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[[File:HWtitlejpg_6769.jpg|frame|Cover for "Holiday Wars" Volume 1: The Spirit]]
''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131103232521/http://www.holiday-wars.com/ Holiday Wars]'' is an ongoing webcomic which involves each holiday being embodied by a [[Anthropomorphic Personification|physical entity]], and the girl who is caught in the middle of their struggle.
'''Premise:''' Holidays reflect the current culture of a society and, like a shifting tide, they change. Realizing this, The Easter Bunny declared war on the other Holidays in the hope of gaining the one thing that can guarantee his immortality: The Holiday Spirit. Foreseeing The Bunny's betrayal, [[Santa Claus]] hid The Holiday Spirit and marked Tegan Cassidy, a human infant, granting her the ability to find it.
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* [[Academy of Adventure]]: Madison High School ends up being one where teachers & staff are Holidays and it is attacked by evil Chicken-Soliders.
* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Beth is the perfect example of this.
* [[April Fools' Day]]: first appears as a character in [https://web.archive.org/web/20141007092446/http://www.holiday-wars.com/blog/2010/08/22/episode-37/ this strip].
* [[Artifact of Doom]]: The "Holiday Spirit" serves as this
* [[Ask a Stupid Question]]: Ask a Stupid Question is personified as a character who only speaks with stupid questions.
* [[Bearer of Bad News]]: Taylor is this when he has to inform Tegan that the [[Easter Bunny]] is out to get her.
* [[Big Bad]]: The [[Easter Bunny]] is the main villain of "Holiday Wars"
* [[Bond One-Liner]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20141011002525/http://www.holiday-wars.com/blog/2010/09/06/episode-51/ In this strip],[[April Fools' Day]] discusses one liners and then uses one as he defeats [[Labor Day]] in a fight.
* [[Call Back]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20141011002520/http://www.holiday-wars.com/blog/2010/09/05/episode-50/ In this strip], [[Labor Day]] makes a reference to something that happens before the timeline of the main storyline.
* [[The Casino]]: There's the Jack O'Lantern casino in Vegas which is ran by Halloween.
* [[Cat Fight]]: A true high school cat fight breaks out between Tegan and Beth in [https://web.archive.org/web/20141007083517/http://www.holiday-wars.com/blog/2010/08/04/episode-19/ this strip].
* [[The Champion]]: Taylor is this when he saves Tegan from a giant Chick Solider.
* [[C-List Fodder]]: Superbowl Sunday is this and is killed off near the begining of "Holiday Wars".
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* [[Easter Bunny]]: is the main villain of "Holiday Wars"
* [[Electric Torture]]: The [[Easter Bunny]] electrocutes [[April Fools' Day]] to keep him under control.
* [[Everything's Deader with Zombies]]: A zombie t-rex shows up in this [https://web.archive.org/web/20141011002505/http://www.holiday-wars.com/blog/2010/09/02/episode-47/ in this strip].
* [[Exposition Fairy]]: Earth Day is basically there to only give exposition [https://web.archive.org/web/20130313015720/http://www.holiday-wars.com/blog/2010/11/15/2010-hw-086/ at the Act I turning point.]
* [[Exposition Party]]: Halloween takes the three main cast members into a room to give them the backstory of the war.
* [[Girl Scouts Are Evil]]: April Fools shapeshifts into the form of an evil girl scout. You can [https://web.archive.org/web/20141011002907/http://www.holiday-wars.com/blog/2010/10/15/2010-hw-074/ check it out here]
* [[Handy Remote Control]]: The [[Easter Bunny]] has a remote that zaps and controls [[April Fools' Day]].
* [[Homage]]: The coach getting the protagonists name wrong [https://web.archive.org/web/20121213081028/http://www.holiday-wars.com/blog/2010/07/22/episode-7/ in this strip] is an homage to [[Neil Gaiman]]'s [[Coraline (novel)|Coraline]].
* [[Hope Bringer]]: Tegan brings hope to those who have been fighting and losing the war against the [[Easter Bunny]].
