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Corollary to ''[[Roommates 2007|Roommates]]'', this [[Deviant ART]] fancomic crosses the ''[[Labyrinth]]'', ''[[Phantom of the Opera]]'', ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'' and ''[[Les Misérables (theatre)|Les Misérables]]''. This one is told from the girls' perspective, and apparently developed its own storyline with only loose connections to ''Roommates''. Found [http://pika-la-cynique.deviantart.com/ here]. Tends to run off of [[Failure Is the Only Option]] and [[Rule of Funny]] (or [[Rule of Sexy|Rule of Fanservice]])
Rooming arrangements so far:
* [[Labyrinth|Sarah]] with [[The Phantom of the Opera|Christine]]
* [[Labyrinth|Jareth]] with [[The Phantom of the Opera|Erik]]
* [[Pirates of the Caribbean|Commander Norrington]] with [[Les Misérables (theatre)|Javert]]
* [[Good Omens|Crowley]] with [[Good Omens|Aziraphale]]
* [[The Lord of the Rings|Legolas]] with [[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (film)|Sweeney Todd]]
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Has a [[YouTube]] voiceover project [http://www.youtube.com/user/girlsnextdoorcomic here].
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* [[Actor Allusion]]: Javert at one point is "being John Malkovich"; Elizabeth is very weirded out by seeing Sweeny Todd and Legolas; Rorschach mistakes Raoul for Nite Owl.
* [[
** [http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=gnd+owl#/d3hrjfr "You malignant malodorous menace!"]
** [http://pika-la-cynique.deviantart.com/art/GND148-Distraction-no-Jutsu-243649636 "Curvaceous, Cocky AND Clever..."]
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* [[Beyond the Impossible]]: The main reason Chihiro is the unofficial president of the Wibsy (''Weirdo Boyfrend & Supernatural Stalker'' club): using Christine words "It's hard to trump dating a ''river''." While the others have at least ''human-shaped'' (a [[The Fair Folk|fae]], a [[Our Ghosts Are Different|ghost]] and a [[Our Vampires Are Different|vampire]] amongst others. Christine with her murderous deformed psycho is the most normal of them all.) boyfriends/stalkers, so this is impossible by their standards. {{spoiler|in her defense the river ''was'' in the form of a human boy that looked her age at the time she fell for him.}}
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: or [http://pika-la-cynique.deviantart.com/art/GND175-Big-Damn-Heroines-283928240 heroines].
* [[Bound and Gagged]]: Sarah, our darling [[
* [[Brain Bleach]]: Exactly what Christine calls for when {{spoiler|Jadis hooks up with ''[[Legend (film)|Satan]]''}}
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]:
** The girls are pretty sure that that [[Les Yay]] Outtake wasn't in continuity.
** Jareth does so at the end of "The One With the Kiss".
** [[Good Omens|Crowley and Aziraphale]] tend to do this all the time. [[The Lord of the Rings|Legolas]] has bouts of this too.
** Sarah, for whatever reason, has a video copy of [[Labyrinth|her movie]].
** Christine has mentioned the largely fan-reviled proposed sequel to [[Andrew Lloyd Webber|ALW's]] musical.
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* [[Call Back]]: The [http://pika-la-cynique.deviantart.com/art/GND-Outtake-Midsummer-Yuri-168925787 outtake] gets one [http://pika-la-cynique.deviantart.com/art/GND179-Monster-Hunters-Part-I-The-Dresden-File-291546572 here] (this page also has a [[Shout-Out]] to [[Star Wars]] and [[Katie Perry]]).
* [[Captain Obvious]]: Legolas
* [[Cuteness Proximity]]: Jareth uses his owl form as a means to get close to Sarah on occasion, when she [[Subverted Trope|doesn't]] react to the sad fluffy owl on her windowsill he knows he's screwed up big time.
* [[Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon]]: [http://pika-la-cynique.deviantart.com/art/GND92-DRAMATIC-TWIST-149460554 Here] Jareth threatens Erik with magicking all the songs of [[Miley Cyrus]] into Christine's head if he {{spoiler|doesn't let Sarah go}}. [http://pika-la-cynique.deviantart.com/art/GND95-What-goes-around-152656745 Later] he uses a rather elaborate threat how he'll stop Webber before he makes the musical (leaving Erik with only his literary characterization). There are also frequent threats of boging (meaning: "Headfirst into the bog of eternal stench" or something like that) from either Jareth or Sarah.
