Ink City: Difference between revisions

The creation, and really the extensiveness, of this page is due to that many of the players are [[One of Us|highly aware of the tropes they use]], [[Tropes Will Ruin Your Life|enjoy collecting them]], and like to treat the entire game as its own canon [[Just for Fun]].

 

 

=== Tropes Used: ===

* [[Aborted Declaration of Love]]: Cave Johnson does this towards Caroline, after he gets her a little drunk.

** Similarly, when Rarity arrives, several of the residents notice she sounds just like Heloise.

** A more meta example: take a [[Cute but Psycho]] pink pokémon with the power to shapechange, and give it [[Split Personality|multiple personalities]]. Where's the [http://rpdictionary.wikia.com/wiki/PB PB] for her human form come from? [[Elfen Lied|Why, the anime with]] [[Cute but Psycho]] [[Elfen Lied|girls with]] [[Split Personality|multiple personalities]] [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|and pink hair]]!

* [[Alternate Timeline]]: What occurs in the crack community is completely non-canon from the rest of the game, but has somewhat its own separate (and hilarious) continuity, and is often referred to as "Labocanon". This crack canon does have less actual continuity to it to, for obvious reasons.

** Interestingly, unlike most games, the crack-community's "canon" is actually has prominent and evolving characterization, albeit one that is aware of the goings-on in the main game. Chances are, if one of the Ink City characters shows up in [[Dear Mun]], the version you're speaking to is "Labocanon" (due to the meta nature). Of course, for some characters ([[No Fourth Wall|Deadpool]] and [[Ren and Stimpy|Ren]] come to mind) the difference is almost completely nonexistent.

* [[And I Must Scream]]: Mordecai, briefly while being trapped in a "black hole" beneath the Ink Well.

** {{spoiler|Rigby when he was under mind control.}}

** Trevor tried to inflict this fate on {{spoiler|Yakko and Rigby}}. Didn't work out the way he planned it.

* [[Another Dimension]]: While the city exists as something of a cross between a [[Phantom Zone]] and an [[Inn Between the Worlds]] with a one way door, the characters themselves are from different and unique dimensions. [[Captain Obvious|Obviously]].

* [[Arc Number]]: The different overarching plot segments that occur in the game are referred to as "seasons". "Season 1" ended with {{spoiler|the first confrontation with Audrey II}}, and "Season 2" concluded with game-wide "World Split" Event. The game is currently in "Season 3".

* [[Arc Words]]: Ostensibly, {{spoiler|"Fly away, birdie... fly away home."}} for the "Season 1" arc.

* [[Ax Crazy]]: Heloise, full stop.

** Also, Ren.

* {{spoiler|[[Beat Still My Heart]]: At the end of Log #3, Mordecai's fate.}}

* [[Becoming the Costume]]: Discord crashes the City's Halloween Party by transforming everyone into their costumes.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Nearly every character has one. An especially extreme has been {{spoiler|Lucius at the mention of Beezy's mother.}}

** {{spoiler|Do not break the Fourth Wall around [[Fourth Wall Observer|Deadpool.]]}}

** [[Regular Show|Don]]'s usually a [[Nice Guy]] willing to help others and get sugar, but mess with his brother and he's perfectly willing to {{spoiler|leave you floating in a pool of paralytic fluid}}.

** When Swindle unleashes the Cosmic Rust upon Ink City as part of an ill-concieved plan to blackmail the sweet-natured Skyfire into trading his cannons for the cure, Skyfire makes it ''very'' clear he doesn't barter with his friends' lives.

** Yakko, Rigby, and Crmsn attempt to [[Save the Villain|rescue Trevor]] after it's been revealed what Berri did to him. {{spoiler|Unlike the other mentions here, this one goes [[Total Party Kill|very, very badly]].}}

** After Starscream manages to get his hands on Three, the just-arrived Optimus Prime goes after him, with several of the other stitchpunks tagging along for the ride.

