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* [[Accidental Innuendo]]: Invoked in-universe, [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006272 from Karkat's POV] when John sends him and the others a letter in a bucket. Played with even a bit more before, as Jade chastises John and tells him to "throw [a bucket] through my mysterious portal"
** Rose's chumHandle: [[The Problem with Pen Island|tentacleTherapist.]]
* [[
* [[Adults Are Useless]]: Played With. Each kid has a guardian ([[Bumbling Dad|Dad]], [[Lady Drunk|Mom]], [[McNinja|Bro]], and [[Reality Warper|Becquerel]] -- who's a dog), but they all do their [[Hero of Another Story|own cryptic things]], and rarely interact with or help the kids. Each of them have done awesome stuff before. Bro sliced a city sized meteor in half, Dad caused chaos after being captured, and other miscellaneous actions. While they do help out a lot in helping the kids survive, we didn't get to see them do a whole lot in terms of assisting in the game itself before they all died.
* [[All Just a Dream]]: [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005732 Here], Doc Scratch [[The Reveal|reveals]] that, from the [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005674 coin flip onwards], he had [[Half Truth|actually been describing]] a [[For Want of a Nail|doomed alternate timeline in which Terezi let Vriska carry out her plan]], and that, in the alpha timeline, Terezi had [[Self-Defeating Prophecy|foreseen that outcome and stabbed Vriska to avoid it]].
* [[Always Someone Better]]: Dirk giving Jake the skinny on the 25th century.
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* [[Affably Evil]]: Eridan (who is loosely based on a wannabe supervillain) wants to commit mass genocide of all land-dwellers, yet his shameless flirting, creepiness, and flamboyance have made him the entire fandom's [[Butt Monkey]].
* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Many. In an out-of-universe example, [[Evil Plan the Webcomic]] spent all of April Fools' taking readers' comments and posting Homestuck-style .gifs and pages, making direct reference to several Homestuck jokes.
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* [[Air Jousting]]: Featured [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002771 here.]
* [[Alchemy Is Magic]]: A machine called an alchemiter makes various objects based on codes punched into punchcards. John explains a part of the logic behind it with [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002745 this update].
* [[Alien Blood]]: The troll hemospectrum contains a wide variance of colors, but they are all dull and muted. Karkat's bright red blood is an anomaly.
** [[Fantastic Racism]] / [[Fantastic Caste System]] / [[Law of Chromatic Superiority]]: The trolls' caste system is based on blood color, with the "cool" colors (as in purple, blue, and green, known as "highbloods") at the top and warm colors (yellow, orange/brown, red, known as "lowbloods", or "rust bloods") at the bottom. Trolls ''can'' use the color gray (their skin color) as a form of blood-anonymity, but it raises a few eyebrows. Trolls in the low blood castes tend to have psychic powers, however, they're far more susceptible to psychic attacks. The high blood castes tend to be almost completely immune to psychic attacks, but far more prone to mental instability and insanity. In terms of mental stability, only the three green bloods (Terezi squeaking by as teal) are shown to be more or less normal in terms of mental problems.
** Three of the storyline trolls have special blood: There's Karkat's mutant candy-red which ''isn't even on the hemospectrum''; Feferi has the most highly-ranked shade of purple of any living troll, making her the future Empress. Kanaya's blood is pretty rare as well, and she comes with a number of exceptions to general troll rules. It's possible they and their ancestors are the ''only'' trolls of their blood colors on account of being created with ectobiology rather then being born the usual way.
** [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]] The zodiac signs on the troll's shirts (along with their text color) match the color of their blood, with the exception of Karkat.
** [[Chromatic Arrangement]] / [[Rainbow Motif]]: How the trolls are arrayed in the Kids' trollslum, and how we arrange them on character pages as well. Karkat is technically below Aradia or off the spectrum entirely depending on which view you take.
* [[Alien Geometries]]: The final form of Skaia is certainly non-euclidean.
** The Furthest Ring does odd things with both space and time. The longer you're in there, the more indirect your path becomes. The further you travel, the more backwards your timeline becomes.
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* [[Alliterative Name]]: Used several times for the characters' screen names: tentacleTherapist, gardenGnostic, gutsyGumshoe, timaeusTestified, apocalypseArisen, cuttlefishCuller, uranianUmbra, and undyingUmbrage.
** Jack Noir becomes the Sovereign Slayer in the kids' universe, and the Scurrilous Straggler / Spades Slick in the trolls'.
** Draconian Dignitary / Diamonds Droog.
* [[All of Them]]: Used by various characters, though mostly Vriska.
