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The ''[http://www.insecticons.com/insecticomics.html Insecticomics]'' is a ''[[Transformers]]'' [[Fan Web Comic]] by Melissa DeHaan, also known as Wayward Martian. Originally, the comic was a series of amusing pictures of toys done for no real purpose, which explains the bad photography and writing. Eventually, the comics became more and more frequent and around episode 100, Wayward decided to make it a triweekly thing. The photography began to get better, the cast expanded and Wayward began using props and eventually whole sets, but the irreverent sense of humor remained.
The ''Insecticomics'' disclaimer reads as such:
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* [[All Women Are Prudes|All Humans Are Prudes]] - The given reason of why Transformers porn isn't shown.
* [[Aliens Steal Cattle]] - The most likely explanation for where the cattle that Bombshell and Shrapnel got for Kickback came from.
* [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents]] - Hilariously inverted [http://www.insecticons.com/insecticomics/v3/286.html here] with [[Beast Machines|Stryka and Obsidian]].
* [[Ambiguous Gender]] - All the Transformers.
* [[Animated Actors]] - The character from the 2007 ''[[Transformers Film Series|Transformers]]'' movie are portrayed as actually being Vehicons hired to play those parts. (Strangely, movie Jazz, the only movieverse Autobot, seems to be accepted as normal Jazz.)
* [[Artifact of Doom]] - At one point, Override takes a knockoff of Megatron's fusion cannon out of the spare parts bin, and some of the other Autobots worry the knockoff might be this when she begins acting more aggressive than usual.
* [[Art Shift]] - When Grimlock tells the story of how he got his new body and mini-Dinobots, the comic shifts for several strips to actual art in crayon-drawing style. Arguably some of the most awesome strips in the archives.
* [[Back
* [[Best Her to Bed Her]] - Grimlock seems to operate by this type of logic- Defeat someone, and they have to marry you. Considering this is [[Dumb Muscle|Grimlock]], his definition of "defeat" is odd.
* [[BFG]] - The Hydra Cannon {{spoiler|a.k.a. Galvatron}}.
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* [[Calvin Ball]] - [http://www.insecticons.com/insecticomics/v6/508.html Transformers playing chess drinking games can devolve into this].
* [[Catch Phrase]] - "Don't wanna. Can't make me."
* [[Casanova]]/[[The Vamp]] - Thrust, if [http://www.insecticons.com/insecticomics/v7/607.html you're a boat].
* [[Censor Box]] - Lady Jaye makes all the transformers wear one to "protect the children". To get around this, Bombshell transforms into weevil form... only to have Lady Jaye drop a huge censor bar on him.
{{quote|'''Lady Jaye''': Better safe than sorry.}}
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* [[Deader Than Dead]] - What happens when Armada doesn't like you.
* [[Death Is Cheap]] - But only for certain characters. According to a guardian of the Allspark, Starscream is getting to be as bad -- or worse! -- than Optimus Prime.
* [[
{{quote|"Insect! We have kidnapped your friend-with-benefits!"
'''Kickback''' (later): Predacon women can liberate themselves. }}
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* [[Her Codename Was Mary Sue]] - [http://www.insecticons.com/insecticomics/v3/234.html Shortround actually writes fanfiction] portraying him as the ultimate warrior of the Decepticons (Cybertron canon has him ''very'' far removed from that) and finally getting Thunderblast. Bombshell and Kickback find themselves wondering who'll be the first to strike him down when and if the story gets out.
* [[Hilarity Ensues]] - The inevitable result of pretty much anything anyone does. Some characters, especially the Insecticons, deliberately aim for this.
* [[High
* [[Improbable Weapon User]] - Animated Prowl shows that he can do this when Lazorbeak challenges him to use a six-foot party sub as a weapon. Poor Lazorbeak...
* [[Incendiary Exponent]] - The Fallen will occasionally burst into flame when he's upset or emotional.
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** Really, a large portion of the primary cast is/was/is off and on in relationships with other members of the cast. The only difference from the above relationships is that most of them just don't care ''who'' else their SO hooks up with.
* [[Mega Neko]] - Animkee, Wayward's cat.
* [[Mirror Universe]] - The latest story arc has Kickback get sent to a "[[Transformers: Shattered Glass|Cracked Glass]]" universe due to a teleporter accident.
* [[Moral Guardians|Moral Guardian]] - Lady Jaye.
* [[Narrator]] - The narrator, nicknamed Gary, is actually a Vok and as such technically a character within the comic himself. So he's used pretty much every narrator trope at some point:
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* [[Overly Prepared Gag]] - Kickback set up one in [http://www.insecticons.com/insecticomics/v4/321.html this strip.] Doubles as a [[Shout-Out]] to [[The Lord of the Rings]].
** [http://www.insecticons.com/insecticomics/v8/750.html This strip.] Another [[Shout-Out]], this time to [[Highlander]].
* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]] - When there even is one.
* [[Photo Comic]] - Usually, although on a few occasions Wayward will draw the comic herself.
* [[Pizza Boy Special Delivery]] - Used during the Deviant Robot Sex! arc {{spoiler|when Kickback bribes the pizza girl to pretend she is coming inside the house to have sex with them, in order to further convince a certain annoying fanboy that they are all having a gigantic orgy. In reality, they're simply having a party and aren't exactly sure how one would have sex in the first place without genitalia}}.
* [[Porn Stash]] - [[Brain Bleach|LOCUST PORN]] -- view [http://www.insecticons.com/insecticomics/v3/213.html here] (The comic in question, not the locust porn...)
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* [[Sailor Earth]] - Used for pretty much every character that is [[Merchandise-Driven|toy only]], as the most characterization they get is a blurb on the back of their box. Dreadmoon is a special case, as the author actually 'made' him by repainting an Energon Dreadwing toy.
** When justifying Armada Skywarp's ability to create portals, Megatron notes that Skywarp "didn't have any stats, so I wrote him some".
* [[Screw Yourself]] - Sideways asks his upgraded [[Opposite
* [[Shout-Out]] / [[Mythology Gag]] - Quite a few.
** ''[http://www.insecticons.com/insecticomics/v4/315.html Sniper]'', a hilarious send-up of Barricade's interrogation scene from the movie.
* [[Show Within a Show]] - The Chaos Priest's evangelical show and several others shown in one-panel gags.
** Several former members of the movie cast now work on the [[Spinoff Babies]] show "Michael Baybies", which combines ''[[Muppet Babies]]''-esque whimsy with Michael Bay's trademark love of things exploding.
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* [[Straw Fan]] - There's a fifty-fifty chance that any human character in the comic is one of these.
** And, strangely enough, at least a slight chance that even these characters will be treated with some dregs of respect. The recent Unicron arc actually seemed to indicate that Wayward at least sympathized with a Straw Fan Mary Sue's desire to be at the big fight and do all she could, even if that was effectively nothing.
* [[The Un-Reveal]] - Optimus Prime appears in shadow at the end of an early strip...only to be revealed as Pepsimus Prime, an actual Prime repaint that feature Pepsi colors and logo. He's characterized, naturally, as a tremendous corporate shill (as opposed to [[The Cape (trope)|Optimus's more common personality]]) and becomes a [[Butt Monkey]].
* [[Weaksauce Weakness]] - Said Pepsimus Prime reacts to Coke like it's a caustic acid. (Well, y'know, moreso than it actually is.)
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]] - Prowl wielding a six-foot-long party sub... and beating up Lazorbeak with it.
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