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[[File:goblins.jpg|frame|It's [[Artifact of Doom|the shield]] you have to worry about.]]
'''Thaco:''' We're jumping off THAT roof to our deaths. [http://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/04152008/ It's got a tree.] }}▼
'''''[http://www.goblinscomic.com/ Goblins]: Life Through Their Eyes''''' is a webcomic written, penciled, and colored by Tarol Hunt, nicknamed Thunt, following the adventures of a band of, well, goblins, as they fight off evil [[Player Character|adventurers]]. It's a role reversal of the typical adventure RPG ''[[Dungeons
▲{{quote| '''Thaco:''' We are NOT jumping off this roof to our deaths!<br />
▲''([[Beat Panel|long pause]])''<br />
▲'''Thaco:''' We're jumping off THAT roof to our deaths. [http://www.goblinscomic.com/04152008/ It's got a tree.] }}
The main story follows five members of a cannon-fodder goblin tribe (Thaco, Chief, Big-Ears, Complains-of-Names, and Fumbles) who decide to stop being cannon fodder and become [[Player Character
▲'''''[http://www.goblinscomic.com/ Goblins]: Life Through Their Eyes''''' is a webcomic written, penciled, and colored by Tarol Hunt, nicknamed Thunt, following the adventures of a band of, well, goblins, as they fight off evil [[Player Character|adventurers]]. It's a role reversal of the typical adventure RPG ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (Tabletop Game)|Dungeons and Dragons]]'', though familiarity with the game isn't required to understand what's happening.
The comic doesn't give its characters very long to get used to their newfound abilities as heroes. ''Goblins'' thrusts its main characters in over their heads ''almost'' immediately, [[No One Gets Left Behind|locks them into a course of action]] they can't possibly handle, and then calls into play a series of oddities, [[Deus Ex Machina]], coincidences, character-driven actions, more [[Deus Ex Machina]], and [[Chekhov's Gun
▲The main story follows five members of a cannon-fodder goblin tribe (Thaco, Chief, Big-Ears, Complains-of-Names, and Fumbles) who decide to stop being cannon fodder and become [[Player Character|Player Characters]]. A side plot follows a sixth goblin (Dies-Horribly) who goes on a solo adventure arc quite against his will. It features detailed world-building (including quite a few whole-cloth, background creatures with detailed biologies) and characterization, particularly of the villains. One of the goblin characters, Big-Ears, is a rare instance of a truly gentle, heroic and noble paladin, while the paladin status of the most opaque and brutal villain, Kore, thus far is one of the most foreboding mysteries.
▲The comic doesn't give its characters very long to get used to their newfound abilities as heroes. ''Goblins'' thrusts its main characters in over their heads ''almost'' immediately, [[No One Gets Left Behind|locks them into a course of action]] they can't possibly handle, and then calls into play a series of oddities, [[Deus Ex Machina]], coincidences, character-driven actions, more [[Deus Ex Machina]], and [[Chekhov's Gun|Chekhov's Guns]] that collectively get the heroes into a position where they might ''possibly'' be able to escape their impossible predicament. Because it didn't seem like they'd get into this much danger this quickly, the story instantly became edge-of-your-seat reading.
The comic is also known for its twice-weekly (usually) update schedule, juggling three plots at the same time, spending literally months on [[Filler|mook battles]], and skipping comic updates to [[The Merch|advertise products]].
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The site also hosts a sub-comic, ''Tempts Fate'', about a lone goblin adventurer facing various dangers each comic. This part is Thunt's [[Please Subscribe to Our Channel|donation scheme]] and thus, people would have to stop supporting Thunt's artistic endeavors to kill Tempts Fate off. So far, he's survived every death trap.
For the completely unrelated computer game, see ''[[Gobliiins]]''. For goblins in general, see [[Our Goblins Are
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* [[Absolute Cleavage]]: [http://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/07292011/ This] alternate Kin.▼
▲* [[Absolute Cleavage]]: [http://www.goblinscomic.com/07292011/ This] alternate Kin.
* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]: Well, it is an RPG world, but a sewer with ''sculptures'' in it is pushing things a bit....
* [[Achievements in Ignorance]]:
** Drowbabe misunderstands the purpose of the Mage Armor spell, thinking it lessens the damage she takes (when it actually makes it easier to dodge incoming blows). When Ears points out how the spell works, she realises she should have taken more damage earlier in the battle, and promptly dies.
** Minmax's oblivion sword is only able to exist because his mind can't fathom the concept of oblivion. In fact, Kin theorises that his ignorance might make the weapon more powerful. Minmax, naturally, immediately names the sword "Oblivious".
* [[Advancing Boss of Doom]]: Kore
* [[Advancing Wall of Doom]]: A wall full of spikes makes one of the Maze of Many's rooms a [[Timed Mission]].
* [[Alternate Universe]]: The Maze of Many allows multiple versions of Kin, Minmax and Forgath to exist in the same place at once. [[All There in the Manual|There's a list of realities]] [http://duke.a-comics.ru/fmk/ here].
* [[Always a Bigger Fish]]: [http://goblinscomic.com/comic/12082008 "The bigger creatures always kill the smaller creatures, it's just the nature of the world!"]
* [[
** Seemingly a [[Deconstruction]] of the trope. The Goblins and such are portrayed as creatures who are just trying to survive in a world where they are seen as mere XP Fodder.
** It's also [[Justified]] in the case of the Elite Guard: In one scene Thaco compares the Elite Guards' motivations to those of the standard city guard, and for the rest of the comic, it's okay to assume that the Elite Guards are Always [[Lawful Evil]]. Ears the Paladin confirms this with his Detect Evil ability.
* [[Amazing Technicolor Population]]: The goblins have a wide range of skin colors, including various shades of green, yellow, orange, brown... and the Viper clan goblins are all chalk-white. Hilariously lampshaded in [http://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/03252011/ this comic]:
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'''Grem:''' You mean a white one?
'''K'seliss:''' She means a green one.
'''Saves-a-Fox:''' I mean an ''orange'' one! }}
* [[And I Must Scream]]: If what we see will be infinitely repeated, {{spoiler|[http://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/10072011/ this orc] and [http://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/10142011-2/ anyone] the guardian demon owns. (Even [http://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/10212011-2/ Dies.]) [[Cruel and Unusual Death]] indeed.}}
** {{spoiler|Fortunately, the souls the demon owns were apparently released when she was banished from the Material Plane.}}
* [[Angrish]]: A mild case of it, in terms of speechless anger, {{spoiler|when Chief has just prayed to his god that there'd be no guards around the corner; [http://goblinscomic.com/08012008 this is his reaction]}}.
* [[Annoying Arrows]]: [http://goblinscomic.com/07092005 Played completely straight] at the beginning of the comic. Later averted with crossbows, though, and Dellyn's arrows.
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'''Goblin:''' ''(pincushioned by 5 arrows)'' Yes. Please do.
'''Fumbles:''' Look, I said I was sorry. }}
* [[Anti
* [[Anyone Can Die]]: No-one is safe from this.
** Not even {{spoiler|Chief}}.
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* [[Arc Words]]
** "That's clever", at least in the early episodes.
** [http://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/12142005/ "When the serpent becomes your prey, friends will become enemies, and love will fuel hate."] Also said by the talking wall of Brassmoon [http://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/12082009/ here]. [[Foreshadowing]]?
* [[Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?]]
* [[Arrow Catch]]: Thaco in [http://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/06212009 this comic]. Not surprising considering he's a monk, and foreshadowed earlier.
* [[Art Evolution]]: Thunt's style and technique have both improved significantly over the course of the comic's lifetime, most recently adding shading to the strip. The difference is so stark that the [http://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/06252005/ first page of the archive], rather than being the first strip of the comic, is a page showing just how much the art has changed over time.
* [[Artifact of Doom]]
** The Axe of Prissan, which imprisons a demon of near godlike power. If the Axe goes 13 months in the hands of an evildoer, it will break free.
** To a lesser extent, the Shield of Wonder. A localized example, but not a small one for those near it.
* [[Artificial Limbs]]
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** Possibly Dellyn Goblinslayer's as well.
** An alternate Minmax also possesses crystalline arms that may fit this.
* [[Artistic
* [[Ass Shove]]: Weaponized against a demon, and it looks [http://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/11222011/ very, very painful].
* [[As You Know]]: {{spoiler|Psion Minmax}} feels the need to tell {{spoiler|his version of Kin}} that he's killed her 817 times, and that she remembers them all, along with some other exposition that she really should know by now.
* [[Attack! Attack! Attack!]]
** Goblinslayer {{spoiler|just before he dies.}}
** Complains is officially '''[http://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/01072011-3/ pissed]''' at Kore.
* [[Attack! Attack! Retreat! Retreat!]]
** Goblinslayer again.
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** Shortly afterward, Kin.
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'''Chief:''' Why not?
'''Kin:''' I can't keep them back for ''long''! They're going to rush in here in a moment, and that's our only melee weapon!