* [[All the Myriad Ways]]: Time powers for Aradia and Dave work in one of two ways. Either they go back in time and attempt to change something, or correct the errors of their teammates, which dooms that entire timeline into oblivion., or they were [[You Already Changed the Past|always meant to go back in time]].
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*** There are populations of Lusii on Jake's island.
*** [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|Also]], there's a live-action, feature-length ''[[Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff]]'' movie, and a ''Complacency of the Learned'' novel series.
*** The Condesce reveals herself to Earth on the day of Jane's entry, then systematically dismantles civilization and eventually floods the planet. Dirk and Roxy live in the far distant future on the Earth, contemporaneously with the Exiles from their session, and seemingly form a small phalanx of [[La Résistance]].
** There's also UU and uu's unknown Universe.
* [[Always Night]]: Almost every panel of Alternia is shown during the night, because the trolls cannot stand the BLISTERING ALTERNIAN SUN. The exception are panels featuring Kanaya, who is one of the few trolls who can stand the sun. [[Our Vampires Are Different|she's an Alternian Vampire. It's complicated.]] The one daytime panel not featuring Kanaya {{spoiler|shows why, as Terezi is blinded by the sun}}.
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** [http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2011/288/b/3/homestuck_timeline_by_niftyapplestar-d4cyonx.png This might help.]
* [[And Now for Someone Completely Different]]: The comic tends to change POV at extremely inappropriate times.
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** As of right now it can change between any of 25 important characters, and will occasionally switch to minor characters for a few pages. It once showed the POV of a ''hat''.
** The Midnight Crew has to take the cake for this. They have a chapter's worth of story, but have nothing to do with Homestuck. You're meant to think so, anyways.
** Act 6 is in the same veins of the Intermission or Hivebent. It was however well predicted by the fans and Andrew has said it was meant to be obvious that the story would come around to the Post-Scratch Kids eventually.
* [[Animal Motifs]]: Quite a bit, seeing as the Trolls are partially inspired by the Western Zodiac. Most of these are represented through their horns (Tavros = Bull, Aradia = Ram etc) while others show it through their actions (Karkat = Crab = [[Grumpy Bear|Crabby]], Vriska = Spider/Scorpion = [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder|Unpleasantness]] etc).
** The kids have this as well though it's more subtle, shown mostly again with their hair. John is a jester, Dave a crow, Rose a cat, and Jade a dog. Dirk has a gull motif as well, but none of the other Post-Scratch Kids continue the theme, except possibly Jane with rabbits.
* [[Animation Bump]]: Most panels have some sort of animation to them, but it's also used shamelessly in terms of Sound Pages (Marked with an <nowiki>[S]</nowiki>). In addition to usually having [[Homestuck/Awesome Music|great sound]], later ones tend to have a dramatically different art style - compare John's first STRIFE page with [[Wham! Episode|<nowiki>[S]</nowiki>]] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Cascade]] and you'd think they were two different comics.
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* [[Annoying Laugh]]: [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003542 Calsprite has one.]
* [[Antiquated Linguistics]]: Hussie loves using obscure vocabulary.
* [[Anticlimax]]: Most of the flashes usually have some action; [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005420 [S] 3x Showdown Combo] appeared to set up a [[Mexican Standoff|three-way fight]] between the murderous trolls God-Tier [[Munchkin]] Vriska, "[[Black Mage|White]] [[Inverted Trope|Scientist]]" Eridan, and [[Monster Clown]] sober Gamzee; then quickly averted it as Kanaya came [[Back
** [[Real Life Writes the Plot|Due to Hussie biting off more than he could chew]], the battle between Rose and Jack comes in ''[[Avalon (webcomic)|Avalon]]''-like summary form from Doc Scratch.
** Gamzee and Karkat's [[Final Battle]] looks to be an [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|epic fight]]--until the conflict is resolved through [[The Power of Friendship]].
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** [[Gorn]]: The only troll whose murder wasn't witnessed on screen was Nepeta's, and some of the stuff that happens with the corpses of the dead trolls later falls straight into [[Dead Baby Comedy]].
* [[Apocalypse How]]: Lots.
** A Class 3a variant (Dominant Species Extinction) occurred during the Vast Glub, which killed every troll in the galaxy from psychic backlash, save for the Empress.
** Class 6 (Planetary Extinction) results as part of the Reckoning. The hours leading up to the end go up the scale prior to it.
*** This was downgraded to a Class 4 (Extinction of higher lifeforms) during the Post-Scratch Human session due to the machinations of the Condesce. She later alterniaforms the flooded Earth and colonizes it.
** Class X-4 (Universal Destruction) happens as a result of Lord English's machinations. Both the Beta Human Universe and the Troll Universe are destroyed, by Jack Noir and Spades Slick respectively, acting as Lord English's pawns.