* [[Break the Cutie]]: While not fitting into the traditional 'cutie' personality, [[Regular Show|Rigby]] does not deserve ''half'' of the things that happen to him once entering the city.

* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Trevor [http://ink-city-ooc.livejournal.com/80540.html gets catapulted into the OOC community] by Yakko during [http://ink-logs.livejournal.com/20131.html?thread=1955747#t1955747 this log].

* [[Break the Haughty]]: Heloise in Log #4. Broken isn't even the half of it, {{spoiler|but what happens to her in Event #1 is arguably even worse.}}

* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: Heloise. Literally, she has business cards.

* [[Cassandra Truth]]: Twilight ''tried'' to warn everyone about Discord, but most of the responders to her broadcast were more concerned with her being a talking purple unicorn. A few ''did'' take her seriously, but none of them were in any position to react when he made his move.

* [[Cats Are Mean]]: [[Lackadaisy|Mordecai Heller]], naturally.

* [[Character Development]]: Living in the City tends to change people. Some more than others.

** [[Discussed Trope|Dicussed]] along with [[Character Derailment]]/[[Character Rerailment|Rerailment]] after Dot and Wakko learn just how much a year alone in the City has changed Yakko.

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: The Benson/Mordecai/Heloise Log. You may have trouble watching ''[[Regular Show]]'' again afterward...

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: A good majority of the characters are like this.

* [[Death Is Cheap]]: Whenever any character dies, no matter how horrible their death is, they simply respawn sometime later at the Ink Well where they first arrived.

* [[Digging Yourself Deeper]]: Trevor, meeting an enraged Wakko for the first time, [[Too Dumb to Live|attempts to convince him]] that his own brother should be {{spoiler|paralyzed and tortured}} for his own good. Needless to say, Wakko doesn't buy it.

* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: {{spoiler|Someone fed you to a man-eating plant? Kidnap their best friend and perform a lobotomy on them - without any form of anesthesia - and insert a chip into their brain that puts them under mind control and tell them to kill said person who fed you to the plant.}}

** {{spoiler|[[Kick the Dog|Which eventually backfires on them...]]}}

* [[Don't Explain the Joke]]: [http://community.livejournal.com/ink_city_ooc/5285.html?thread=51877#t51877 This exchange] (after Mordecai is [[Mistaken for Gay]]) on the OOC community which is oddly In-Character.

* [[Drowning My Sorrows]]: Skips, after he {{spoiler|discovers he isn't immortal anymore.}}

** [[Ace Attorney|Phoenix is found]] suffering from a hangover. The tag description calls him a binge drinker.

** [[Ace Attorney|Phoenix]] has two: Nick and Arizona.

* [[Engineered Public Confession]]: Rigby managed to record one of Trevor's many attempts to capture and control Yakko and him, and replays it for the entire City to try and shatter Trevor's public image.

* [[Cute Kitten]]: [[Fairly Oddparents|Cupid]] turned [[Lackadaisy|Mordecai]] into a kitten. And promptly ''forgot about it'', much to Mordecai's dismay.

* [[Evil Genius]]: The City tends to attract a lot of these, many of them also [[Mad Scientist|Mad Scientists]].

* [[The Evils of Free Will]]: Trevor wishes to eliminate this and transform Ink City into New Bregna. [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|All for their own good]], [[Sarcasm Mode|of course]].

** Trevor and [[G La DOS]] are also set to butt heads in the near future.

* [[Eyeless Face]]: {{spoiler|The Mayor's Consort}}.

* [[False Friend]]: Caroline proposes to Starscream that she can become one to Optimus Prime and help the Decepticon find a way to kill him.

** [[Earthworm Jim|Evil the Cat]] seems to hold all humans in low regards, thinking all of them to be dumb, naive, and easily manipulativeable.

* {{spoiler|[[First Girl Wins|First Boy Wins]]: Ultimately, Jimmy was the only one for Heloise.}}

* [[A God Am I]]: Trevor invokes this a lot.

* [[Go Mad From the Revelation]]: [[Robotomy|Thrasher]] throughout the me1TD0WN event.