''(Chief throws the magic spear, and it reappers in his hand)''
'''Kin:''' ''(after a [[Beat Panel]])'' [http://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/03102009/ THROW THE SPEAR!] }}
* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]: Minmax
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'''Minmax:''' ''[http://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/02182011/ Hey look!]'' There's a version of me with a cool ''[[Nice Hat|hat!]]'' }}
* [[Automatic Crossbows]]: Kore fights with [[Guns Akimbo|two of these]].
* [[Badass]]
** K'seliss. If you need any proof, try [http://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/11232009/ this]. Not to mention {{spoiler|[[Dying Moment of Awesome|how he dies]]}}.
** Thaco (of the [[Badass Grandpa|grandpa]] variety), definitely. And Complains, while fighting.
** Say what you will about Kore, but he is badass.
** Same goes for Goblinslayer, to a lesser extent.
** Duv. Fox. Grem seems to be heading [http://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/05272011/ in this direction.] Maybe. Even temporarily, this is a living body horror.
** The doomed ogre, once free, proved quite [http://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/10282011/ competent] at asskicking.
** Dies-Horribly {{spoiler|when under the control of his artificial arm}}.
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'''Dies-Horribly:''' You've already done that. ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|It didn't work]].'' }}
* [[Badass Beard]]
** He may be a murdering psychopath, but Kore has a nice beard.
** And K'seliss's spiky dewlap creates the impression of reptilian [[Perma
* [[Badass Boast]]
** Hilariously subverted by Dies-Horribly, [http://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/04292011/ here:]
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'''Dies-Horribly:''' I AM A ''COWARD!'' I KNOW WHEN TO '''RUN!''' Come on! }}
** See Dies' line in [[Badass]].
* [[Badass Long Hair]]: Grem. Though less a badass and more an abomination, [http://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/04262011/ Mr. Fingers] here.
* [[Badass Mustache]]: Fumbles, or rather Señor Vorpal Kickass'o, tries to invoke this trope with his fake mustache.
* [[Bad End]]: Our group ''narrowly'' avoids [http://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/03152011/ the end] an equivalent group gets.
* [[Balance Between Good and Evil]]: Defied. Forgath believes in this, but Kin tells him rather bluntly that, throughout the multiverse as a whole, [[Crapsack World|Evil is winning]].
* [[Baleful Polymorph]]: A good reason not to use the random-effect magic shield Complains picks up. Alternately, a good reason ''TO'' use it if utterly and hopelessly outnumbered.
* [[Barbarian Hero]]: Minmax was already fitting the trope when a pure fighter (by ''D&D'' rules). As of [http://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/04172012/ this comic], he has officially taken his first level of barbarian. (With the "extra rage" feat, as befitting of a good minmaxer.)
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* [[Bar Brawl]]: Minmax vs. Goblinslayer.
* [[Batman Gambit]]: Lampshaded. When Thaco challenges Dellyn to a duel, ''both of them'' know that Thaco has some sort of trap planned. Nonetheless, Dellyn accepts when Thaco points out that the only alternative is for Dellyn to order his soldiers to kill Thaco, and bear the reputation of not being able to kill a single old, frail goblin.
* [[Battle Aura]]: Called Individual Magical Effect (I.M.E.) in-story.
* [[Battle Cry]]:
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'''Fumbles: [http://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/11232010-2/ SEÑOOOOR VORPAAAAL.... KICKASS'OOOOOO!]''' }}
* [[Battle in
* [[Bavarian Fire Drill]]: Part of the backstory for minor character Sticks involves him bluffing a Brassmoon guard into thinking he's not an orc, but a soldier who's been polymorphed into an orc to infiltrate an army of orcs who are besieging the city.
* [[Bearer of Bad News]]: Kin, explaning about the Maze of Many's {{spoiler|counter}}. She really, ''really'' would rather [[Don't Kill the Messenger|NOT]] be doing so.
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* [[Berserker Tears]]
** Kin, as she {{spoiler|kills Dellyn Goblinslayer.}}
** Complains {{spoiler|after Chief's death. He starts drawing upon his [[Super
* [[Best Served Cold]]:
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* [[Betty and Veronica]]: Gender-flipped by Dies-Horribly and Grem.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]
** Big-Ears, a genuine [[Lawful Good]] paladin (without any [[Knight Templar]] or [[Lawful Stupid]] characteristics, though occasionally falls into [[Honor Before Reason]]), doesn't like it when [http://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/10122009/ Takn uses his friend as target practice.]
** Kin, friendly, smart and able to [http://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/09132011/ break your neck with her tail]
* [[Bifurcated Weapon]]: Thaco's Cane-swords.
* [[Big Bad]]: Multiple of these, one for both of the major plot arcs, and another even bigger bad who seems likely to be a part of the comic's culmination.
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* [[Big No]]: Big-Ears when he finds out that {{spoiler|Chief is dead}}.
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: After the initial three Driz'zt-clones get killed off, one of their players re-rolls a Japanese ninja...er, Samurai. The character's name: Baka. Which, in Japanese, is the word for "Fool".
* [[Bill, Bill, Junk, Bill]]: Minmax [http://www.goblinscomic.com/11242009/ trying to judge the charisma scores of the ladies of Brassmoon]. [http://www.goblinscomic.com/12072009/ Hilarity] [[Hilarity Ensues|ensues]].
* [[Bizarre Alien Biology]]: Kin's top half looks human enough, sure, but a [http://www.goblinscomic.com/05242010/ discussion] with Minmax proves that her insides are definitely different.
* [[Black Eyes of Crazy]]: When a goblin is enraged, his pupils dilate, making his eyes completely black.
* [[Blessed
* [[Blue and Orange Morality]]: K'seliss views fighting, eating, and mating as aspects of the same thing... and therefore believes that fighting anything he ''can't'' eat or mate with is sickeningly perverted, and refuses to do so. He also thinks eating the fingers and limbs of a potential mate is an acceptable display of affection. It's also implied that his ''entire race'' is like this, despite the fact that there's no more biological justification for it than there is for humans.
* [[Blunt Metaphors Trauma]] / [[Literal
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* [[Body Horror]]: ''Goblins'' is not for the faint-hearted.
** One of the Shield of Wonder's favorite tricks is to inflict [[Baleful Polymorph|horrific transformations]] on those who strike it (or anyone around them). An unlucky accident causes it to try to transform Complains into a demon. {{spoiler|It partially succeeds before Big-Ears stops the effect. Complains now has scales, clawed fingers and fangs.}}
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** Though hardly the worst seen, one of the goblins that survives the escape from Brassmoon is a young female whose missing all the skin along her back, leaving her spinal column among other bones fully and completely exposed.
* [[Brainless Beauty]]: Drowbabe; Yodette
* [[Breaking in Old Habits]]: After Dies-Horribly gets his prosthetic hand.
* [[Break the Cutie]]
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** {{spoiler|Off-panel (and partly before the story begins), but Kin was regularly tortured and raped to the point where she has a phobia of human contact.}}
* [[Brick Joke]]:
** In [http://www.goblinscomic.com/03232010/ March 2010], we discover that Minmax has Improved Unarmed Strike as a result of [[Min
** A joke where the punchline comes ''seven years'' later: [http://www.goblinscomic.com/12152005/ Summon] [http://www.goblinscomic.com/03132012/ Badger!]
* [[Bring It]]
** [http://www.goblinscomic.com/01132006/ Forgath on this page:]
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** This exchange.
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'''Big-Ears:''' [http://www.goblinscomic.com/08142007/ Then come and get it.] }}
** Played straight by Minmax on [http://goblinscomic.com/03092010 this page,] then [[Defied Trope|defied]] by Forgath on the next.
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'''Forgath:''' ''No! Don't'' bring it on! Bring ''nothing'' on! }}
** [http://www.goblinscomic.com/05272011/ Here.] To Mr. Fingers.
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* [[Broken Pedestal]]: Minmax discovering [http://goblinscomic.com/02162010 his idol's] [[Complete Monster]] tendencies ([http://goblinscomic.com/03022010 and the result]). [[Jerk
* [[Brown Note]]: Since even the ([[BFS|fracking huge]]) weapon of a god's underling is powerful enough to [[One
* [[Buffy
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* [[But for Me It Was Tuesday]]: Invoked. After their duel has finished, Thaco tells Dellyn that he intends to remember the fight as a 'random encounter' and that it will definitely '''not''' become the subject of goblin legend.
* [[Buxom Is Better]]: Drowbabe and her replacement character. Lampshaded by Minmax to likely be the product of some lonely teenager who barely knows what women are like. Since Yodette isn't (literally and deliberately) falling out of her top, it's possible that Drowbabe's player is
* [[By the Lights of Their Eyes]]: A favourite effect of Thunt's, used to great effect throughout.
* [[Call Back]]
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** Forgath's helmet. It is a helmet, you see.