** Class X-5 (Multiversal Destruction) is the aim of Derse, although why exactly hasn't really been explained.
** Class Z (Total Destruction of Reality) has been hinted at, due to the unknown entity killing the Horrorterrors.
* [[Apocalypse Maiden]]: Mysterious troll apocalypseArisen / Aradia [[Apocalypse How|Megido]] sure seems to qualify. Most, if not all of the trolls think the kids are this.
* [[Apocalyptic Log|Apocalyptic Memo Page]]: Due to the nature of [[Timey-Wimey Ball|time]] in Homestuck, Karkat's final memo actually gets viewed by the people it most affects before it even happens.
** Rose's [[
** [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005855 Fedorafreak's Serious Business messages] would qualify as well.
* [[Arc Number]]: "04/13", the date the comic began, has appeared quite a number times throughout the story, in obvious and obscure fashions. A compilation of the various instances can be found [http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/413 here.] The trolls have their own arc number, 612, detailed in the act that began on June 12. A third number has been introduced, which is the sum of the first two: 1025. Its first major appearance was the release date of [[Sudden Videogame Moment|Alterniabound]], October 25. A fourth number, for the post-Scratch session, appears to be 11/11/11, the date of the start of Act 6.
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** Several of the Homestuck album prices are variations on various arc numbers.
** On Day 612, the 16th of December 2010 (12/16 backwards is ''61/2''1), Hussie released the video of John ascending.
** 11/11/11, aka 2x3PRONG DAY. Also extends to 11/11, 111, or simply just 11.
*** And with 4 Kids, 4 Trolls, and 3 Carapaces, 11 people escaped the Troll and Beta Human sessions (ignoring Jade's bringing of their lands, as apparently that was preordained in its own way).
*** Also has a minor bit of retroactive meaning; ''MSPA'' became the longest webcomic on record on 2/11/11
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** John asking after Vriska is this to Jade.
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: "Slick, I can tolerate many things from a guest. Curt manners. [[Egregious]] womanizing. Murdering the help. Casual arson. Even atrocious candy bowl etiquette. But it is the [[Berserk Button|desecration of a priceless timepiece]] where I must draw the line. I'm afraid I must now insist that you take your beating ''quite'' personally."
* [[Art Evolution]]: The author's skill with flash has improved quite a lot since he started. Compare [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=001982 this early page] with [https://web.archive.org/web/20130921161947/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003049 this one]. Regular updates have the same sprite style since the beginning, and the "hero mode" drawings have a consistent style, although they appear much more often later in the comic. The author admits this is still well within his talent and he prefers the simpler style, though this has changed somewhat.
** Also inverted in terms of Hussie's skill - drawing the high-detail cover for the "Heir Transparent" album in fact took him more time than it would have before he started the comic, simply because he just doesn't do that kind of stuff lately.
** He has an art team who make drawings for the flash cartoons, sometimes in different (he'll say better) styles.
** It finally struck static pages itself, as Andrew is experimenting with more realistic art. [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004705 This] is the first example of it, which becomes [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004709 more] [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004718 fine-tuned] [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004727 later.]
** He's also used ''[[
** The non-sound pages seem to be getting [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005539 kicked up a] [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005546 notch as well].
** Even if you compare instances of the normal sprite style, you can tell that he's constantly improving there. Compare John's design to, say, Jade or any of the trolls, or even John's original attire to his most recent two outfits; the newer work is generally considerably more refined and eyepleasing. Even among the trolls this becomes evident - compare Karkat to pretty much every other troll.
* [[Artifact of Doom]]: The Thorns of Oglogoth are described as doom artifacts.
* [[Art Major Physics]]: Kanaya kicked Gamzee in the [[Groin Attack|bone bulge]], causing his hat, glasses, and shoes to be blown off. Then she punched Vriska and chainsawed Eridan in half before the glasses started descending ''on her face.'' AT A CONSTANT VELOCITY.
* [[Art Shift]]: The comic tended to shift into [http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Hero_Mode more traditionally drawn] panels for [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|suitably epic]] scenes, although by Act 5, half the pages are done in this style. It also switches into a [http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Scribble_Mode more scribbled and sloppy style] for silly or childish panels.
** Starting from Act 2 and becoming the standard by Act 5, [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/artcredits.html art contributions are being made], creating constant shifts between art. A major one found in [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004692 this page] has a style reminiscent of ''[[
** Following that page, Andrew introduced some new styles into the main comic pages, including ''[[
** [[Real Life]] people are usually represented using Photoshopped photos of themselves. When the Insane Clown Posse faces off against Alpha Dave, though, they're drawn in both the [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006766 normal] and [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006767 Hero Mode] styles.
