being based off Greek Mythology stories. Her brother Alcides is implied to be Hercules, as Alcides was Hercules' birth name. The first 12 chapters are very loosely based on the 12 Labors of Hercules.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: A town that the mockingbirds are trying to take over is called Cloud Cuckoo Land. The cuckoo birds themselves are normal, however.
* [[Conspicuously Light Patch]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in the [[Alt Text]] of [http://www.gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2011-01-10 this comic.] (In this case, it was obviously done on purpose to invoke the animated trope.)
* [[Deliberately Monochrome]]: One color per chapter.
* [[Early
* [[Eye Beams]]: Bambikles
* [[Fan Disservice]]: [[Averted Trope|Averted]] in Chapter 2:
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* [[Flat What]]: Phobia gives one when Philia tells her that {{spoiler|she is Kelpto and Phobia's daughter ''from the future''}}.
* [[Flip Take]]: Used straight, invoked, and ''weaponized''.
* [[Flower in Her Hair]]: Phobia, sometimes.
* [[Foreshadowing]]:
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'''Philia: Well, ''GEE'', maybe it's because I'm 22!'''
'''Phobia:''' Eight years ago, you told me you were 20...?
'''Philia: Then I'm 28, SHEESH! Why is this so HARD for you?!''' }}
* [[Hartman Hips]]: Phobia. Don't mock the size of her legs, though...
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* [[Kid From the Future]]: {{spoiler|Philia}} claims to be the child of Phobia and Klepto from the future.
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: [http://www.gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2011-04-01 "Check it out, those guys are fortuitously discussing subject matter pertinent to our current task."]
* [[Lethal Chef]]: Phobia. She's apparently managed to keep herself and Gastro from dying for the last seven years, but Gastro has no idea that the squirrel his mother is using is out of place, and the best the judges can say for Phobia's dish is that she was "[[Damned By Faint Praise|generous with the salt]]".
* [[Lower Deck Episode]]: The appropriately-named chapter "Not Everything's About Phobia".
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|Phobia, Philia is your daughter.}}
* [[Mama Bear]]: Seen [http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-09-28 here].
* [[Meaningful Name]]
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* [[Orwellian Retcon]]: Parts of Chapter 9 were redone because the author was unsatisfied with them. This included renaming the substance that allows time travel from "Samsonite" to "Chronologium".
* [[Our Hero Is Dead]]: She got better.
* [[Precision F
* [[Proud Warrior Race Girl]]: Phobia, naturally. "A warrior does '''not''' wash dishes."
* [[Pun
* [[Purple Eyes]]: An Amazonian racial trait.
* [[Riddle of the Sphinx]]: Parodied. Multiple times.
* [[Riddling Sphinx]]: A sphinx is repeatedly humiliated because she only knows [[Riddle of the Sphinx|the one riddle]], and [http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-03-09 everyone], even [http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-03-06 the little kid], knows the answer already.
* [[Really Gets Around]]: The real reason why Phobia can't tell Gastro who his real father was: [http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2010-10-15 she doesn't know herself.]
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Phobia and Gastro. Sometimes also Phobia and Klepto, when he behaves less obtusely.
* [[Reused Character Design]]: Amusingly, the Sphinx is apparently played by an "actress" from the trope namer, namely Saphire from ''[[
* [[Sarcasm Blind]]: Klepto in [http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-01-23 this strip.]
* [[Servile Snarker]]: Klepto, with far more emphasis on the "snark" than the "serve".
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* [[Ship Tease]]: Phobia and Klepto get a [http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-06-03 subtle] [http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-06-05 one] in the main storyline. It's telling that they always seem to hit it off in the AU stories [http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-10-29 here] and [http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2010-10-01 here].
** As of the latest storyline, {{spoiler|they've been dating for months}} and that's why {{spoiler|Phobia wants to set him free.}}
* [[Shout
** The artwork contains numerous nods to [[Osamu Tezuka]]. Trivia's character design resembles Saphire, Ornitho ''is'' Duke Red, the Bambikles story has several panel layouts that reference the original ''[[
** The entire Bambikles arc is a direct parody of ''[[The Ringing Bell]]''.
** [[Popeye (comic strip)|Bluto]] makes a cameo [http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-10-22 here], followed [http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-11-11 a few pages later] by "the cow from ''[[Steamboat Willie]]''".
** The owl in the Bambikles arc looks like Bubo from ''[[Clash of the Titans]]'', and is named Archimedes after the owl in Disney's ''[[The Sword in
** [[Hark!
** Some character
** "[http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2011-12-01 Horsefield]" parodies the ''[[Garfield (Comic Strip)|Garfield]]'' strips.
* [[Spoiler Opening]]: Appropriately, the "Opening Credits" show Mania a few episodes early.
* [[Stalker
* [[Take Off Your Clothes]]: In [http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2009-08-31 this strip], Filby asks Phobia to take off her belt. She doesn't take it well.
* [[Tell Me About My Father]]: Parodied, with Phobia telling Gastro she was seduced by Zeus in the form of an animal, but which one changes every time she tells the story. The "Handsome Giraffe" probably being the highlight. Later it's vaguely implied his father is "Lord Nightsorrow".
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* [[Title Drop]]: Happens twice in "Not Everything's About Phobia", with [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshades]] in the [[Alt Text]].
* [[Too Kinky to Torture]]: Klepto
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'''Klepto:''' Phobia, it has been my goal to be whipped by an Amazon since I was thirteen. }}
* [[Title Sequence]]: You heard right. There are ''title sequences'' for a webcomic. One for every season.
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But I don't care what other people say
Everything's gonna be a-okay!
It's a brand new day, and there are monsters to slay
So get outta my way, or you're gonna pay!
Do whatever you may, but there ain't no time to play
Everything's gonna be a-okay]]!'' }}
* [[Tranquil Fury]]:
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* [[Translation Convention]]: Lampshaded for a punchline [http://gastrophobia.com/index.php?date=2010-08-11 here].
* [[Undead Author]]: Played gleefully straight in {{spoiler|"The Hole Story".}}
* [[What Do You Mean
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