** Also, Dellyn:
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'''Thaco:''' ''Sigh.'' Of ''course'' it's a trap, you moron. Stop congratulating yourself for noticing the obvious. }}
** Chief announces stabbing himself in the eye by screaming, "Aaaah! I stabbed myself in the freakin' eye!"
* [[Cassandra Truth]]: See [[Don't Touch It, You Idiot!]].
* [[Catapult Nightmare]]: [http://www.goblinscomic.com/09102010/ Kin has those.] Not surprising considering the likely nature of her dreams.
* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: Initially the comic was mostly about making jokes based on various ''D&D'' tropes and conventions, and had absolutely [[No Fourth Wall]], with the [[Player Character|adventurers]] explicitly being characters in someone's role-playing game. Quite soon it grew [[Darker and Edgier|way more serious in tone]] and began developing the fourth wall, although various ''D&D'' mechanics are occasionally referenced by characters. Three of the five original player characters haven't been seen since.
* [[Challenging the Chief]]: How The Goblinslayer got his job as captain of the town guard.
* [[Character Development]]: After reading through the first couple arcs and noting how much of a supreme prick Minmax is, you totally wouldn't expect him to pull [http://www.goblinscomic.com/09212010/ this] later on.
* [[Character Level]]
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** Minmax's belt buckle, {{spoiler|after being thrown through the magical hole in the wall of the Dungeon of Many, turns into a giant rock disc that crushes the alternate versions of Minmax and Forgath.}}
* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: {{spoiler|Deflecting arrows. Or ''catching'' them.}}
* [[Cold
** Kore tortured Chief to keep the rest of the Goblin Adventuring Party from [[Go On Without Me|leaving Chief behind]].
** Other examples are Dellyn Goblinslayer and Fluffles' [[Karmic Death|trainer]].
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* [[Coup De Grace]]: A semi-common way to kill. Also how {{spoiler|Dellyn dies.}}
* [[Covers Always Lie]]:
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* [[Crapsack World|Crapsack Multiverse]]
** Implied [http://www.goblinscomic.com/02182011-3/ here.]
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'''Kin:''' The multiverse is predominantly evil.
'''Forgath:''' What? I was always taught that good and evil were balanced.
'''Kin:''' Nope. Evil is winning. }}
** Special mention goes to Reality #37, where not being evil is punishable by death. [[Defector From Decadence|That universe's Forgath, Kin, and Minmax aren't evil.]]
** Another universe being shown features goblins as an [[
* [[Crippling Overspecialization]]: Minmax is a god when it comes to fighting. He can't willfully blink, read, rhyme on purpose, think hard, or understand complex concepts. Most of these weaknesses he got in order to get '''more''' combat prowess and bonuses.
* [[Cross Player]]: [http://www.goblinscomic.com/02152011/ Forgath]. Probably Drowbabe as well.
* [[Cruel and Unusual Death]]
** Quite a few of the deaths in the big Brassmoon fight. A few especially nasty ones are the guard who {{spoiler|excrutiatingly turns into a bunch of snakes}}, the guard who {{spoiler|is turning into an ogre, only to be cut down by his captain}}, and that captain, who gets the ''honor'' of {{spoiler|having his armor grow until it crushes him.}}
** And... later... {{spoiler|Chief. See [[Cold
** And now, {{spoiler|[http://www.goblinscomic.com/06072011/ K'Seliss.]}} The thought that {{spoiler|he is [[Body Horror|still alive]] in Panel 8}} is [[Nightmare Fuel|not a pleasant one.]]
** {{spoiler|Anyone the Orb of Bloodlight's guardian demon owns. Including Dies. The death happens fast and keeps happening. '''''Forever'''''. Or at least until the Demon gets caught in the terms of it's own deal.}}
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** [http://www.goblinscomic.com/11202005/ Here;]
** [http://www.goblinscomic.com/09122005/ And here.]
* [[Cursed
* [[Cute Monster Girl]]
** Saves-a-Fox
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* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: Several characters both heroic and otherwise display this trait.
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: Basically every good protagonist (save for Minmax and Forgath), but Thaco's is [[Up to Eleven]].
* [[Deal
** Mryorg the Ogre, who features in the backstory of the Axe of Prissan, has a demon carve a rune into this chest for this purpose.
** Mr Fingers was created when a farmer begged a devil to cure his son of nightmares; the devil successfully extracted the source of the nightmares from the kid's mind, but let them loose upon the world instead of destroying them.
** Discussed by the demon who inhabits the Well of Darkness. Demons need souls for nourishment, but most of them aren't powerful enough to take souls by force and can only claim souls given willingly; which is why the phrase 'Deal with the Devil' has passed into common usage on the mortal plane. {{spoiler|Dies makes one, but since his metallic arm effectively gives him two souls, the ''demon'' gets dragged to hell for breaking the deal.}}
* [[Dear Negative Reader]]: Thunt uses [[The Rant]] occasionally to level countercriticism at reader complaints about his houseruled ''D&D'' mechanics. Most notable [http://www.goblinscomic.com/the-axe-and-the-rope/ here].
* [[Death
** The goblins of the warcamp, [http://www.goblinscomic.com/10232005/ from a falling tree].
** An alernate Forgath and Minmax, {{spoiler|[http://www.goblinscomic.com/09202011/ from a giant stone belt buckle]}}. Note that they do try to run
* [[Death or Glory Attack]]: Complains attacking Kore head-on.
* [[Delayed Causality]]: [http://www.goblinscomic.com/11182006/ The White Terror's razor-sharp blades.]
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* [[Disaster Dominoes]]
** Fumbles is a [http://www.goblinscomic.com/12242005/ master at this].
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** The Shield of Wonder keeps getting hit, causing bad situations to get even worse.
* [[Disney Villain Death]]: A previous owner of the Axe of Prissan tried to kill Kore this way. Obviously, it didn't work.
* [[Distracting Disambiguation]]: [http://www.goblinscomic.com/07302005/ Minmax versus the demons.]
* [[Divide
* [[Does Not Like Shoes]]: The goblins are barefoot for most of the comic, with a few exceptions.
* [[The Dog Bites Back]]
** Fluffles the Owlbear, instead of attacking the goblin group, savages his "master".
** {{spoiler|Kin the yuan-ti giving the Coup de Grâce to Dellyn, after Forgath let go of her magical leash in the fight.}}
** {{spoiler|The orc in the Well of Darkness, having spent the past 600 years being tortured by demons, uses his first moment of freedom to decapitate one of his captors.}}
* [[Don't Touch It, You Idiot!]]
** Saves-a-Fox [http://www.goblinscomic.com/12172007/ repeatedly warns] the other members of her party to not touch anything in the Well of Darkness, but she is [http://www.goblinscomic.com/02012010/ regularly ignored]. Frankly, {{spoiler|[http://www.goblinscomic.com/01182010/ K'seliss should][http://www.goblinscomic.com/04082011/ have listened to her]}}.
** [http://www.goblinscomic.com/02012011/ Minmax barely avoiding] an [[Yet Another Stupid Death|instant and pointless]] end.
* [[Doomy Dooms of Doom]]: Mocked with the [http://www.goblinscomic.com/12152005/ "Doom" spell.]
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'''Young-and-Beautiful:''' Well, "Very Annoying" doesn't really roll off the tongue as a spell title. }}
* [[Doorstopper]]: Found in [http://www.goblinscomic.com/03032011/ universe #219], [[Shout
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'''Alternate-Universe-Fumbles:''' "Sequel to ''The Name of The Wind''". Hey Dies, isn't that the book you're... um... [[Improvised Armour|wearing]]? }}
* [[Dope Slap]]: [http://www.goblinscomic.com/02042006/ Fumbles earns himself a double-whammie.]
* [[The Dragon]]: Saral Caine; Riss. One has already been... dealt with.
* [[Dual
** The Drizzt-ripoff drow (two scimitars, par for the course);
** Thaco (two sword-canes);
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* [[Dungeon Bypass]]
* {{spoiler|[[Dying Moment of Awesome]]: K'seliss taking out [[Eldritch Abomination|Mr. Fingers]]}}.
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* [[Ears
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: [http://www.goblinscomic.com/05062011/ Mr. Fingers,] the lesser finger horror.
* [[Emotion Eater]]: Demons can feed on negative emotions and suffering. The stronger the suffering, the better the meal.
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* [[Even Evil Has Loved Ones]]: Dellyn may be a sadistic psychopath who enjoys torture, rape, and murder, but he genuinely weeps when he is shown {{spoiler|[http://www.goblinscomic.com/11272007/ Saral Caine's dead body]}}.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Minmax may be a powergamer, a jerk, and have all the mental prowess of a brick, but bragging about {{spoiler|raping female monsters}} in front of him may just get you thrown through a window. {{spoiler|Even if you're Dellyn Goblinslayer}}.
* [[Everyone Has Standards]]: Minmax thinks his barbarian counterpart is an idiot. And he turns out to be right. While Minmax is willing to listen to others when they give him advice, his barbarian counterpart is truly stupid. And Minmax ends up outliving his barbarian counterpart more or less for this reason.