* [[Ascended Meme]]: On the forums, due to the [[Cloudcuckoolander|community's general personality]], many forum polls had "WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE" as a non-sequitur choice. Shortly after this happened, Worcestershire sauce got a mention in the comic. There are many other examples, as Andrew Hussie incorporates [[Wild Mass Guessing|speculation]] into the comic.
** [[Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff]] was appropriated from a minor side project so the kids could engage in this in-story.
** One of the more popular [[Alternate Universe Fic|Alternate Universe Fics]] was ''[[Troll Cops]]'', depicting Terezi and Sollux as... well, [[They Fight Crime|troll cops]]. Come the Alterniabound album, we are treated to [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922121032/http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/trollcops two slightly] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KowW2vV5qBQ different] versions a Trollcops theme song.
** [http://mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005854 FedoraFreak] alchemized a "tall pant" outfit in a shoutout to the Pantskat meme. Pantskat is also alluded to in [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005872 this] conversation with Karkat and Jade. The image of the tortured Sufferer is also a reference, as he is described as wearing a set of "Righteous Leggings", [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005959 with which the Disciple absconds after the Sufferer's death]. Seen again at the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922022043/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006273 end of his mental breakdown] in A6I1.
** "[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006472 Double pistols and a wink]", a memetic pose widely associated with Jake. On the other hand, an earlier line from Jake was the source of the meme, so it could just be [[Call Back]].
** The ship name for the Jane/Roxy ship is "Cotton Candy". [http://www.medinoc.fr/web/ImagesDiverses/Captures/Ride2.png Check out these images] briefly seen in the second [https://web.archive.org/web/20130927174328/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=pony2 [S] Ride].
* [[Astronomic Zoom]]: All the time.
* [[As You Know]]: Future Dave and Future Rose's review of the events leading up to their appearance.
** A few of the Troll conversations, since, unlike the kids, we don't see everything they do after starting the game.
* [[Ask a Stupid Question]]: Jade inquiring about all the rambunctious crows invading Dave's room.
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[[color:#4ac925:GG: ohhhhhhh
GG: kind of like all those silly naked puppets are your bros thing?]]
[[color:red:TG: no no thats irony this is like
TG: sincere honest to god psychosis
TG: im training to be a lame gothy supervillain]]</code> }}
* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]: The inhabitants of the Land of Wind and Shade seem to have this, as evidenced by this bit of text:
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* [[Author Appeal]]: For one, glasses. Seriously, over half the main cast wears glasses of some kind <ref> John, Jade, Jane, Jake, and Vriska have actual corrective lenses, All 4 Striders, Sollux, and Equius wear shades, Eridan is a bit of an enigma but might wear them as part of being a hipster, Terezi wears glasses less so out of a corrective need and more to [[Eye Scream|hide her burned-out retinas]], and Feferi wears her goggles, which [[Goggles Do Nothing|may or may not do anything]]</ref>.
** Amongst other things, clouds, superpowers, and [[Complexity Addiction|intricate plots]] are things Andrew enjoys.
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** Dave is also Andrew's avatar ''to a very minor extent'', but not directly. His dialogue is easiest for Andrew to write, often parrots what Andrew believes, and early on used borrowed actual quotes from Andrew's own IM conversations.
*** Bro's Alpha Universe counterpart is also Andrew's avatar, but to a much greater extent than Dave. He and Andrew seem to have similar ideas about irony, and they've both performed [[MST|MSTings]] of actual books by writing in them.
* [[Author Catchphrase]]: '''BLUH'''
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** You've gained all the levels. All of them.
** THIS IS STUPID.
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* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: The royals on both sides are entitled to enchanted regalia which grant them powers from the players' prototypings. [[Oh Crap|Then]] [[The Starscream|Jack Noir]] [[Klingon Promotion|gets a promotion]], breaking up the regular order of the SBURB session.
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: Many of the alchemizations.
* [[Awesome Moment of Crowning]]:
** Jack Noir gets [[Beyond the Impossible|TWO]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922010523/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003568 Here] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130921134341/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003701 here]. PM gets [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003522 one] as well.
** Warweary Villein's [https://web.archive.org/web/20130921134341/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003701 unification of the pawns]
** God Tier ascensions intentionally invoke this too, as the entire Incipisphere glows when someone ascends via a Quest Bed. The ones hidden in the moons of Derse and Prospit do not invoke this however.
* [[Ax Crazy]] / [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Trolls are basically an [[Ax Crazy]] species, but most of the high bloods fall into fits of rage constantly. Feferi is the only exception to this, as Gamzee goes insane later on. Even the lower blooded trolls are not beyond this, as the fits of rage from Kanaya showcase. Aradia also rages occasionally, but these occurred while she was in a robot fueled by blue blood.