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Mostly averted. [[Lampshaded]] in [http://Pika-la-Cynique.deviantart.com/art/GND93-Distressing-Damsels-150320692 this comic]
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* [[Eyes Do Not Belong There]]: Said almost word-for-word by Jareth when he encounters [[Pan's Labyrinth|the Pale Man]], who apparently [http://pika-la-cynique.deviantart.com/art/GND109-Lost-in-translation-164563851 followed Ofelia].
* [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: The Apartment has a fail field surrounding it, so anything that should be awesome... isn't. Like when [[Twilight (novel)|Edward Cullen]] happened upon the Barbecue for Toby's birthday...
* [[Fourth Wall Observer]]: Aziraphael and Crowley, to the point that they essentially call out the comic on being ''too'' meta in [http://pika-la-cynique.deviantart.com/gallery/772068?offset=96#/d29aki5 one strip. ]
* [[Gratuitous Foreign Language]]: Pika doesn't really believe in the [[Translation Convention]]. So we had:
** [[Gratuitous French]]: For obvious reasons the French characters ''a lot'' of times,
** [[Gratuitous Polish]]: [http://pika-la-cynique.deviantart.com/art/GND184-Monster-Hunters-Part-V-Card-tricks-299648469 Geralt of Rivia].
** [[Gratuitous Spanish]]: [http://pika-la-cynique.deviantart.com/art/GND109-Lost-in-translation-164563851 Ofelia]
* [[Idea Bulb]]: [[Star Wars|Leia]] gets an idea lightsaber [http://pika-la-cynique.deviantart.com/art/GND174-Kablooie-Part-II-282756436 here].
* [[If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...]]: Erik tries to use this on Raoul [http://pika-la-cynique.deviantart.com/art/GND182-Entr-acte-Reprise-297084764 here], turns out that always acting like [[Murder Is the Best Solution]] (and some other things) [[Subverted Trope|lessens the effect]].
* [[Is That Cute Kid Yours?]]: "[[Pan's Labyrinth|She]] says she's a princess of the Underground and that her father is the king in the castle past the Labyrinth. ''Doubtless'' [[I Can Explain|you can explain]]."
* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: [http://pika-la-cynique.deviantart.com/gallery/772068?offset=48#/d2jy9ox Inflicted upon Raoul] after he endures a very long, unpleasant day. The dubious morality of this is [[Lampshaded]].
{{quote|"[Aziraphael and Crowley are] having a long and convoluted debate about whether wiping his memories of today would be a good or a bad thing. If they come to the conclusion that it's a kindness, [[Mind Over Manners|Azi will take care of it]]. If they decide it's wrong and deceitful, [[Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work|Crowley will]]." }}
** The next time Raoul is subjected to this, Christine only comments on the potential health risks a second mind wipe may or may not cause.
* [[Let's Just Be Friends]]: Christine to Erik as she tells the thing to Sarah [http://pika-la-cynique.deviantart.com/art/GND154-Twisted-Every-Way-256013327 here].
* [[Long-Distance Relationship]]: Raoul/Christine and when they are together they tend to be [[Make-Out Kids|disturbingly physical]] and [[Sickeningly Sweethearts|unbearably cute]].
* [[Love Triangle]]: [[Triang Relations]] type 4, possibly type 7 between Raoul, Christine and Erik. Also, pretty much any guy Sarah wants to be involved with besides Jareth. {{spoiler|1=Look, there's even a [http://pika-la-cynique.deviantart.com/gallery/772068?offset=72#/d1qo9z2 quadrangle!]}}
* [[May-December Romance]]: Played with as the characters lean on the [[Fourth Wall]]. Jareth is a fairy tale kind from... a long time ago. Sarah is in college... and was 15 in 1986, and had at least one date with {{spoiler|Jacob Black}}, definitely a teenager.
* [[Medium Awareness]]: Outside of the occasional bout of fourth wall breakage, the characters are seemingly aware they're in a humor comic, and will sometimes [[Lampshade Hanging|comment on it.]]