* [[
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* [[Evil Hand]]: Odd [[Non
* [[Evil Twin]]: The majority of the alternate versions of Minmax, Forgath and Kin in the Maze of Many.
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'''Kin:''' The multiverse is [[Crapsack World|predominantly evil]]. }}
* [[Evil Weapon]]: Inverted with the Axe of Prissan. It's a [[Sealed Evil in
* [[Exact Words]]
** [http://www.goblinscomic.com/02012010/ Fox gets her words turned on her here]:
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''(K'seliss gooses her)'' }}
** {{spoiler|The Demoness in the Well of Darkness says that she's the guardian of the Blue Orb of Bloodlight, and offers a trade of 'one soul for one orb.' When Dies-Horribly offers her his soul, she gives away... an orb of ordinary blue stone. Leads to a [[Karmic Death]] when it turns out that Dies has two souls (presumably the second one is in his arm), which goes against the very [[Exact Words]] contract that the Demoness was manipulating, causing her to be banished into the deepest plane of hell which even demons themselves fear.}}
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* [[The Faceless]]: Kore, whose helmet only reveals one eye and some beard.
* [[Face Palm]]: Plenty often.
* [[Face Death
* [[Facial Horror]]: [http://www.goblinscomic.com/07292011/ This Forgath.]
* [[Facing the Bullets One
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* [[Failure Knight]]: Chief feels a large amount of guilt over his clan's fall from glory.
* [[Fan Disservice]]: [http://www.goblinscomic.com/08142005/ Those goblins need more women.]
** Also, a corrupted opportunity for [http://www.goblinscomic.com/05112012/ fanservice].
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* [[Fashionable Asymmetry]]
** The White Terror
** Besides her [[Peek
* [[Fastball Special]]: This trope feature prominently in the backstory of Boulder the Ogre.
* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]
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** {{spoiler|Kin the yuan-ti}} begs for death upon {{spoiler|being recaptured by the guards}}.
** {{spoiler|There's a group of demons living in the Well of Darkness, who have enslaved an orc and continually resurrect and kill him in order to nourish themselves on his suffering. He's been resurrected and killed once every few hours ''for the last 600 years.''}}
** There is a circle of hell reserved for anyone foolish enough to attempt to break a [[Deal
* [[Five
** The GAP (Goblin Adventuring Party):
*** [[The Hero]]: Position currently absent, because someone [[Break the Cutie|broke]] poor Fumbles (although the sorting of the group might have been different before his capture, and after, or indeed if, he recovers).
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** [http://www.goblinscomic.com/04162007/ "I'd want you to leave me and escape."]
** When we see the alternate parties in the Maze of Many, one window has {{spoiler|an alternate Minmax standing alone}}. The next comic shows why. {{spoiler|[[Ax Crazy|It isn't pretty]]}}.
* [[Forest Ranger]]: The Goblinslayer was presumably this (ranger class, bow and sword, half-tree), but moved into Brassmoon when it was a more direct path to what he really
* [[Four
* [[Game Master]]: One of the [[Player Character
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: K'seliss. His dispatch of Noe (detailed above under [[Cutting the Knot]]) proved his raw intelligence, but [http://www.goblinscomic.com/09072010/ here] he displays surprising insight by
* [[Genre Savvy]]
* [[Giant Spider]]: Not shown, but Dellyn tells an anecdote about him and Saral fighting a spider the size of a horse.
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** The ironically-named fortune teller [[Blatant Lies|Young-and-Beautiful]]. Most of these are played for comedy, but Dies-Horribly's name has basically [[Fail O'Suckyname|ruined his entire life]].
** The naming ritual is apparently a sacred rite that cannot be interrupted or redone. This results in names like "Piss Off I Have A Headache" (Hava to his friends).
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* [[Glass Cannon]]: Acording to [[All There in the Manual|his posted stats]], Mr. Fingers has an extremely low hit point total for a creature his size. This does nothing to make him less terrifying.
* [[Good Powers, Bad People]]: Kore [http://www.goblinscomic.com/11162010-2/ heals Chief]. He does this in order to {{spoiler|make him scream and impede the escape of the rest of his party}}.
* [[Good Wings, Evil Wings]]:
** Duv has a single white angel wing that marks her out as the savior of all goblinkind (she used to have two, but one was burned off in a fire). Then again, [[Light Is Not Good]]...
** {{spoiler|Kore's I.M.E. creates a a pair of Angel wings... made from chains and severed heads.}}
* [[Gorn]]: This comic is notable for its almost savage aversion of the [[Gory Discretion Shot]], most significantly during the Battle of Brassmoon City, and Kore's [[Cold
* [[Gotta Kill Them All]]: Kore with "evil" creatures. Also see [[Omnicidal Maniac]].
* [[Groin Attack]]
** [http://www.goblinscomic.com/12312005/ Fumbles to Minmax.]
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** And, later, [http://www.goblinscomic.com/11222011/ Dies-Horribly to the demon trying to kill him.]
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* [[Groundhog Day Loop]]: The Maze of Many. The characters don't remember each attempt, however, but they get a counter. {{spoiler|Which is nearing two million loops for the protagonist party.}}
* [[The Guards Must Be Crazy]]: [[Averted Trope]] [http://www.goblinscomic.com/11272006 here].
* [[Half
** Readers believe, due to his appearance and the implications on [http://www.goblinscomic.com/10062006 this page] that Saral Caine is one. Likely, he's a Stonechild: Somewhere along his family line, the primal element of Earth was fused with one of his ancestors, or him.
** Dellyn Goblinslayer is one as well; from his appearance, he looks like he might be a treant/human hybrid. The yuan-ti Kin declares he was changed into his present state by a wizard. Given the most recent evidence, he might be a [[Half
* [[Half the Man He Used To Be]]: The end of one alternative Minmax, saving him from the [[Advancing Wall of Doom|advancing spike wall]].
* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: "You've been taking levels as an adventurer, haven't you? That's the most perverted thing I've ever heard of."
** [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: "You're some random human I fought in the early levels of my adventuring career. You're a random encounter."
* [[Happiness in Slavery]]: What the White Terror thinks the fellow goblins she enslaved ought to feel as they carry out this "service to their god and all of goblinkind".
* [[Hates Being Touched]]
** [http://www.goblinscomic.com/12042005/ This demon];
** Sadly, Kin now has hysterical fits whenever a man touches her. [[Rape
* [[Hero Antagonist]]: Despite both parties being good-aligned, Forgrath and Minmax are these, opposite the Goblin party. Minmax's alignment doesn't really become obvious until {{spoiler|he beats Dellyn within four hit points of his life for being so damn evil all the time}}.
* [[Heart Is an Awesome Power]]: The Anymug can [http://www.goblinscomic.com/04242006/ create any mundane liquid]. It [[Chekhov's Gun|later comes in handy]] when [[Complete Monster|something]] needs to be [http://www.goblinscomic.com/03242010/ set on fire].
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** {{spoiler|[http://www.goblinscomic.com/11022010-2/ Chief.]}}
** {{spoiler|K'seliss}} of all people does this. Whether or not it was accidental is unclear.
* [[Hero
** Kore
** {{spoiler|Dellyn and Saral}} murdered the last one to have the Axe of Prissan before the current events.
* [[He's Back]]: Kickass'o is back to [http://www.goblinscomic.com/11232010-2/ kick some ass].
* [["Hey You!" Haymaker]]:
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'''Orc:''' HISSSSSSS ''(spins around)''
'''Big-Ears:''' Thank you. ''(axes it in the face)'' }}
* [[Hit Points]]: Only mentioned when people are close to zero or in the negatives.
* [[Hoist
** The guard who "trained" Fluffles.
** {{spoiler|Dellyn Goblinslayer was beaten and humiliated by a goblin, and later, coup-de-grâce'd by Kin, who he'd beaten and raped '''nightly'''.}}
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** And the demoness guarding the Bloodlight Orb {{spoiler|got Dies to agree to giving her his soul for "the orb", which was NOT the one he thought it was}}, and in turn, {{spoiler|got tricked into taking TWO souls -- Dies' and the piece of Klik}}, banishing her to a portion of Hell that even ''demons'' [[Fate Worse Than Death|are afraid of]].
* [[Honor Before Reason]]
** Big-Ears. He doesn't attack from behind. [http://www.goblinscomic.com/01072011/ Not even] [http://www.goblinscomic.com/10192010-2/ people who do.] It's pretty much his [[Badass Creed]].
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** Fumbles makes his way to Brassmoon City to return an elf child's doll, alone, despite knowing full well the danger involved, because he [http://www.goblinscomic.com/04172006/ "has to make this right."]
** More-or-less sums up why Minmax attacked Dellyn. Of course, wisdom is his [[Dump Stat]].
* [[A House Divided]]: While our group is working towards eventually being [[True Companions]], [http://www.goblinscomic.com/03012011-4/ the other group] could barely get a sentence out without making someone mad.
