2,111
edits
Gold Digger (Comic Book): Difference between revisions
no edit summary
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
Line 66:
* [[Dark Action Girl]]: numerous including Link and Zelda, two of Talon's employees.
** G'Nolga, Julia Digger's archrival in Jade.
* [[Dark-Skinned Redhead]]: Xane. Also Aljabra, although she's a [[Cloudcuckoolander]] rather than fitting the typical personality.
* [[Dark-Skinned Blond]]: The human forms for both Britanny "Cheetah" 'Gia and her daughter
* [[Demon Head]]: Theodore's "Flaming Skull Bit."
* [[Distracted by the Sexy]]: Pretty much the entire cast is guilty of this one, but Gina takes the cake: in Issue 105, she and a male colleague nearly ''destroyed the world'' by daydreaming about each others' naughty bits instead of the [[Doomsday Device]] they were supposed to be disarming.
* [[Expy]]: Aljabra Gihom, an expy of Fred's "Level UP!" Mithra character Calcula
* [[Evil Twin]]: Brianna and Madrid
** With a shot of [[Fridge Brilliance]]: Madrid's current persona allows the author to write either solo "Gina" stories about Madrid the explorer with Dao and Subtracto, or ensemble "Gina" stories about Gina the professor with her students and family.
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: A magical mishap turns Theo's father Jonathan into the evil Lich King.
* [[Fake Crossover]]: The series really skirts the line of this, such as when Gina mentions receiving a [[Inspector Gadget|computer book from a girl with a weird uncle]]. Mind you the girl in question eventually became a full-fledged character).
* [[Fanon Discontinuity]]: In-story. Gina has been described as loving "all things [[Monty Python]], [[Star Trek|Roddenberry]], and [[Star Wars|Lucas]]." But she does '''not''' like the ''Star Wars'' prequel trilogy, which she in fact refers to as "fan fiction."
* [[Fantasy Kitchen Sink]]
* [[Feminist Fantasy]]: Probably one of the most tolerant and evenhanded comics around. The female characters are smart, capable, funny, goofy, distinctive, well-rounded, and memorable, in a diverse and amusing manner reminiscent of ''[[Tenchi Muyo!|Tenchi Muyo]]'' or ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'', and avoid the bland and forced "[[Girls Need Role Models|Strong Female Characters]]" pitfalls. Fred makes a continuous effort to represent different body types and give female readers evenhanded "beefcake" treatment.
Line 97:
* [[Hot Scientist]]: Gina and Penny.
* [[Humanity Ensues]]: Fauntleroy is a dragon cursed to stay in human form. When he finally finds the [[MacGuffin]] he needs to return to dragon form, he decides to wait and [[Humans Are Special|see if there's more he can learn from being human]].
* [[I Call It Vera]]: One [[Word of God|author's note]] commented, "Yes, all of Brianna's weapons have first names... Got a prob' wit dat?"
* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]: Grammy Brunhildagarde
* [[Infant Immortality]]: Dr. Diggers tried his best to disarm the werewolf leader, but in the end the only werecheetah left to save was baby Britanny.
Line 117 ⟶ 118:
'''Britanny:''' Do you know how many gals would '''kill''' for [[Buxom Is Better|a nice, firm set]] like '''yours'''??? What man wouldn't fall all over himself just to get to '''talk''' to you? From now on, when you think of guys, think of broad, masculine chests...! ''(Gina looks "bewildered")'' Strong, handsome buns!! Hard, rugged muscles...! ''(A small smile graces Gina's lips)''And all of the warm, yummy things you can do with them...! ''(Gina's face breaks into a full-blown, "Uh-oh"-worthy [[Cheshire Cat Grin]].)''<br />
'''Brianna (narrating):''' I remember a sharp change in Gina's attitude toward men that moment. (And her being '''boy-crazy''' ever since.) }}
** Brianna may have gained both of their sex drives combined, as [[Crowning Moment of Funny|she used to chain her panicked boyfriend to the bed to have her way with him]]. [[Rule of Funny|Xane is the most extreme of all, as she regularly drools while taking concealed clothes-removing x-ray photographs of any attractive male within sight]]. She is getting some [[Laser-Guided Karma]] from [[
* [[Magic From Technology]]: Gina eventually gains a working knowledge of draconic magic by analyzing extradimensional technology.
