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* Doug from ''[[Cinema Bums]]'' has a [[Genre Savvy]] moment in [https://web.archive.org/web/20111120070700/http://www.cinemabums.com/?p=166 this] strip, where he recognizes evil dialogue and removes himself from the situation.
* Elan, from ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'', is a bit like Malicia in the Pratchett example, in that he suffers from being ''too'' genre savvy. [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0663.html Like here.] The other members of the titular band of adventurers also tend to lack [[Genre Blindness]], but Elan's the only one notable for occasionally ''needing'' some. [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0556.html Not that it doesn't occasionally work out for him.]
** Really, one of the main points of ''The Order of the Stick'' is genre savviness. Try this [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0555.html comic page] where even the stupid orc chieftain is hilariously genre savvy.
** Elan's mentor, a dashing sky pirate who helps him literally [[Took a Level in Badass|take a level in badass]] also displays Genre Savviness -- hoping never to meet Elan again, lest he become [[The Obi-Wan]].
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*** Which is in its own way a bit of brilliance; by first showing that V knows just how foolish such a thing is and then setting him up to do it anyway it becomes a very clear [[Moral Event Horizon]]. {{spoiler|"Welcome to the deep end of the alignment pool."}}
** Whilst all the characters are [[Genre Savvy]] to some extent, Elan is clearly more Savvy than the rest of them; unfortunately, his status as [[Cloudcuckoolander]] means that the others are only inclined to dismiss his concerns in their moments of [[Genre Blindness]], only to learn too late that they really should have paid attention. Eerily, he can come off as a [[Genius Ditz]] these days.
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'''Agatha:''' This girl sidekick job doesn't call for a lot of ''smarts'', does it? }}
* Ellie, in ''[[Okashina Okashi]]'' is familiar with manga tropes. But like Sugimoto, she's never the heroine of those stories.
* In [https://web.archive.org/web/20090105232736/http://www.bitmapworld.com/smcomic.cgi?a=43 this issue] of ''[[Bitmap World]],'' Cyan speculates on who her teacher may be, based on various [[Schoolteachers|Schoolteacher Tropes.]] After being reminded that she's not a character in a sitcom, she discovers her teacher is [[Hippie Teacher|the Hippie trope.]]
* Sam Starfall in ''[[Freefall]]'' knows about genre conventions, and will set them up, but doesn't get the point of them.
* The two title characters in ''[[Stickman and Cube]]'' have [[No Fourth Wall]], and thus know their tropes.
* Meji from ''[
* Sam Sprinkles, from ''[[Zebra Girl]]'', is a former [[Animated Actors|cartoon actor]] who is way too [[Genre Savvy]] for his own good, and has a tendency to get very, very mouthy with people over their role in the story.
** Considering he browbeats a character into a [[Heel Face Turn]], mouthy doesn't even begin to cover it.
* All of the main characters of ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' are highly Genre Savvy, though normally only after they fall into one of the traps of the genre at the time. Best shown in [http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=990812 this strip].
** [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/971019 And this one].
** There was also a genre savvy ''bear''. She brought her cub along when robbing campsites to provoke in humans the reaction "If you do anything and the bear senses her cub is in danger, [[Mama Bear|she'll kill us to defend it]]! And it will be our fault!" And when she found herself faced with a small rabbit that was completely unimpressed by her ferocious roar, she gave the heck up immediately [[Killer Rabbit|rather than take a beating she should have been lucky to escape with her life]]. {{spoiler|It turns out she's a he, too, just taking advantage
* Gordito in the fourth episode of ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]''.
{{quote|'''Ben Franklin:''' But the excitement does get to you! I suppose this lifestyle isn't so bad.
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* ''[[Knowledge Is Power]]'': EmJay is about to ask David to pretend to be her boyfriend, but remembering how poorly that goes in fiction, changes her mind. Whereupon it happens anyway.
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20171212154432/http://www.goldcoincomics.com/ Gold Coin Comics]'' is [[Genre Savvy]], such as when Theo tells Lance they can't buy higher quality armor because the game developers wouldn't allow it, or their [http://www.goldcoincomics.com/?id=13 lower job class levels].
* Miranda West of ''[[The Wotch]]'' seems pretty [[Genre Savvy]], calling out {{spoiler|Natasha Dahlet}} on her use of a villainous cliché and often pointing out some other clichés, like when she [http://www.thewotch.com/index.php?epDate=2006-12-01 threatens to turn Anne into a newt].
* The latest arc of ''[[MSF High]]'' revolves around the fact that the "pocket-universe" in which the story takes place conforms to genre rules. This is exploited by many students most recently in the form of the "runner", an anime girl who will run everywhere eyes closed with an armload of books in the hopes of causing a romantic comedy style collision.
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* David from ''[[Ow, My Sanity]]''. Scarily so.
* [[Rumors of War]] has Obadai, who's the most [[Genre Savvy]] of the lot. He's fits the bill as a [[Deadpan Snarker]], and seems aware enough of the concept of [[Mentor Occupational Hazard]] that he almost refuses to refer to himself as Elysia's mentor, and is [[Shoo Out the Clowns|frequently absent]] during important plot movements.
* He may not be like this all the time, but [https://web.archive.org/web/20131011032229/http://www.itswalky.com/d/20040220.html this strip] of ''It's Walky!'' shows Danny in a rare moment of clarity.
* [[Camp Camoline]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20120520151038/http://www.rhjunior.com/CC/00145.html a gun is better than splitting up with nothing but flashlights]
* The crew from Schlock Mercenary, despite being repeatedly portrayed as mostly dumb grunts, do have their moments of savvyness, for instance in the [[Running Gag]] where they realize they should never say "What's the worst that could happen?" Then there's [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2011-03-20 this one..]
* [[Pibgorn]] [http://www.gocomics.com/pibgorn/2003/02/22/ Who am I to deny trite formula?]
* [[Underling]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130815033322/http://underlingcomic.com/page-twenty-eight/ lampshades the tropes]
* [[Yang Child]] [http://yangchild.comicgenesis.com/d/20030902.html The lowest of the low among cliche thieves]
* Orwing Battler in ''[[Lovecraft Is Missing]]'' is a pulp writer who basically finds himself in another pulp writer's universe. Naturally, he feels like he's in one of his own stories and will occasionally comment on the action.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110813223958/http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php?date=2011-07-07 Nelson] in ''[[Full Frontal Nerdity]]''.
* Blue Hat from ''[[Gengame]]'' tends to make a lot of decisions based on genre conventions. Justified in that it's a video game in which the mechanics of her character are somewhat based around genre conventions. She also isn't very savvy about the actual comic's genre.
* [[Played With]] in [[Moképon]]; Atticus is one of the only characters who has a decent amount of common sense, and often lampshades the ridiculous nature of the Pokémon world. On the other hand, he's still [[Genre Blind|not completely sure about how his world works]], and sometimes his [[Genre Savvy]] moments (such as setting a Beedrill on fire to set off a chain reaction that'll get rid of the rest of the bugs) backfire on him.
* When you're the classmate of a [[Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl]], you have no choice but to become Genre Savvy if you want to survive. Thus, almost everybody in ''[[Erma]]'' is Genre Savvy.
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