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The premise is initially similar to that of other [[Mega Crossover]] games; [[Ontological Mystery|Characters from various canons suddenly find themselves in the strange and bizarre "Ink City" after crawling out of a large ink well in the center of town]], and are forced to co-exist with everyone else who also happened to be brought here... peacefully or otherwise. A unique element of the City itself however is that it's made of up buildings from each of the character's worlds. When a character enters the City, they bring with them a building relating to them from the place they come from, such as their house or place of work.

 

 

Has a [[Ink City (Roleplay)/Recap|Recap]] page.

=== 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]]!

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

* [[Better As Friends]]: How Heloise feels about Dr. Chipotle Jr., despite the fact he's completely infatuated with her.

** [[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.

* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: [[Batman|The Riddler]] (P.I. Version). Upon first arriving in the city, he gains no points towards people believing him sane by rambling maniacally under his breath (in actuality, he was just trying to deduce how he'd gotten there).

* [[Captain Oblivious]]: Cave Johnson.

* [[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.

** [[Playing With a Trope|Played with]]. Now that people have learned to listen to her warnings... she's getting closer and closer to revealing things [[Masquerade|that the Mayor has confided in her]]... things that [[These Are Things Man Was Not Meant to Know|toons were not meant to know]]. It appears that she still has problems keeping a secret.

** Norrington ''attempts'' attacking The Mayor with these. It doesn't work, because Elder God or not, you can't exactly fight ''ink''.

* [[Continuity Nod]]: It's not unusual for events in the City to contain nods to events from a given character's original [[Canon]].

* [[Cruel Mercy]]: Trevor refuses to take revenge on Berri for what she did to him. He deliberately waits to inform her of this until ''after'' she's made a city-wide confession, in order to watch her suffer. The only reason she confessed in the first place was to keep him from punishing [[One Steve Limit|the wrong Mew]], so the timing was critical.

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Him versus Doctor Norrington.

** [[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]].

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

* [[Expy]]: The Inky Mayor is very often compared to [[Superjail (Animation)|The Warden]]. His human form just adds to this.

* [[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.}}

** Also, Yami no Bakura's reaction to seeing [[Fern Gully|Batty]].

* [[Foe Yay]]: Heloise and Lucius, in the crack community especially.

** [[G La DOS]] is also motivated by this, and [[Not So Different|Caroline]] as well... to the point that Caroline is willing to make several deals with shady characters like Starscream, Trevor, and [[G La DOS]] herself for the sake of furthering her research.

** What Megatron did to Caroline was pretty much to prove to Ink City how evil he is.

** [[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]].

* [[The Government]]: Who is The Inky Mayor? How does the city actually run?

* [[Gratuitous Spanish]]: Doctor Chipotle Junior

** Legato is part [[Megaman Battle Network|Net Navi]] and part human via [[Applied Phlebotinum]] and [[Functional Magic]].

* [[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.

** Heloise also starts hearing voices after the World Split is fixed; its comments don't bode well for her future...

* [[The Heartless]]: {{spoiler|The Inky Mayor has the power to summon hoards of monstrous black Ink creatures, actually somewhat similar in appearance to the original Heartless.}}

* [[Intellectual Animal]]: The city has quite a few, although not all of them are standard Earth animals; the [[Pokémon]] are a good example.

* [[In Which a Trope Is Described]]: The title for a few logs.

* [[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.

** 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.}}

* [[Late to The Party]]: [[Oswald the Lucky Rabbit|Oswald]] shows up late to the Halloween Party because he was having trouble finishing his costume on time... and as a result, was one of the only residents who didn't get hit by Discord's costume-changing spell. [[Lampshade Hanging|References have already been made towards his luck.]]

* [[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]].

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

** [[Zig Zagging Trope|Zig-zagged]] by the [[Persona 4|P4]] cast: Yosuke has been very open about his Persona and powers to certain people, but cagier around others. Souji, meanwhile, prefers to keep such things to himself, and is annoyed whenever confronted with evidence his teammates haven't been as careful.

* [[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!]

* [[Master of Delusion]]: A number of times.

* [[Mood Whiplash]]: See above. It's a bit to be expected, when you're mixing characters like [[Axe Crazy|Heloise]], [[Four Eyes Zero Soul|Mordecai]] [[Lackadaisy|Heller]] and [[Emperor Scientist|Trevor]] with [[Animaniacs (Animation)|The Warner Siblings]], [[Regular Show|Regular Show cast]] and [[Pokémon]]. The [[Darker and Edgier]] clashes nearly constantly with the [[Lighter and Softer]], leaving quite a bipolar, chaotic game.

* [[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.

** Thrasher after he {{spoiler|accidentally shows Misery what he's seen.}}

* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: Heloise mockingly has "nicknames" for various characters, including "Ladybird" for Mordecai, "Roadkill" for Rigby, "Gumballs" for Benson, and now it seems "Freak" for Yakko.

** The players aren't even safe from this trope; it tends to happen to people who hang out in the OOC chatroom over time.

* [[Name Drop]]: The city is in fact called Ink City by its inhabitants.

* [[Nice Guy]]: Crmsn is one of these in the [[Troubled but Cute]] way, complete with a dose of [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] and [[Broken Hero]]-ness to judge by a recent thread.

* [[No Ending]]: Happens occasionally to some threads and/or logs. Sometimes these are even referenced later as [[Noodle Incident|Noodle Incidents]].

* [[Older Than They Look]]/[[Insistent Terminology]]: Heloise continually insists she's not a little kid.