* [[Humans Are
* [[Humans Through Alien Eyes]]: [http://www.goblinscomic.com/01282007 This page] and the one preceding it.
* [[Hybrid Monster]]: K'seliss [http://www.goblinscomic.com/10062006 is speculated] to be a cross of ogre and lizardfolk.
* [[Hypocrite]]: Kore has dedicated himself to destroying all evil, and will even kill young children just because they've been exposed to evil. He doesn't see the contradiction.
** In [http://www.goblinscomic.com/01282008/ this strip] Dellyn Goblinslayer defines the term legendary by how much your enemies hate you. He prides himself on the fact that the goblins "would sacrifice anything for a chance at [his] throat." He denies any possibility that Thaco could be considered legendary, but at the end of the comic, states that he "would sacrifice anything for a chance at [Thaco's] throat."
* [[I Call
* [[I Drank What]]: [http://www.goblinscomic.com/04052010/ A very distracted Forgath drinks Dragon Lung lantern fuel] after the battle with {{spoiler|Goblinslayer}}.
* [[I Let Gwen Stacy Die]]: Triggers a [[Wrong Name Outburst]] in [http://www.goblinscomic.com/01132007/ this scene]:
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''(astonished looks)''
'''Big-Ears:''' I mean... ''(buries his face in his hands)'' You know what I mean. }}
* [[I'm Melting]]: What touching Mr. Fingers does to you. More contact speeds it up and spreads it.
* [[I Know Your True Name]]: Houseruled in, meaning the pit fiend can be forced to serve any mortal who speaks his true name. Incidently, his true name is definitely not Richard, Francis, Leslie, Winkypoop the slippery monkey, or Walter. (The forum have hence [[Fan Nickname|nicknamed]] him "Not-Walter".) Turns out {{spoiler|it's Grinnorarcen. They encounter him again serving an alt-Minmax who's really good at guessing names, and Kin convinces the demon to reveal his name so she can order him to return to Hell, freeing him.}}
* [[Impaled
** {{spoiler|Dellyn Goblinslayer}}, on a piece of broken pipe.
** [http://www.goblinscomic.com/11222011/ This] demon.
* [[Impossibly Cool Weapon]]
** [http://www.goblinscomic.com/08062006/ Chief's spear,] when thrown, flies incredibly straight and fast, and [[Recursive Ammo|splits into several additional, equally deadly spears mid-flight.]] It also returns to the user's hand once it lands.
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** Kore's [[Automatic Crossbow|automatic crossbows]]. They fire several bolts in one go, lock into his tower shield for cover-firing, and automatically reload themselves in seconds from bolt caches hanging from his side.
** Duv's two razor sharp shards. They're short, and they don't even have handles. Watching her fight with them is epic, but how she is able to even hold on to them in battle and not slash her hands open in the process is anyone's guess.
** Minmax's new sword -- [http://www.goblinscomic.com/02172012/ Oblivious!] The blade is literally nothing, and can't be affected by anything that's not
* [[Impossibly Low Neckline]]: Displayed by one of the alternate Kins in [http://www.goblinscomic.com/02252011-3/ this strip].
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]
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* [[Insane Troll Logic]]
** Well, Insane Lizardman Logic with K'seliss...
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'''K'seliss:''' Damn ''right!'' }}
** In Minmax's worldview, monsters are fit only to be killed for XP. He decides to make an exception for Kin... if he can find something normal about her. He can't. At all. She doesn't know her birthday or her father's identity, because of [[Bizarre Alien Biology|the way yuan-ti mate]]. {{spoiler|He really doesn't want to kill her though, so he gives her a birthday. So she'll have something normal.}}
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* [[Ironic Nickname]]: The ogre who died to give the others a chance had "COWARD" carved into his face.
* [[Jerkass]]: Takn might well be the first completely unsympathetic monster character shown so far in the comic.
* [[Jerk
** Duv's son Grem.
** Minmax is shaping up in this direction as well.
* [[I Think You Broke Him]]: [http://www.goblinscomic.com/05082006/ "Cool, I think you broke Baka."]
* [[Jigsaw Puzzle Plot]]
* [[Karmic Death]]: See [[Hoist
* [[The Key Is Behind the Lock]]: The magical key to the Well of Darkness was actually inside it, with a group of dead adventurers. The Viper clan had to tunnel a [[Dungeon Bypass]] to get inside.
* [[Kid
* [[Killed Mid
** [http://www.goblinscomic.com/11212005/ Seth and Drowbabe], as well as [http://www.goblinscomic.com/12122005/ Drasst].
** Sticks the bouncer, in Kore's first appearance. [http://www.goblinscomic.com/09172005/ Hawl] as well.
** An alternate Kin in [[Bad End]]. The alternate Forgath in [[Spikes of Doom]].
* [[Killer GM]]: Herbert, the GM running the entire campaign.
* [[Kill It
** How Thaco reacts to Dellyn's [http://www.goblinscomic.com/03022007-2/ using his ear] as a trophy.
** How Forgath deals with {{spoiler|[http://goblinscomic.com/03242010 Dellyn]}}. Being part-wood and covered in fuel...
* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: Each time Kore appears, the series gets darker and more serious.
* [[Knight Templar]]: Kore, to the extreme. This is a guy who's willing to kill anyone who has had contact with the monster races, even if the contact wasn't voluntary. Specifically, if the encounter may lead to said person (including children...) sympathizing with monsters.
* [[Knuckle
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: A lot of this goes on about ''D&D'' rules.
* [[Lean and Mean]]: {{spoiler|Psion Minmax}} is almost-skeletal thin.
* [[Leaning
* [[Leave Him to Me]]: Dellyn versus Thaco.
* [[Leave No Survivors]]
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** Kore, after he demonstrates his Paladin powers.
** Saral Caine's IME is bright white, making him look pretty good or neutral. He's a psychopath's best friend and [[The Dragon|dragon]].
* [[Like a Badass Out of Hell]]: After narrowly escaping hell due to {{spoiler|his golden arm technically having [[Our Souls Are Different|a separate soul]] from him, which invalidated a [[Deal
* [[Literal Cliff Hanger]]
** A whole hut full of slaves, including Dies-Horribly, Saves-a-Fox and K'seliss, hangs from a cliff during the hobgoblins' attack of the Viper clan.
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** Much of the men in the Goblin camp at the beginning wore loinclothes. Thaco wore one until he was ordered to put on pants for the groups' sake.
** Also Minmax prior to their {{spoiler|visit to Brassmoon City}}.
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* [[Lovable Coward]]: Dies-Horribly
* [[Love Triangle]]: Dies-Horribly and Grem both seem to be vying for Saves-a-Fox's affections.
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* [[Major Injury Underreaction]]: {{spoiler|K'seliss}} tries to be this to keep up appearances when {{spoiler|his arms start melting off}}.
* [[Man Child]]: Minmax. Sometimes bordering on [[Psychopathic Manchild]].
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* [[
** Yumyuck moss, though apparently dwarves are usually really drunk when they eat it.
** [http://www.goblinscomic.com/06072011/ Lesser finger horrors] are a "last meal" sort of deal.
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* [[Meaningful Name]]
** Pretty much every single goblin of the protagonists' tribe; names are given by the tribe's fortune teller and supposedly prophetic, which isn't much of a comfort for poor Dies-Horribly. (The Viper tribe's fortune teller pointedly ''doesn't'' follow this custom, but it still seems common practice among other goblins.)
** Inverted, amusingly enough, by [[Hypocritical Humor|the protagonists' tribe's fortune teller herself]]: [[Blatant Lies|Young]]-and-[[Sarcasm Mode|Beautiful]] is an ancient [[Gonk]].
** Non-goblin examples are also not uncommon, such as a player character resembling a Japanese samurai named [[Baka]]. Or for a less subtle example, Minmax. Or the hardcore Kore. And Dellyn '''Goblinslayer'''.
** And then there's "Duv", who might well be able to bring peace to the goblin tribes...
* [[Medium Awareness]]: Intermittently throughout, since the characters are aware of the nature of their universe, and the rules by which it runs.
* [[Men Are the Expendable Gender]]: Maglubiyet evidently buys into this trope, as it's apparently a divine mandate that no females (spellcasters excepted) are allowed in a goblin warcamp. As warcamps are essentially decoys to lure adventurers away from the women and children, this means a lot of goblin males die to deflect danger away from their families. Especially notable as Young-and-Beautiful, the only female in the warcamp, hides whenever adventurers approach.
* [[Merchandise
* [[Mercy Kill]]: [http://www.goblinscomic.com/02142008/ Stellar example.]
* [[Mermaid Problem]]: Alluded to with Dellyn and Kin, but largely [[Hand Wave|handwaved]] away. Of course, [[Squick|all things considered]], [[Nausea Fuel|that's probably for the best]]. [[Nightmare Fuel|It works, but involves healing potions]]. Given who we're dealing with, it might not ''have'' to though. Since, in one of the alternate realities, Minmax and Kin have been having near-constant sex since the birthday scene, it's a pretty safe bet there's a less squicky way for that to happen.