* [[Mega Crossover]]: [[Phantom of the Opera]], [[Labyrinth]], [[Good Omens]], [[Les Misérables (theatre)|Les Misérables]], [[Pirates of the Caribbean]], [[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (film)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]], [[The Lord of the Rings]] and ''many'' more. Seems like every fiction in existence has a door leading to the Building-verse (and back).
* [[The Missus and the Ex]]: James' meet as [[Funny Background Event]] [http://pika-la-cynique.deviantart.com/art/GND173-Kablooie-Part-I-281495579 here]... they won't get along well.
* [[Moment Killer]]: [http://pika-la-cynique.deviantart.com/art/GND37-Paging-Captain-Obvious-100712083 Legolas], [http://pika-la-cynique.deviantart.com/art/GND58-the-Date-concluded-117763815 Nanny Ogg].
* [[Murder the Hypotenuse]]: Erik tried to do this so many times it ''was'' a running gag.
* [[Naughty Tentacles]]: [http://Pika-la-Cynique.deviantart.com/art/GND47-The-Tentacles-Trope-109146415 this comic]. Notable because its title is "The Tentacles Trope," and the author links to this wiki.
* [[Negated Moment of Awesome]]: A couple of examples:
** Erik's "plan" to thwart Jareth during the {{spoiler|kidnapped Sarah arc}}. Said plan included the use of salt and deadly black chikins, of which Jareth is known to be very afraid of.▼
** Jareth's planned fight against Peter from Heroes for Sarah's love.▼
* [[Never Wake Up a Sleepwalker]]: Erik advises Sarah not to wake Christine when she finds her sleepwalking toward his room for some late-night music lessons. Sarah dryly informs him that modern science has disproved that notion, then makes him promise to forget the potential trauma and just dump a bucket of cold water on her if he ever finds her sleepwalking toward Jareth's room. See [[Brick Joke]] for the follow-up.
* [[Noodle Incident]]: Sarah's prom photos. Arguably, the chikins. Also: Erik's Sushi Incident.
* [[No Sense of Personal Space]]: "PERSONAL SPACE, JARETH! GET WITH THE NOTION!"
* [[Of Corsets Sexy]]: Jareth catches Sarah while she's playing dress-up in Christine's undergarments. That particular comic page is a fan-favorite, having spawned at least one fic on Deviantart.
* [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome]]: Somewhat of a running gag in the comic.
occurring off screen.
▲** Erik's "plan" to thwart Jareth during the {{spoiler|kidnapped Sarah arc}}. Said plan included the use of salt and deadly black chikins, of which Jareth is known to be very afraid of.
▲** Jareth's planned fight against Peter from Heroes for Sarah's love.
* [[One of Us]]: Pika is an avid Troper, as shown on many of her artist's comments
* [[Otaku]]: It's rarely touched upon, but ''[[Phantom of the Opera|Erik]]'' likes anime. He once tried to get Christine to dress as [[Sailor Moon]] for [http://pika-la-cynique.deviantart.com/gallery/772068?offset=144#/d1orq1j Halloween.]
* [[Portal Picture]]: Looks like Jareth has a [http://pika-la-cynique.deviantart.com/art/GND148-Distraction-no-Jutsu-243649636 Portal Mirror] in his room.
* [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch|Precision B Strike]]: [http://pika-la-cynique.deviantart.com/gallery/772068?offset=48#/d28rdp2 GND 77 - R.o.t.K., b:tch]
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* [[Shout-Out]]: [http://pika-la-cynique.deviantart.com/art/GND175-Big-Damn-Heroines-283928240 River Tam] [http://xkcd.com/311/ Beats Up Everyone]
* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Both Jareth and Erik.
* [[Tangled Family Tree]]: Jareth's inexplicable relation to pretty much every magical blond in fiction ([[The Chronicles of Narnia|Jadis]] is his mom, [[Hellboy (2004 film)|Nuada]] is his nephew, [[
* [[Tempting Fate]]: Sarah actually [[Invoked Trope|invokes]] the trope so it'll be subverted when she decides to rummage 'round Jareth's room, since doing so makes it predictable and thus not funny.
* [[Trenchcoat Brigade]]: Lampshaded [http://pika-la-cynique.deviantart.com/art/GND178-Who-you-gonna-call-290328501 here].
{{quote|'''Sarah''': "... that's a whole lot of [[Badass Longcoat|leather dusters]]."}}
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