* [[Hot Librarian]]: Misses Cooper, Administrative Assistants Day, fits perfectly into those role and even has the Tina Fey/Sarah Palin glasses to match.
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* [[Faceless Goons]]: The Chick Soldiers are the [[Easter Bunny]]'s faceless henchmen.
* [[Must Have Caffeine]]: Tegan is a coffee junkie
* [[Mr. Exposition]]: Earth Day is basically there to only give exposition [https://web.archive.org/web/20130313015720/http://www.holiday-wars.com/blog/2010/11/15/2010-hw-086/ at the Act I turning point.]
* [[Nice Guy]]: Although he can be grumpy, at his core Taylor is one of these
* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: a zombie t-rex shows up in this [https://web.archive.org/web/20141011002505/http://www.holiday-wars.com/blog/2010/09/02/episode-47/ in this strip]. It then is regularly refereed to as "an undead dino."
* [[Ordinary High School Student]]: Tegan is the perfect example of this
* [[Orphan's Plot Trinket]]: Tegan's snow-flake shaped birthmark is a perfect example of this, as seen in [https://web.archive.org/web/20141012031924/http://www.holiday-wars.com/blog/2010/07/20/2010-hw-005/ this strip].
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Tegan is an orphan
* [[Plot Coupon]]: The Holiday Spirit
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* [[Seeker Archetype]]: Tegan is seeking The Holiday Spirit to end a war between all of the Holidays.
* [[Shapeshifter Baggage]]: Although [[April Fools' Day]] is a shapeshifter he does have the limitation that his mass always stays the same. [[Labor Day]] explains this in [http://www.holiday-wars.com/blog/2010/09/03/episode-48/ this strip].
* [[Shapeshifter Default Form]]: [[April Fools' Day]] is a shapeshifter and his default form is that of a ratty looking teenager as seen in [https://web.archive.org/web/20141007092457/http://www.holiday-wars.com/blog/2010/08/24/episode-39/ this strip].
* [[Shout-Out]]: [[April Fools' Day]] makes a shoutout to [[Gilmore Girls]] in [https://web.archive.org/web/20141007092452/http://www.holiday-wars.com/blog/2010/08/23/episode-38/ this strip].
* [[Slave Collar]]: [[April Fools' Day]] has a watch attached to his wrist that lets [[The Easter Bunny]] control him.
* [[Strange Girl]]: Tegan Cassidy is a very strange girl and doesn't fit in with anyone from her high school
* [[Super Bowl]]: Shows up as a character in [https://web.archive.org/web/20121213081028/http://www.holiday-wars.com/blog/2010/07/22/episode-7/ this strip].
* [[Surveillance as the Plot Demands]]: The Bunny teams up with The Forgotten which allows him to keep track of the story's protagonist. You can [http://www.holiday-wars.com/blog/2011/05/20/episode-167/ check it out here]
* [[Talking Animal]]: Ground Hog's Day is personified as a talking animal.
* [[Toilet Humor]]: [[April Fools' Day]] lines a shopping plaza with dog poop, which can be seen in [https://web.archive.org/web/20141007092457/http://www.holiday-wars.com/blog/2010/08/24/episode-39/ this strip].
* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]] the Bunny actually admits to being a jerk in one of the more recent strips, but he really did take a few more levels over the course of the story
* [[Took a Level in Badass]] Tegan, enough said
* [[Transformation Sequence]]: [[April Fools' Day]] is a shapeshifter and in between forms he turns into a giant glob resembling an ink blot, as seen in [https://web.archive.org/web/20141011002525/http://www.holiday-wars.com/blog/2010/09/06/episode-51/ this strip].
* [[Trickster Archetype]]: [[April Fools' Day]] for obvious reasons fits into the this archetype.
* [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]]: A zombie T-Rex shows up in [https://web.archive.org/web/20141011002505/http://www.holiday-wars.com/blog/2010/09/02/episode-47/ this episode].
* [[Urban Fantasy]]: [[Holiday Wars]] falls into this genre because although it has fantasy-like characters it is set in the real world
* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: [[April Fools' Day]] is a shape shifter who can take any form he wants.
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