** [[Word of God]] says this is what happened to Bass after he {{spoiler|absorbed part of the Mayor's [[Fourth Wall Observer]] powers, leading him to [[Hearing Voices|hear unidentified voices]].}} The madness made him [[Oh Crap|more violent than usual]]. This lasted until becoming Crmsn's [[Living Shadow]] during the Halloween event ''forced'' him into close contact with people he'd otherwise been avoiding. This acted as something of a weird [[Sanity Ball]] dropped into his lap, and he's been improving ever since, albeit still dealing with stress from what had happened. Of course, with renewed contact with the wall, [[It Got Worse|things got worse]].

** Seems to be one of the more severe mental side-effects of touching the fourth wall. While Berri never hit the level of physical deterioration that Thrasher did, it's brought her in contact with 'past selves' and left her in a state [[Mind Hive|not]] [[Many Spirits Inside of One|entirely]] [[Split Personality|unlike]] [[Discworld|Altogether Andrews]].

* [[Gratuitous Spanish]]: Doctor Chipotle Junior

* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: Veser Hatch is a half-Selkie.

* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: Trevor frequently engages in these just in everyday conversation.

* [[Has Two Daddies]]: Legato. Starscream and Soundwave have also formed an odd family unit with Jetstorm.

** Bass has somewhat of a minor one after {{spoiler|[[Oh Crap|tagging the wall through Berri]]}}. It would have been more serious if he hadn't forcibly pushed it aside for other priorities, but a full-blown one is certainly on the horizon.

* [[Hidden Elf Village]]: One ''tries'' to run the Cathedral like this, ordering the other stitchpunks to stay inside and never use their communicators. It doesn't work.

** Prior to this, Trevor managed to hurt Rigby by showing Phoenix a video of {{spoiler|Rigby's revenge killing}} and damaging his friendship with the lawyer. Rigby eventually gets his revenge by broadcasting footage of what led up to Trevor's hoisting above.

** Trevor is a magnet for these; Berri takes the first example and throws in a dash of [[Mad Science]] by {{spoiler|pumping him full of paralytic and opening up his chest}}.

* [[It Got Worse]]: The first log with Benson, Mordecai, and Heloise slowly gets more and more dark and disturbing.

** Invoked by the name of [http://ink-city.livejournal.com/141833.html the post where] {{spoiler|the feral Yakko makes it back to the City}}.

* [[Just Between You and Me]]: After Rigby apologizes to the City at large for what he did to Trevor, Trevor contacts him to rub salt in the wound... then alludes to {{spoiler|possibly ''cloning'' Yakko}}, as well as having his own revenge plans in the works...

** Megatron's first act upon arrival is to kick Starscream around. Yet he deals even worse damage to Caroline, despite (or ''because?'') her professed loyalty to the Decepticons.

* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: Averted. Characters remember everything about their respective canons, and their deaths, if they die.

** Somewhat played straight after Heloise {{spoiler|respawns after Rigby pushes her off a boat into the ocean to get eaten by Sea-Ink Monsters. She can't remember Jimmy's face, name, and most of the memories she had with him.}} Later it's revealed that {{spoiler|it was The Mayor's Consort that took away those memories in an attempt to keep Heloise from relying too heavily on a [[Morality Chain]]. She after which returns them.}}

* [[Lethal Chef]]: Heloise, in an amusing contrast to [[Supreme Chef]] Doctor Chipotle Junior.

** Legato, not that it's come up much (thank goodness for small miracles).

* [[Let Us Never Speak of This Again]]: From the crack community, {{spoiler|Heloise and Lucius having thought they slept together. Turns out nothing actually happened, much to their relief.}}

* [[Literal Genie]]: [[Twisted Metal|Calypso]], in fitting with the original canon. So far he's only granted one wish, but it resulted in {{spoiler|Ren's death.}} And he seems to just be doing it [[For the Evulz|for fun.]]