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** [http://www.goblinscomic.com/12302005/ Minmax to Fumbles], shortly.
** And then there's poor [http://www.goblinscomic.com/02202006/ Shaken-Unfairly]...
* [[Min
* [[Mirror Match]]: [http://www.goblinscomic.com/08192011/ Minmax vs. Minmax.]
* [[Mismatched Eyes]]: Minmax, after Complains wounded his right eye.
* [[Mr. Exposition|Miss Exposition]]: Kin
* [[Mistaken for Gay]]: Minmax's favorite way of riling up Forgath.
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'''Minmax:''' Okay, '''''that''''' is the gayest thing you've ever said. }}
* [[Mistaken for Pedophile]]: Minmax shouts to a girl that she is "13 and hot," by which he means she has a charisma score of 13 and is therefore physically attractive. The people in the crowded city around him unfortunately don't know he's talking about ability scores.
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* [[Monty Haul]]: Forgath mentions at one point in Brassmoon that they shouldn't expect to find magic items in a blacksmith's shop since "even Herbert isn't THAT Monty Haul." It's clear from some of the other things that they DO find that they're playing a campaign where all the cool stuff they get is [[Suspicious Videogame Generosity|going to be necessary later]].
** One alternate universe apparently has so many magic rings that [http://www.goblinscomic.com/08092011/ Forgath needs a special staff just to use them all.]
* [[Mood Whiplash]]
** Minmax pulls this off {{spoiler|when he finds Dellyn's sword.}}
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** Dellyn Goblinslayer's wooden arm;
** Klik himself.
* [[Multi
* [[Multicolored Hair]]: Dellyn Goblinslayer
* [[Munchkin]]: Minmax is, in all likelihood, a ''[[Subverted Trope|subversion]]'' of
* [[Mutual Kill]]: {{spoiler|K'seliss vs. Mr. Fingers.}}
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]
** Forgath, after the slaughter of the goblin warcamp.
** Fumbles, too, after accidentally injuring an elf girl. {{spoiler|That's why he goes to Brassmoon, after all -- despite having been rather explicitly warned that it's the home of the Goblinslayer, and having witnessed Thaco's reaction to the idea of anyone in the party going there.}}
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** Fluffles' [http://www.goblinscomic.com/02142008 mercy kill].
** Also, [http://goblinscomic.com/08242008 Tayshun's death] by Kin's hands.
** Kin later takes out her doppelganger in the Maze of Many [http://www.goblinscomic.com/09132011/ using her tail.]
* [[Negate Your Own Sacrifice]]: Unintentionally done by {{spoiler|Dies-Horribly}} [http://www.goblinscomic.com/10242011/ here.]
* [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]: Mryorg, after almost releasing the demon in the Axe of Prissan intentionally, his quest for the greatest pain lead to him choosing to end his time with the axe and give it to a paladin. He chose the demon's pain in the end.
* [[Nietzsche Wannabe]]: {{spoiler|[http://www.goblinscomic.com/02222011-2/ Psion Minmax]}}
* [[Nobody Poops]]: Parodied, subverted, and then inverted in an [[Enemy Chatter]] conversation the audience is allowed to [http://goblinscomic.com/01202007 listen to].
* [[Noodle Incident]]:
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* [[No One Gets Left Behind]]: Mostly played straight.
** Humorously [[Lampshaded]] at one point by Complains-of-Names.
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** Then {{spoiler|brutally averted with Kin.}}
** And again [http://www.goblinscomic.com/10292010-3/ here] {{spoiler|with Chief}}.
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** Someone conveniently left a lot of broken rusty pipes sticking out of the water in the sewers.
** The Well of Darkness is much worse.
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* [[Not the Fall That Kills You]]: Averted by Klik. Just because he can fly doesn't mean he can [http://www.goblinscomic.com/07312006/ completely stop the momentum of a falling goblin]. He later shows that [http://www.goblinscomic.com/06052012/ he had learn from the experience, though.]
* [[Not Worth Killing]]: Dellyn to Thaco, which is a [[Fate Worse Than Death]] for the former.
* [[Obliviously Evil]]: Kore and his lovely shade of denial.
* [[Obviously Evil]]: [http://www.goblinscomic.com/06102011/ This Names.]
* [[Off
* [[Oh Crap]]
** Dellyn's reaction when he realizes just what Thaco has been doing during the battle.
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** Also, if a character utters "Sonova crap", it's probably paired with an [[Oh Crap]] face.
** [http://www.goblinscomic.com/01212011-2/ "Hi Names. Remember me?"] The whole GAP.
** [[Eldritch Abomination|Mr. Fingers]] invokes this in all who look at him as a ''game mechanic'', by means of a fear-causing aura (forcing a Will save against panic). Dies [[Freak
** Said outright by Alt Minmax when {{spoiler|Kin banishes Alt Not-Walter to Hell, depriving him of his only ally and ensuring he has a really bad time in the afterlife}}.
* [[Old Master]]: Thaco again.
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: {{spoiler|[[Psychic Powers|Psion]] Minmax}}. He's hoping for a [[Apocalypse How|Class Z]], but the best he can do is to [http://www.goblinscomic.com/02222011-2/ localize it within the dungeon.]
* [[One
* [[One Size Fits All]]: Generally averted; size modifiers have been mentioned, and human-size gear has occasionally been rejected as unusable. The Axe of Prissan and Big-Ears' armor play this trope straight, justified by them being [[A Wizard Did It|magical]] and designed to reshape and suit the needs of whoever uses them. Note that [[One Size Fits All]] is an actual rule of ''D&D'' magic items. Imagine how much it would suck if you found some awesome magic armor you can't use because it's designed for an ogre.
* [[Only a Flesh Wound]]: K'seliss fighting with his teeth {{spoiler|after his arms literally fell off}}.
* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]: Dellyn insists on duelling Thaco so he can kill him personally, rather than letting his soldiers kill him. [[Batman Gambit|Thaco uses this to his advantage]].
* [[Our Demons Are Different]]: They feed by inflicting suffering on the souls of other creatures, they enslave mortals by [[Deal
* [[Our Goblins Are
* [[Overused Copycat Character]]: Mocked, roundly.
* [[Papa Wolf]]: Pan's relationship with Yala.
* [[Paper
* [[Peek
* [[Perpetual Frowner]]: {{spoiler|Psion Minmax}} doesn't seem the smiling sort.
* [[Pet the Dog]]
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** Then, he gets another one, which may qualify him for a true [[Heel Face Turn]], [http://www.goblinscomic.com/09212010-2/ here]. Say it with me now: ''[[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|Awwwwww!]]''
** A lesser example, and it doesn't make him any less of a [[Complete Monster]], but when he found {{spoiler|Saral Caine's corpse}}, Dellyn was, quite startlingly, reduced to ''tears.'' That was his best friend and [[Dead Sidekick|sidekick]].
* [[Politically
** Fantastic Racism is one of Goblinslayer's defining traits.
** Kore refers to his targets as "evil", "monster", and "lower beasts". In his [http://www.goblinscomic.com/09172005/ first appearance], he made his views clear.
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* [[Power Limiter]]: Kin's collar supresses her magic and prevents her from hurting anyone if the attached leash is being held.
* [[The Power of Love]]: {{spoiler|Kin and Minmax's}} love is almost magically confusing. It's also able to nauseate ''mathematics''. Yes. You read that right.
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* [[Pre
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'''Thaco:''' You know, in the old days, we depended on ingenuity, rather than feats, the strength stat used a forward slash as a decimal point... and there were no such thing as drow. ''(pulling his cane into two swords)'' I ''miss'' the old days. }}
* [[Precision F
** [http://www.goblinscomic.com/10122010/ "Shit."]
** [http://www.goblinscomic.com/12312007/ K'Seliss's gesture to Grem in Panel 4.] Strange, considering he only has two fingers and a thumb on each hand.
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** One example is Saves-a-Fox. She was prophesied to save a fox on a specific day. She decided to [[Screw Destiny]] by killing it instead. {{spoiler|Eventually it's revealed that she DID save it... from terrible suffering due to an incurable illness.}}
** Another example is Dies-Horribly. Fan theories abound about how it will be subverted. One predicts that he will eventually get over his fear of death and walk willingly into a [[Heroic Sacrifice]]. Another is that instead of being destined for a horrible death, he is simply horrible at dying... that is, he repeatedly survives things he really shouldn't. {{spoiler|He's apparently died horribly at least once in the comic. Hard to tell if he'll do so again.}}
* [[Prophetic Names]]: [[Lampshaded]], [[Subverted]], [[Averted]] and generally [[Playing
* [[Psychic Nosebleed]]: Big-Ears has one first [http://www.goblinscomic.com/02122007/ here], then on [http://goblinscomic.com/07242007 this page] when he detects Saral Caine's
* [[Psycho for Hire]]
** Dellyn Goblinslayer, a sadist who justifies his brutality through the fact that he's doing it to supposedly [[
** Riss,
* [[Puff of Logic]]: Psimax tries this on the entire Universe.