* [[Baby Planet|Baby Planets]]: All of the celestial bodies located throughout the Incipisphere.
* [[Badass Boast]]: "You're done with dying."
** Another one:
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** [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006472 "The Prince is awake. Your shit is wrecked."]
* [[Badass Cape]]: Eridan. Though [[Your Mileage May Vary]] on how much badassery the cape actually connotes. [[Affably Evil|This is]] ''[[Butt Monkey|Eridan,]]'' [[Jerkass Woobie|after all.]]
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** Nepeta also has a pretty nice longcoat, but it's a little more cute than badass. Most of the time anyway.
* [[Bad Future]]: The future where John listens to Terezi about taking on the Denizen early. He dies and Jade never enters the game, leaving it unwinnable to Dave and Rose.
* [[Bad News in a Good Way]]:
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* [[Bait and Switch]]: [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002565 Here], after heavy anticipation of Jade's first appearance.
** Again when it seems like Doc Scratch is expecting the [[Big Bad]] Lord English, but Spades Slick arrives at his door instead. Of course being omniscient, Scratch knew this already. He was just messing with you. Hee hee. Haa haa. Hoo hoo.
** And again [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005596 here], when Grimdark Rose and God-Tier John confront Bec Noir over the not yet cold bodies of their murdered parents. Much is made of John's reaction to the news, and the stage is set for an epic two-on-one battle with much dynamic music, badass poses, the title card 'Round 1', then -- Bec shows John his stabs and the music cuts out dramatically. What follows is apparently not so much a battle as a tactical nuke.
* [[Bait and Switch Comment]]: Dirk unveiling his idea for an AI replica of his own brain.
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GT One who is MORE MACHINE THAN MAN...
GT And another who is a computer program you made hahahahahahaha.]]
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* [[Band Land]]: The meaning of the "Melody" in the Land of Quartz and Melody was not apparent until [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004214 this panel], where it was shown to have [[Eternal Engine|giant insides of music boxes]].
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* [[Batman Gambit]]: The White Queen actually pulls off a rather impressive one. Her abdication and plan to have Parcel Mistress deliver both crowns to Jack ends up giving John the cyborg bunny, in the end giving the players an edge against Jack. She wasn't planning to turn the tides of the war between the black and white pieces, she knew white winning was impossible. Note that her actions and PM's did not at all affect Jack's rise to power or his inevitable gain of the White King's Scepter (he would've killed the White King anyway even without PM's arrival on Skaia). "Conceding ground can supply the only remaining advantage. The final hope for victory lies in patience and planning" had ''nothing'' to do with helping the white side - [[Fridge Brilliance|the advantage was intended for the players in their fight against the Black King, who is now Jack!]]
** This might fall under [[Xanatos Roulette]] instead, as it depended on the genocidal Jack Noir keeping his word even when it didn't benefit him; however, the White Queen might have known it would work due to a [[Stable Time Loop]].
* [[Battle Discretion Shot]]: Parodied in [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006811 this scene], wherein we cut away from Jack Noir killing a regulator to [[Relax-O-Vision|a Pawn that Jack Noir killed previously using a knife]]. And then we cut back (too early) to see that Jack Noir [[Gorn|isn't actually finished killing the regulator, let alone cleaning up the copious amounts of blood.]]
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"''Jack.''"<br />
"''Jack, the man is dead. Stop that.''" }}
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* [[Better Than It Sounds]]: [[Subverted]] [[In-Universe]]. The way John describes his favorite movies makes them sound really stupid, but since his taste in movies is horrible it winds up being about right.
* [[Beyond the Impossible]]: ''Yes.'' Everything just flipping its shit further and further off the handle.
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** The [[
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** Andrew considers ''Homestuck'' to be [http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lt4ewcSGtC1r4j79fo1_500.png just a warm-up for something else]. [[Beyond the Impossible|Dear]] ''[[Beyond the Impossible|god]]''.
** October 25th, 2011. The day Homestuck broke the internet. Again.
*** More specifically: Hussie chose to host the flash on Newgrounds, in anticipation of the high amount of traffic. Newgrounds crashed within three minutes of the upload. So he put the flash up for download on Megaupload. That proceeded to crash as well. A LiveStream started for everyone who couldn't watch it because of all the crashing? Crashed. And then, later that day on Tumblr, when everyone began blogging about the flash all at once... well, take a wild guess.
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* [[BFG]]: Holy ''[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005064 shit.]''