* [[Living Shadow]]: Bass does this a ''lot''. It's taken [[Up to Eleven]] when he is hit with the [[Becoming the Costume]] spell during the Halloween event while in "Shadow mode" and becomes Crmsn's own personal, albeit very reluctant, [[Living Shadow]].

** [[Persona 4|Yosuke and Souji]] share one when the latter arrives, much to Seta's surprise.

* [[Masquerade]]: The Mayor is working desperately to uphold this in regards to Ink City's many secrets.

* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]: The muns playing the villains and evil characters are some of the nicest and most sociable people when they're not in character.

* [[Mega Crossover]]: Notable for having a lot of [[Western Animation|Western Animated]] or obscure canons. [http://inky-mayor.livejournal.com/5667.html Full List Here!]

* [[Mood Swinger]]: The entire game switches from comedy and drama on a dime. For example, Logs #1 and #2 are rather light-hearted. Log #3 on the other hand...

** In-universe, there's [[Johnny the Homicidal Maniac|Johnny C.]] who goes from being friendly with Mordecai and Rigby to yelling at them {{spoiler|all while planning on murdering them.}}

* [[My Greatest Second Chance]]: [[Persona 4|Naoto]] sees Ink City as a chance to prove she's fully capable of handling being stuck in another world.

* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Benson {{spoiler|after realizing that he killed Rigby.}}

* [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished]]: When Yakko, Rigby and Crmsn tried to rescue Trevor from [[A Fate Worse Than Death]], their reward was {{spoiler|getting blown up by Bass}}.

** Belldandy helps Trevor repair his building, unaware it was damaged by Optimus Prime breaking Aisling out. Trevor immediately starts plotting to run experiments on ''her'' instead.

* [[Not So Different]]: After Event #1, Heloise tries to convince Yakko of this, leading to a [[We Can Rule Together]] speech.

* [[Not So Weak]]: {{spoiler|Rigby.}}

* [[Room Full of Crazy|Notes Full Of Crazy]]: Mordecai had these towards the beginning of his stay in the City.

* [[Oblivious Guilt Slinging]]: Watching Optimus Prime and Aisling dote on each other after he saved her caused this for Caroline, given her plans to betray him to Starscream.

* [[Odd Friendship]]: Due to the range of canons and the characters all being brought together in one place, several of these have popped up.

** Killer robot [[Robotomy|Thrasher]] and bad luck magnet [[Ruby Gloom|Misery]]. He offers to be her bodyguard.

** [[The Secret of Kells|Aisling]] and [[Transformers Prime|Optimus Prime]].

* [[Oh Crap]]: Benson {{spoiler|after the aftermath of Log #3.}}

** After World Split was over, the Mayor and Painted Lady went around fixing people who were still messed up by the event. One of these people was Bass, who repaid their efforts by... [http://ink-city.livejournal.com/205120.html?thread=14884160#t14884160 stealing SOMETHING] from them both with Get Ability. Considering World Split could have been ''caused'' by a similar event in the past and Bass being... well, [[Chaotic Neutral|Bass]], this causes an [[Oh Crap]] moment on the part of the Mayor and the players.

** It's really the only reason {{spoiler|that she bothered to [[Big Damn Heroes|save them from Johnny C.]] Of course, she outright admitted that she planned on doing something worse to them...}}

* [[Ontological Mystery]]

* [[Parasol of Prettiness]]: [[Ace Attorney|Dahlia]]. Ichigo also likes to use paper drink umbrellas like this.

* [[Passive-Aggressive Kombat]]: Certain residents engage in this frequently, such as Trevor, [[G La DOS]], and Berri. Especially when speaking to each other.

** [[One Over Zero|Petitus]] is fully aware that he's on a text-based roleplaying game and is able to freely communicate with his mun.

* [[Pointy Ears]]: Legato, very much so.

* [[Pronoun Trouble]]: [[Mass Effect 2|Legion's]] status as a mobile platform for [[Mind Hive|1,183 Geth]] makes it difficult for other residents to know just how to address... him/her/it. (When Ichigo first notices how it refers to himself, she thinks it's using the [[Royal We]]).