* [[Punctuated!
** "[http://goblinscomic.com/08142007 That... Is... MY AXE!!!]"
** "[http://www.goblinscomic.com/04272012/ Dwarves. Don't. Like. Trees.]"
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** Thaco is an old guy, and the term THAC0 is not a part of the new rules.
** Baka, or "idiot" in Japanese, seems to have a rather fitting name. And he's somehow Japanese.
** Minmax, the [[Min
* [[Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil]]
** Minmax considers Goblinslayer his hero until he learns {{spoiler|exactly what the sicko has been doing with his yuan-ti pet.}} Then again, this was the first hint Minmax got, period, that Goblinslayer was much happier with things like vivisection than just killing his enemies. It's possible he may have reacted the same way to finding out that Goblinslayer didn't just kill monsters in fights, but also captured monster women and children and tortured them unspeakably.
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* [[Rebel Relaxation]]: K'seliss, [http://www.goblinscomic.com/11172009/ second panel].
* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]: Played straight by Takn, subverted by K'seliss, averted by Kin.
* [[Ret
* [[Rip Tailoring]]: Thaco with the [http://www.goblinscomic.com/08132006/ halfling outfit].
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]
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* [[RPG Mechanics Verse]]: The comic uses a heavily [[House Rules|houseruled]] ''D&D'' ruleset. The author has even [[Word of God|gone out of his way]] to state that all the combat results that may seem like an [[Ass Pull]] are indeed legitimate. The system the comic uses undoubtedly relies on circumstance bonuses and penalties derived from good tactics, role-playing and the various in game circumstances. Called shots are likely factored in as well. It's also possible that certain effects like being doused in oil and lit on fire have been tweaked to be more realistic.
* [[Running Gag]]
** Minmax can't keep a weapon. Specifically, he lost the sword he started with to one of [http://www.goblinscomic.com/08062005/ Not-Walter's minions], the one foraged from the [http://www.goblinscomic.com/08222005/ one-legged, blind orc] he plunged into one of the eyes of the Lake's [http://www.goblinscomic.com/10072005/ tentacle] [[Eldritch Abomination|monster]], but it was recovered by [http://www.goblinscomic.com/10092005/ Forgath], just to be destroyed by the [http://www.goblinscomic.com/01292006/ Shield of Wonder's Entanglement Effect], and the replacement they got in [http://www.goblinscomic.com/02092010/ Brassmoon] was broken in half by [http://www.goblinscomic.com/03162010/ Goblinslayer]. Even an [http://www.goblinscomic.com/06242011/ alternate version] of him is prone to this.
* [[Sacrificed Basic Skill for Awesome Training]]: Minmax
* [[Sarcasm Blind]]: [http://www.goblinscomic.com/11082006/ The hobgoblins of the Chorgrak clan.]
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* [[Sarcasm Mode]]
** Thaco all over [http://www.goblinscomic.com/01292007/ this page].
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** Duv, above.
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* [[Schmuck Bait]]: [http://www.goblinscomic.com/01252011-2/ Treasure Plants.]
* [[Screw Destiny]]: Saves-a-Fox's motto. Unfortunately, it seems that {{spoiler|the fox she was supposed to save had a disease that ends in a horribly slow and painful death, [[You Can't Fight Fate|so she was saving it by putting it out of its misery]].}}
* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: [[Invoked Trope]] [[Lampshade Hanging|by name]] by K'seliss [http://www.goblinscomic.com/05102011/ on this page]... only to be just as quickly subverted by K'seliss's [[I Was Just Passing Through|return]].
* [[Screw Yourself]]: Alluded by Kin and Scorpion!Kin. {{spoiler|It's a trick by Kin to get her prehensile, sensitive tail wrapped around Scorpion!Kin's tail and throat. With the tail disabled, [[Neck Snap]] ensues.}}
* [[Sealed Evil in
* [[Self
* [[Senseless Sacrifice]]
** Chief goes to fight Kore knowing that he'll fail, but hoping to delay Kore. Kore simply incapacitates Chief and starts torturing him, knowing that Chief's screams will bring the rest. And then, {{spoiler|when they do return to rescue Chief, he dies from his wounds before they can get him healed.}}
** {{spoiler|Dies-Horribly accepts a [[Deal
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: Kin's first speaking page; high intelligence causes her to use unnecessarily long words when nervous. Or that's her excuse, at least.
* [[Shell
* [[Ship Tease]]: People have speculated on a {{spoiler|Kin×Minmax}} pairing almost since she first joined the party, and it was helped along by [http://www.goblinscomic.com/09212010-2/ this] event, among [http://www.goblinscomic.com/02082011-2/ others]. {{spoiler|Finally, the "tease" part was [http://www.goblinscomic.com/01062012/ dropped]}}.
* [[Shoo Out the Clowns]]: Harshly averted, as Fumbles walks headlong ''into'' disaster rather than away from it.
* [[Shout
** Forgath Bladebeard has a horned helmet with one of the horns broken off. In R.A. Salvatore's ''[[
** To [[Mutant Enemy]]: [http://www.goblinscomic.com/08122006/ Grrr! Arg!]
** To ''[[
** There's a ''[[
** [http://www.goblinscomic.com/02282007/ The painting on the wall of Goblinslayer's lair] is inspired by ''[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iBDQOXCHTEU/TA8gnEyeUmI/AAAAAAAAAss/aLAh9_cKz0U/s1600/paladininhell.jpg A Paladin in Hell]'', a classic illustration from early ''D&D'' manuals.
** [http://www.goblinscomic.com/02182011-3/ They hit overdrive in the Maze of Many], with a ''[[
** "I feel like there's already a ''D&D'', [[The Order of the Stick
* [[Shown Their Work]]: Thunt based Kin's description of a yuan-ti mating ritual on [http://www.goblinscomic.com/05312010/ this page] on the way garter snakes mate in real life.
* [[Simple Staff]]: Saves-a-Fox's [[Weapon of Choice]].
* [[Skewed Priorities]]: Kore wants to eradicate '''all''' evil. He's murdering kids, not-evil people, and torturing to avoid it taking him longer to do this. [[Hypocrite]] would be a compliment.
* [[Slasher Smile]]: Evil humans can contort their faces in some... interesting ways, although it's implied that this is as much a matter of their victim's perception of them.
* [[Smite Me,
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Female goblins aren't welcome in the war camp unless they are spellcasters, hence why Young-and-Beautiful the fortune teller is the only woman (?) around. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]], [http://www.goblinscomic.com/08142005/ by the way]:
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* [[Snake People]]: Kin the yuan-ti
* [[The So
* [[Something Else Also Rises]]: [http://www.goblinscomic.com/08092010/ K'seliss' frill.]
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* [[El Spanish
* [[Speak of the Devil]]: Noe
* [[The Speechless]]: The alternative Minmax introduced [http://www.goblinscomic.com/07292011/ here] is revealed to {{spoiler|[http://www.goblinscomic.com/09022011/ have traded away the ability to speak for a +6 bonus to hit]<ref>That's how much ''our'' Minmax has from his Strength bonus</ref>}}.
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Spikes of Doom]]
** The above [[Advancing Wall of Doom]].
** [http://www.goblinscomic.com/06242011/ Here] as well.
* [[Stat
* [[The Stoic]]: Orcs of the Roak clan are taught to accept loss without pause or regret, so they aren't weakened by the pain of losing things. When Biscuit escapes from [[Fate Worse Than Death|600 years of demonic torture]], only to find out that the rest of the Roak clan was destroyed 200 years ago and he may be the [[Last of His Kind]], his response is '[[Angst? What Angst?|Meh, oh well.]]'
* [[Stripperific]]
** Played straight with Drowbabe and Yodette.
** Subverted/deconstructed: The first thing Kin the Yuan Ti does after being freed from Dellyn {{spoiler|(besides murdering him horribly)}} is put on the most conservative coat she can find. She was only dressed this way in the first place, it seems, because Dellyn forced her to be. Which makes sense, considering what Dellyn [[Rape
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: Chief looks a ''lot'' like [http://www.goblinscomic.com/01142006/ Kills-a-Werebear]. Only lacking his look of confidence.
* [[Stupid Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Dies-Horribly gives his soul to the demoness in the Well of Darkness in return for... an orb of ordinary blue stone. Fortunately, he gets out of it due to [[Loophole Abuse]].}}
* [[Super
** [http://www.goblinscomic.com/12312010/ Complains' berserker rage] gets an upgrade when he becomes {{spoiler|part demon.}}
** Dies-Horribly's arm has shown signs of its own will long ago. [http://www.goblinscomic.com/11292011/ But now,] {{spoiler|it's taking over.}}
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]:
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'''Saves-a-Fox:''' What? No. I'm not an adventurer. }}
* [[Swallowed a Fly]]: One goblin tribe with a particularly inept fortune teller (and even more inept scribes) has a member named Stop The Ceremony I Swallowed A Bug.