* [[BFS|BFH]]: The Telescopic Sassacrusher is too big for John to use on his own. And then there's Fear No Anvil, which in its natural size is too big even for the gauntlets. Inverted, however, with The Bunny's weapons, which, while insanely powerful, are ''too small'' for the kids to use.
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* [[Big Fancy House]]: Rose/Soxy and Jade/Jake reside in sprawling high-tech pads. The villainous equivalent would be Lord English's jade mansion.
* [[Big Stupid Doodoo Head]]:
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STUPID STUPID DUMB</code> }}
** John's <small>[[
* [[Big Yes]]: "YES. HELL YES. HELL [[Precision F-Strike|FUCKING]] YES."
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: Used in an interesting way. The troll alphabet is actually the [http://www.imperial-library.info/content/daedric-alphabet Daedric Alphabet] from [[The Elder Scrolls]], rotated 180 degrees. The first name suggestion translates as "Turdodor Fuckball." The "real" name, however, translates as "Trollplanet", which is obviously just a joke since the real name is "Alternia". The attempted insulting name for Karkat translates as "Bulgereek Nookstain". During their fight scenes, the word "[[Griefer|GRIEF]]" appears instead of the kids' STRIFE. Much later, we discover that the name of the Fluorcite Octet's ultimate attack translates as "Ancestral Awakening."
** With the introduction of "[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004732 Caledfwlch]", it is suddenly a good time to be able to speak Welsh (it's the Welsh name for Excalibur, and pronounced "Caledvoolch").
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** Starting from [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005172 this page] Serenity narrates WV's dream in morse code, and it is not gibberish- actually it's a [[Call Back]] to [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002697 this scene] with Jade. And a bug is involved in both of them.
** Serenity's [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005169 giant help message] roughly translates to this:
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* [[Bizarrchitecture]]: The players houses are built up basically by copy-pasting bits of the architecture they already have.
* [[Bizarre Alien Reproduction]]: Trolls reproduce by donating two samples of genetic material to the Mother Grub, with one sample coming from a loving pair and the other coming from arch-enemies. This works just as well between same-gender couples as it does between mixed-gender couples, rendering sexual preference meaningless to the entire species. They must be able to provide at least one set of buckets, or they will be killed. Among other things, this also means buckets are sex toys to trolls.
** Exactly how bizarre is unclear due to [[Rule of Funny]], [[Call a Rabbit a Smeerp]] and [[Teasing Creator]].
* [[Black Comedy]]: ''Homestuck'' has ''many'' examples of this, often accompanied by [[Mood Whiplash]].
* [[Black Screen of Death]]: To be exact, the variant that has slice marks showing up on the (generally red, not black) screen, but nothing else; generally used for faster animation.
* [[Black Shirt]]: Modern-day TV personalities (mostly shitty rappers) who answer directly to the Condense, paving the way for her ascension.
* [[Bland-Name Product]]: Played straight with ''Gamebro'' magazine and the chat client Pesterchum.
** "[[Ghostbusters|Green Slime Ghost]]".
** Averted with Betty Crocker brand baked goods, Terezi's Crayola chalk, Tab soda, and Faygo soda.
* [[Blatant Lies]]: Doc Scratch claims he advised Rose not to use the magic cue ball.
** This was only to set up a joke, though: He [[Sweet Bro and Hella Jeff|warned her about]] [[Incredibly Lame Pun|stares]]. 8^y
* [[Block Puzzle]]: In Terezi's room in the interactive AlterniaBound segment. Mercilessly lampshaded, as Terezi complains bitterly about the pointlessness of putting such a simple block puzzle here.
* [[Bloody Hilarious]]: The Felt's Headquarters by the time Spades is through with it.
* [[Blue and Orange Morality]]: Troll society takes killing relatively easily. Childhood on [[Crapsack World|Alternia]] begins with a series of dangerous trials designed to off the weakest of them; once the survivors pass, they're introduced to an essentially lawless society where everyone has to fend for themselves, compassion is weakness and your frienemies are likely to stab you in the back. Arbitrary cullings are commonplace. They don't seem to have a huge problem with murder in its own right, just when it happens to someone they actually like, in which case it's okay to get bloody revenge on their fallen friend's behalf. Trolls who would qualify as dangerous sociopaths and serial killers on Earth are just thought of as huge tools, except for [[Vigilante Man|Terezi]], who is well-liked (possibly because unlike Vriska, who kills indiscriminately, Terezi has a set of rules she follows). The actions of [[Base Breaker|Vriska]] are more understandable given the culture she grew up in--and it's implied she isn't nearly the worst out there, just the worst given characterization.