** Ava barely looks over ten years old, but, as she admits to [[Persona 4|Souji]], she's ''408 years old''.

** [[Total Party Kill]]: The second time, he leveled Trevor's entire compound, pretty much instantly decimating everybody inside. Including himself, naturally.

** [[I Am Not Shazam]]: Prior to Kat's appearance, Berri was the only Mew in town and was referred to by her species name all around. After Kat's appearance and her own need to go incognito, she adopted an old nickname given to her by a former friend.

* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]: Heloise towards Mordecai and Rigby, {{spoiler|after Rigby tells Jimmy that she killed Mordecai and Benson.}}

* [[Order Versus Chaos]]: The reason why [[Sam and Max Freelance Police|Dr. Norrington]] and [[Sinbad Legend of the Seven Seas|Eris]] aren't particularly fond of one another - he's Order while she's Chaos.

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

** Souji and Tai Lung get into a bout of this when Tai Lung answers Souji's question about weapons just to imply he's weak for wanting one instead of learning Kung Fu.

* [[Pay Evil Unto Evil]]: Anyone victimized by {{spoiler|Heloise}} tends to come to this conclusion pretty quickly.

** {{spoiler|Except that Rigby was very reluctant to do it at first since he believed that it was because of this trope that he was victimized.}}

** This mentality doesn't fly with everyone; Phoenix is particularly against residents killing other residents, causing a rift between him and {{spoiler|the [[Regular Show]] cast}}, among others.

* [[Pet the Dog]]: When [[Another Dimension|Kat]] arrives and Trevor initially mistakes her for the Mew who subjected him to [[And I Must Scream]], Berri immediately contacts him to clear things up, even going so far as to offer a chance for physical revenge. Trevor, having learned nothing from his ordeal, promptly starts [[Hannibal Lecture|Hannibal Lecturing]] her.

* [[Phony Psychic]]: Petitus claims to be psychic in order to explain away all of his knowledge, since revealing his lack of a personal fourth wall could be disastrous.

** [[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'.

* [[Replacement Goldfish]]: After Caroline quits, Cave immediately weedles [[Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro (Manga)|Yuko]] into becoming his new assistant.

* [[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.

* [[Slasher Smile]]: Heloise's favorite expression. {{spoiler|Especially during Log #3 and #44.}}

** {{spoiler|It becomes close to [[Nothing Is Scarier]] by the end to her victims.}}

* [[Sociopathic Hero]]: Deadpool; during a fight with the Inky Mayor, he seems more interested in just shooting randomly in the air and screaming insane nonsense.

* [[So Proud of You]]: Hely's voice repeatedly mentions how proud they are of her making the City what it is, and continues that praise {{spoiler|once they meet face-to-face}}.

* [[Speak in Unison]]: Dot and Ichi have a tendency to skirt ''very close'' to this, saying ''almost'' the exact same thing at nearly the same time.

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

* [[Strapped to An Operating Table]]: {{spoiler|Heloise's preferred form of restraint.}}

* [[Sympathetic Murderer]]: Explored. If somebody murdered ''you'', does that give you the right to murder ''them'' in return and consider it a [[Karmic Death]] for an [[Asshole Victim]]? Or will that, in turn, give ''them'' the right to kill ''you'' again?

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

** Konata accidentally does this regarding {{spoiler|the broken Ink Well}}, saying "What's the worst that could happen?" [[One of Us|Immediately realizing her mistake]], [[Oh Crap|she reacts accordingly]].

* [[They Killed Kenny]]: [[Ren and Stimpy|Ren]] dies a lot.

** [[Regular Show|Rigby]] dies just as much if not more.

** [[Transformers Animated|Optimus Prime]] has died the most out of the entire Transformers cast. (Three times)

* [[Thou Shall Not Kill]]: Death may be cheap, but Phoenix doesn't care for the idea of going around ''killing'' others anyway, short of self-defense.

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Nearly ''everyone'' in Event #1.

{{quote| '''Mordecai''': {{spoiler|[[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|This is for ripping my heart out, you bitch.]]}}<br />

* [[Ultimate Authority Mayor]]: The Mayor sees himself as this, while the residents tend to see him as [[Authority in Name Only]]. He tends to be 'hands-off' unless somebody hits one of his [[Berserk Button|Berserk Buttons]]. {{spoiler|It doesn't help that his own bosses appear to be even more 'hands-off' with him...}}

* [[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.

* [[Villain With Good Publicity]]: Trevor [[Tautological Templar|does not consider himself a villain]], and [[Zero Percent Approval Rating|is heavily disliked]] by most citizens who are aware of his plans; however, ''new'' residents meeting him for the first time often come away with a good impression.

* [[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.

* [[We Can Rule Together]]: After [[Wham Episode|Event #1]], Heloise tries this on Yakko.

* [[Wham Episode]]: Event #1, wherein a group of residents venture into the forest and discover the [[Fourth Wall]], [[It Got Worse|among other things]].

** 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}}.

** {{spoiler|Heloise}} [[Put On a Bus|leaves Ink City]], and they (along with several witnesses) are informed of this by {{spoiler|the Mayor's Consort, who ''looks like her player's avatar''}}.

** In general this is really common, see [[Put On a Bus]] above.

** 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.

* [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]]: During the [[Victoria's Secret Compartment]] incident, Caroline gets Optimus Prime's attention and sympathy with this. Cave does NOT [[Not Helping Your Case|help his case one bit]].

* [[Your Head Asplode]]: {{spoiler|Poor Benson... It's tough when your head's made of glass and is easily shattered by things such as, say, a sledgehammer.}}