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** [http://www.goblinscomic.com/10112008/ Variation]: Complains gets sparks from the Shield of Wonder against a wall.
* [[Take My Hand]]
* [[Taking You
* [[Talkative Loon]]: Asks-Nonsense. Even if some of his questions are actually rather puzzling... (how ''[http://goblinscomic.com/09252005 do]'' you know?)
* [[Technicolor Toxin]]: Not a toxin per se, but the disease [[Eldritch Abomination|Mr. Fingers]] inflicts with a touch is definitely... flashy.
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** The last panel of [http://www.goblinscomic.com/03252011/ this strip.] Really, Dies? Shouldn't you know better by now?
** [http://www.goblinscomic.com/11222011/ "Sorry, mortal. Not impressed."] Well, your mistake, demon.
* [[Thanks for
* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]: [http://goblinscomic.com/04122010 Fully justified] ([[Complete Monster|and oh so satisfying]]).
* [[This Is for Emphasis, Bitch]]
** [http://www.goblinscomic.com/02152009/ It's payback time, bitch.]
** Possibly one of the funnier examples ever made due to the inherent nerdiness of the statement.
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** [http://www.goblinscomic.com/09232011/ I am great, bitches!]
* [[This Is Gonna Suck]]
** [http://www.goblinscomic.com/12312005/ Minmax vs. Fumbles...]
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** [http://www.goblinscomic.com/03112011/ Forgath sums it up best...]
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* [[Throwing Your Shield Always Works]]: [http://www.goblinscomic.com/11272005/ Check.]
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''*KONK*'' }}
* [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works]]: Grem [http://www.goblinscomic.com/05172011/ in this strip.] And again [http://www.goblinscomic.com/05272011/ shortly after.]
* [[Token Evil Teammate]]: Signs show Takn to be this.
* [[Too Dumb to Fool]]: Minmax's smarter traveling companions eventually work out he's too dumb to confuse as he can't see what's wrong with what they're saying... right as they need him to become bewildered or they'll all die. Almost [[Too Dumb to Live]] before Kin manages an
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]
** Fumbles
** "Fluffles"' trainer
** [http://www.goblinscomic.com/01252011-2/ Minmax] at times. Fortunately, he travels with smart people.
* [[Took a Level
** {{spoiler|Chief}} used to be terrified of a few level 1 adventurers. Now, he's fighting {{spoiler|Kore}} head-on without fear.
** Is [http://www.goblinscomic.com/11262010-2/ Fumbles]... not fumbling now?
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* [[Tron Lines]]: A magical version. Whatever shape it takes, the Axe of Prissan and the armor that goes along are adorned with such glowing motifs, the color of the I.M.E. of the wielder.
* [[Understatement]]: After {{spoiler|[http://www.goblinscomic.com/03032010/ Goblinslayer told Minmax what he did with Kin]}}, Minmax justified [[Destination Defenestration|his response]] [http://www.goblinscomic.com/03092010/ as follows:]
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* [[Unflinching Walk]]: Dies [http://www.goblinscomic.com/11252011/ here] after singlehandedly killing a demon multiple times his own size.
* [[Unholy Holy Sword]]: Inverted with the Axe of Prissan. It detects as evil, but that's really the demon [[Sealed Evil in
* [[Unpredictable Results]]: The Shield of Wonder is a very nasty artifact that causes them whenever struck in combat. See [[Nightmare Fuel]] on [[Goblins
* [[The Un
* [[Verbal Tic Name]]: Klik
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: {{spoiler|Dellyn's}} really got started after he saw all he worked for being taken apart, then he {{spoiler|found Saral Caine's corpse}}, shortly followed by his loss against {{spoiler|Thaco}}, finally ending with his loss of position, being left as an angry drunk at a bar. {{spoiler|And then came his [[Karmic Death]]}}.
* [[Villain
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]] (Type 2): Forgath & Minmax
* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: Minmax. Much to [[Please Put Some Clothes On|Forgath's]] chagrin, he started out not wearing pants either.
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* [[The Walls Are Closing In]]: One of the many traps in the Maze of Many. Manages to kill {{spoiler|Barbarian Forgath and Kin.}}
* [[Wangst]]: Touched upon.
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* [[Watch Out for That Tree]]: [http://www.goblinscomic.com/07312006/ Poor Klik.]
* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: Ordinary blood burns Klik like acid.
* [[Wham! Episode]]
** [http://www.goblinscomic.com/11162010-2/ This page], {{spoiler|in which Kore finally demonstrates that he has paladin powers, jossing a huge number of [[Wild Mass Guessing|fan theories]] in the process.}}
** Continued [http://www.goblinscomic.com/11262010-2/ a few pages later], demonstrating {{spoiler|that Kore isn't vulnerable to the Axe of Prissan.}}
* [[What an Idiot!]]: Even ''[http://www.goblinscomic.com/02252011/ Minmax]'' thinks so.
* [[What Have I Become?]]: Complains, after the Shield of Wonder's handiwork.
* [[What Measure Is a Mook?]] / [[What Measure Is a Non
* [[Who Dares?]]:
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* [[
* [[Who Would Be Stupid Enough...?]]: ... to fall for the Treasure Plants trap?
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''([[Beat Panel]] as she shares a look of horrified realization with Forgath)''
'''Kin & Forgath: ''MINMAX!'' ''' }}
* [[Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him]]: The guards end up discussing how Dellyn's obsession with personally killing Thaco is a liability.
* [[Winged Humanoid]]: Duv is marked out as the chosen one of Maglubiyet and rightful chieftain of all goblins by being born with wings.
* [[With Friends Like These...|With Teammates Like These]]: Though there have been examples in the Maze of Many previously, [http://www.goblinscomic.com/03012011-4/ this page] has a good team with the bad one.
* [[Wizard Beard]]: Wizard Minmax
* [[Worst Whatever Ever]]:
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* [[Wrong Name Outburst]]: See [[I Let Gwen Stacy Die]] above.
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** See [[Screw Destiny]] for Saves-a-Fox's case.
** Played with in Dies Horribly's case. {{spoiler|He certainly did (die horribly), he just didn't stay dead.}}
* [[You
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Green Hair]]
** Kin the yuan-ti.
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* [[You Shall Not Pass]]: K'seliss, of all people, and Grem [http://www.goblinscomic.com/05102011/ send Fox, Dies and Klik away] while they guard the door against Mr. Fingers. Possibly gearing up for a [[More Hero Than Thou]] moment.
* [[Badass]]: Tempts Fate, of course.
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** The Liquid Golem {{spoiler|a.k.a. the Kool-Aid guy.}}
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: The dwarf who has been cursed to only use household items for weapons and armor.
* [[Immortality]]: A Demon Lord curses Tempts with immortality so he can get revenge on him 10,000 years later. Tempts' response to this shifts from [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]] at the idea of being completely immortal, to [[Cursed
* [[Intercontinuity Crossover]]: ''[http://www.goblinscomic.com/tempts-fate-8-5/ Tempts Fate] vs. the Predatory Alien Creature [[You Wanna Get Sued?|Which Is Legally Distinct]] from Some Other Kind of [[
* [[Lighter and Softer]]: Compared to the main comic. One ''Tempts Fate'' segment involved Chris Hansen from ''Dateline'' (why doncha have a seat right over there.), a fast-talking giant maggot, the Kool-Aid guy (OH YEAH!!!), [[Wil Wheaton]], and [[Michael Bay]].
* [[Loin Cloth]]: Following a [[Wardrobe Malfunction]].
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* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: A character named "Pirateninja" appears in one of the strips.
* [[Plot Hole]]: Gleefully parodied in-universe with the conclusion to ''Tempts Fate 9''.
* [[Satire, Parody, Pastiche]]: The intro to ''[http://www.goblinscomic.com/tempts-fate-9/ Tempts Fate 9]'' is a brilliant skewering of ''[[To Catch a Predator]]'', complete with [[Lampshading]] by Tempts.
* [[Scenery Censor]]: [http://www.goblinscomic.com/tempts-fate-7/ At the end of strip #7], a bug flies just in front of the right spot.
* [[Thanks for
* [[Three
* [[Self
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* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: Lampshaded in ''Tempts Fate 11'' through [[Unsound Effect]].
* [[Unflinching Walk]]: Tempts Fate walking away from the monsters guarding the Gates of Hell that he's just blown up.
* [[Unsound Effect]]
** TELEPORT NOISE! (As per the order of Marvel Comics Legal Department, the noise is [[You Wanna Get Sued?|most definitely not "Bamf"]]. Nor is it "Snikt" or "Thwip".)
** KERSPLOSIONFORNOREASON!
* [[Worst Whatever Ever]]: "This is the worst parody ever."
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