** Trolls are so inherently violent that being someone's [[Morality Pet]] is an integral part of their culture.
** When Rose tries to ask if the Horrorterrors are [[Dark Is Not Evil|ev]][[Dark Is Evil|il]], she "[[Go Mad
** It is first implied then later outright stated to be due to Doc Scratch's meddling. The pre-scratch version of Troll culture was too soft and the players failed hard at the game (because they were too weak and unprepared), so Doc Scratch (on Lord English's orders) manipulated their culture to bring about a brutal, violent, ''prepared'' group of teens the second time around.
* [[Blah Blah Blah|Bluh Bluh Bluh]]
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* [[But What About the Astronauts?]]: When the trolls' home planet is destroyed, all the trolls elsewhere in the galaxy are killed by The Vast Glub.
* [[Call Back]] / [[Continuity Nod]]: Almost ''every single page'' is in some way a call back to another. From his former formspring:
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** There's even an in-universe explanation, a phenomenon called [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/scratch.php?s=6&p=005710 circumstantial simultaneity].
*** And at one point it is implied to be [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005603 the entire point of the game/comic].
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** Doc Scratch to Terezi: I'm not going to tell you my name. But if you wish, you may refer to me as Mr. Vanilla Milkshake. It is perfectly in keeping with a habit which you will develop in the future.
* [[Calling Me a Logarithm]]: Jake entreating Dirk not to make [[Covered in Gunge|any more slime appear over his head.]]
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* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: In WV's dream, he kills dozens of carapace people using an attack that is named with a blue [[Final Fantasy]] window. Jack does the same, using Red Miles to destroy the kids' universe.
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** Turned upside-down with Jade merging with (Jade+Bec)sprite and becoming the single most powerful entity in the kids' universe.
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Averted with Grampa Harley's Iron Man suit, but the Iron Lass suit somewhat plays with it, and references it during Jade's crafting frenzy.
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* [[Cassandra Truth]]: Post-Scratch [[George Washington]] had prophetic dreams of the Insane Clown Posse being installed as Presidents, and tried to amend the Constitution to exclude "unruly jesters", but everyone assumed that he was high on the colonial cannabis.
* [[Cast of Snowflakes]]: Everyone but the Pawn Armies are distinctly different. Even the three main Exiles, who are all Pawns, have slight differences that differentiate them from each other outside of their wardrobe; AR is taller and squatter than WV, for example.
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* [[Chainsaw Good]]: Kanaya's weapon of choice, though it also doubles as lipstick (carrying over an old [[Problem Sleuth]] joke). She's used it for combat, but also for trimming shrubbery. Other applications include [[Half the Man He Used To Be|amputating Tavros' legs and killing Eridan with one clean strike]].
* [[Character Class System]]: The titles of Sburb players amount to this, each generally defining the player's aptitude and intended role in Sburb - the Knight class (Dave and Karkat) is obviously combat-oriented, and the Seer class (Rose and Terezi) is intended as a support role to guide the other players according to Doc Scratch.
* [[Charge Into Combat Cut]]: This is fairly commonplace in ''[[Homestuck]]'', although the author is always kind enough to cut back to the fight in time for it to begin... eventually.
* [[Chekhov's Armoury]]: Very many things. This comic is big on continuity. Will someone make a separate page like the Harry Potter one to carry all of this stuff?
** [[Ashes to Crashes]]: John topples the SACRED URN, spilling his Grandma's ashes. The work is nothing if not [[Genre Savvy]]: "In retrospect, upon mulling cinematic tropes regarding ash-filled urns, this outcome was a virtual certainty."
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** [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003338 Chekhovs Juice]: This is not a trope, but it damn well should be.
** This line from [[Comic Book Adaptation|Homestuck Book 2]] sums it up:
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* [[Chess Motifs]]: The conflict between the light and dark kingdoms is represented with chess imagery. Wayward Vagabond also plays a game of chess by himself to pass the time. Black wins, foreshadowing the fact that the Dark Kingdom will win the battle.
** Turns to blackjack motifs starting in Act 4. Also turns to pool for a bit with The Felt, a pool-themed gang.
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* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: The [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003911 introduction] of Gamzee, and more generally anything he says.
** Skipper Plumbthroat unleashes an [[Freak-Out|epic one]] in the [[Christmas Episode|Christmas album]] song [http://homestuckgaiden.bandcamp.com/track/the-squiddles-save-christmas "The Squiddies Save Christmas"].
** Dave is generous with his fuck supply. As is Vriska. And Karkat's foul mouth rubs off on Jade gradually.
** [http://tindeck.com/listen/hftk Nyan Karkat.]
** Oddly enough, since the ''actual'' meaning of the F-word relates to human reproductive methods, and the trolls' methods are vastly different, the word shouldn't mean anything to them. [[Aliens Speaking English|Then again...]]