* [[Meat-O-Vision]]: Britanny experiences this when Tark's [[Charm Person]] spell misfires in the "Time Raft" OVA.
Line 156 ⟶ 157:
* [[Squishy Wizard]]: Rather averted by, for starters, Gina's father Theodore, an arch-mage with a trim, hard body -- who's been shown looking only a bit irked when she [[I Just Shot Marvin in the Face|accidentally shot a '''10-inch-wide''' hole completely through his chest]]. He explains at one point that every molecule of his body is under his conscious control; a werewolf breaking his spine is annoyingly painful, but not incapacitating.
* [[Start of Darkness]]: Tirant, Dreadwing, the Lich King
* [[Stealth Hi Bye]]: One of Gina's students, Aljabra Gihom, has a tendency to '''take naps''' while kneeling, even in the middle of a room -- and when she does, she somehow projects "I'm a piece of furniture." So much so that when she wakes up, people abruptly realize they'd set their paperwork down atop a cute [[Dark-Skinned Redhead]]:
{{quote|I guess when I'm all '''comfy''' in my '''nappin' pose''', somethin' about me just says to folks, "Oh, look! An end table! How convenient!"<ref>Note that Expy above indicates the original inspiration for Aljabra was '''Osaka'''.</ref>}}
* [[Stuffed Into the Fridge]]: Oracle, Azalea
Line 170 ⟶ 171:
* [[Tiny Guy, Huge Girl]]: Stryyp isn't exactly tiny, being muscular and standing close to six feet tall. However, his were-cheetah wife, Britanny, prefers her hybrid form, which towers over him at 7' tall and weighs in at some 300 pounds.
* [[Troperrific]]: One can argue that all of ''Gold Digger'' is Fred Perry's parody/homage to comics, novels, RPGs, video games, tropes, cliches and genres of all stripes.
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Britanny loves tuna (so does Brianna; they have a hilarious race to get to the last can in one B&W issue). Charlotte the harpy, meanwhile, is obsessed with peanuts and pretzels; if enough are available, she'll [[Big Eater|stuff her face]] almost to the point of killing herself.
* [[Trigger Happy]]: Brianna
* [[Tropes Will Ruin Your Life]]: Mentioned in the 2010 Halloween special:
{{quote|Gina: Oogh... Mental note: Marathon sessions at "TV Tropes" and "Know Your Meme" are ''not'' conducive to proper sleep!}}
* [[Unsound Effect]]: Many; one of the funniest is Penny, after a prank at Gina's expense is exposed, blinking "innocently" and radiating "Cute Cute".
* [[Valley Girl]]: Moisha, like, totally!
* [[Xanatos Speed Chess]]: Dreadwing and Ancient Gina are playing a rather slow version of this {{spoiler|via their own competing versions of Infinity}}.
Line 181 ⟶ 184:
* [[The Worf Effect]]: Stripe. Just...Stripe. Despite a massive-power up halfway through the B&W series making him one of the two most powerful good guys, he is infamous for being hit by surprise, dropping his guard, and so on. Outside his first battles post-power up, it's rare he doesn't end up knocked out at least for a while during a fight. No wonder Agent M thought he needed training despite his skill and strength.
** Fortunately, now that he's not adventuring in areas where he's forced to team up with everyone else, he can fight a bit more.
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: After an [[Enemy Mine]] situation, {{spoiler|G'nolga rejected Julia's offer of a handshake}} and letting bygones be bygones. "And lose my '''most worthy rival'''? Never." [[Friendly Enemy|<fist-bump>]]
{{reflist}}
| |||