** In a way, how Meredith addresses who she calls "The Creator"; the title refers to one person, but she refers to them as 'they' and 'them' when she's asked to describe 'them'.

** {{spoiler|Jimmy}} at the end of Log #36, in one of the [[Tear Jerker|most heartwrenching]] [[Go Out with a Smile|exits possible.]]

** [[The Bus Came Back]]: Occasionally, characters who previously appeared in the City and left wind up returning. Sometimes they're the ''exact'' same character; sometimes... not.

** A certain character's bus boarding becomes a plot-heavy [[Wham! Episode]], as {{spoiler|she's met by an avatar of her player}}.

* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: [[Katamari Damacy|Ichigo]] is a big believer in "Noblesse oblige", thanks to how she was raised and the role she plays back home. Someone misusing or abusing whatever power they have is a major [[Berserk Button]] for her.

* [[Sapient Steed]]: Kat, being a Mew and able to shape-shift into Pokemon large enough to be ridden, has acted as one on several occasions.

* [[Scarf of Asskicking]]: Legato.

** Once during a crack community meme, Phoenix managed to trick Lucius. He was rewarded with a golden fiddle.

** An alternate universe version of Jimmy pulls off one to the [[Monty Python's Flying Circus|Dead Parrot sketch]] in the crack community Bizarro Meme, which is equally hilariously [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] immediately by Lucius.

** Deadpool thinks that a good mercenary name for Rigby would be [[Moral Orel|Reverend Putty]].

** Apparently, Heloise is a fan of The Cure.

{{quote| '''Maya:''' Well that's like saying 'How do I make this ice cream taste better without adding any chocolate'. Sure, I could use butterscotch, but who does that anymore? I guess what I'm trying to say is that you're butterscotch and now I want ice cream.<br />

'''Optimus:''' Studies from the world wide web show that approximately 23% of the population still consider butterscotch a popular condiment. }}

** Cave Johnson does this, volunteering himself to be absorbed by Cabrakan in Caroline's place.

* [[Take Over the City]]: A common goal of the more evil residents, which tends to be [[Lampshaded]] by the savvier residents. Anyone publically declaring their intent to do so gets soundly mocked.

* [[Tautological Templar]]: Trevor really seems to believe he's going to make Ink City a better place, no matter what horrors he inflicts.

* [[Tempting Fate]]: Mordecai and Benson were ''really'' asking for it in the beginning of Log #3...

* [[Victoria's Secret Compartment]]: When Caroline leaves Cave's service, she takes a hard drive with her, carrying it here. This doesn't stop Cave from reaching right in to try and reclaim it.

* [["The Villain Sucks" Song]]: Yakko and Rigby's [http://ink-logs.livejournal.com/20131.html?thread=1925283#t1925283 Pretty Fly (For a Toon Guy)], mocking Trevor to his face.

** Rigby tried to fix this by showing off what Trevor had done to him and Yakko. [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|It got the attention of]] [[It Got Worse|the wrong kind of people]].

* [[Voices Are Mental]]: A fairly literal example in Kat who, when speaking telepathically, will sound the same regardless of whatever form she's currently in. Played slightly more straight with her human form, as her speaking voice is also the same as her telepathic one.

** Event #2, where a cruise on [[Cool Boat|Superboat]] results in several disturbing implications about {{spoiler|the exact nature of the Ink Monsters}}.

** The climax of me1TD0WN: Thrasher {{spoiler|''breaks the fountain'' and apparently wipes himself from existance in the process}}.

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Berri ''thought'' she was protecting everyone by neutralizing Trevor, but her methods -- and very public broadcast of the results -- provoked this reaction from the City at large.

** Yosuke manages to seriously anger Souji by repeatedly ignoring his desire to be careful. Signing him up as the main attraction of a 'Butler Fight' without bothering to ask his permission first was bad enough, but when he follows that up by making posters with their names and faces and plasters them all over town -- again going against Souji's explict desire to keep a low profile -- he calls him out on it.