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* [[Cool Sword]]: Any sword that Dave gets is, inevitably, going to be one of these. But his most recent acquisition is worthy of mention, considering that it's Caledfwlch - mythologically, one of King Arthur's swords and one of his most cherished possessions. Dave and Davesprite are aware that it is an inherently cool sword, and that it's Welsh somehow but don't know the reference. Davesprite considers it to be [[Awesome but Impractical]], considering that Dave already has Caledscratch - which is Caledfwlch but better - as well as several other weapons that qualify as [[Disk One Nuke|Disk One Nukes]].
** One-upped with the [[Infinity+1 Sword|Royal Deringer]] he gets when entering God Tier.
* [[Corrupted Data]]: Partway through Act 5, the ''Homestuck'' game disc gets a nasty scratch, so the next several pages are marred by visual glitches and corrupted text. Eventually it causes the story to freeze just before a climactic fight, so the reader takes the disc to [[The Watcher|Doc Scratch]] to fix it.
* [[Cosmic Horror Story]]: While it had elements of this for a while, it becomes a pretty major part of the story as of [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004748 [S] Jade: Wake up.] Warning: may cause gibbering.
* [[Cosmic Retcon]]: Even though it's stated that the protagonists are unnamed until their thirteenth birthday, flashbacks seem to indicate that a character's name is applied retroactively.
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* [[Crazy Prepared]]: John's Dad, apparently. Take [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=005303 this page from 5-2]. The man keeps a ''spare car'' in his ''wallet''.
* [[Creation Myth]]: [[Word of God]] says that this is one of things Homestuck was supposed to be from the start. Universes are created when people play Sburb/Sgrub, and the new universe is based on the players and their actions. The trolls "created" our universe, and the constellations of the Zodiac represent them, not the other way around.
* [[Creator Breakdown]]: [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004392 Mocked.]<ref>
** He also [https://web.archive.org/web/20130309193653/http://dl.dropbox.com/u/40585720/Combined_Formspring_Web_Aug-28-2011.htm#mspadventures154119975840287379 makes it clear] that certain storyline events are NOT the result of this.
* [[Creepy Doll]]: Lil' Cal. He can simply appear with no explanation as to how he got there, sometimes displacing whatever was there originally, although this is usually just [[Gaslighting|Bro messing with Dave]]. Usually. His eyes don't help either. Cal's creepiness was further amped up when it was revealed that crossing him with a magic cue ball created Doc Scratch and that Cal was created by Gamzee's rage powers to terrify Dave after Dave showed Gamzee the bLaSpHeMoUs "Miracles" video.
* [[Crossing the Burnt Bridge]]: Subverted. Karkat thinks he's going to have to apologize to Vriska in order to get her to join the Red Team. When he finds out that Vriska's been kicked off the Blue Team, he instantly rescinds his apology, and apologizes to himself for even making it in the first place.
* [[Cryptic Conversation]]: The Trolls refusal to be helpful or coherent at all (even to past versions of ''themselves'') tends to result in [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]].
* [[Culture Justifies Anything]]: Vriska's defense for killing Tavros and [[Horror Hunger|feeding all those young trolls to her lusus.]]
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Dave's fight with his brother [https://web.archive.org/web/20130922073753/http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002736 didn't] [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002771 go] [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=002970 very well]. [[Cherry Tapping|At all]]. Implied for John's battle with the Denizen in the [[Bad Future]], and Dave's battle with the Draconian dignitary in an alternate past.
** Sollux predicts that this is how he will die, being blinded immediately prior or during. He may have been partially right about that, although it's not clear what event he was talking about.
** Aradia vs. Vriska, from the former to the latter-- the most brutal sequence yet.
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** B-2 Rose vs. [[Sinister Minister|Chaplain]] [[Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives|Fieri]]: [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006770 2xEYESTAB COMBO.]
** The Empress vs. B-2 Dave and Rose: [http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006774 3x3DENT/SORDSTAB COMBO.]
* [[Curse Cut Short]]: [[Hello, Insert Name Here|"Insufferable Pri--"]] *CHOP*
* [[Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon]]: Jack Noir finally gets tired of Dad's busy fists. "Here, ''(flicks switchblade)'' stick this in your pipe and bleed to death slowly."
** Spades Slick casing an all-green mansion belonging to Lord English. He looks forward to "painting this ugly house red with the blood of those miserable green motherfuckers."
** I anyone tried to steal Boxcar's set of wax lips, he "would [[Eyes Scream|eat their eyeballs]] and deliver an angry lecture into their empty sockets."
* [[Cute Kitten]]: {{smallcaps|Refuse to acknowledge the absurd kitten.}}
** You fail miserably.
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