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[[Describe Topic Here|Describe International ComicContinuity Here.]]
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Ah... I'm a bit busy today. Can we start tomorrow? [[Development Hell|Or next week?]] [[Aborted Arc|Screw it,]] [[Self-Deprecation|we're too lazy for this.]]
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The International ComicContinuity is an [[All-Star Cast|ensemble]] of [[Ensemble Cast|fifteen teenagers]] that have [[Self-Deprecation|wasted the]] [[Webcomics Long Runners|majority of their lives]] making [[Shameless Self Promoter|some of the best]] multiple [[Story Arc|Story Arcs]] [[Fanfic|detailing]] [[Write Who You Know|the lives]] of their [[Only Known
...[[That Came Out Wrong|let's]] [[Hypocritical Humor|try]] [[Lampshade Hanging|that]] [[Overly Narrow Superlative|again]].
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* Bladeran: Founding member. It's a bit of a continuity injoke that, even over a year later, he still hasn't got his planned series for the ICC off the ground. He contributes his older work, ''BladeTitan974's Comics''.
* Gavla: Founding member. Arguably the most popular comic maker on BZPower, having recently smashed the record of the longest topic within the comic community, or possibly even BZPower in general (10,000+ posts). His flagship work is ''Gavla's Comics'', an enormous series spanning numerous story arcs of differing tone and theme; notably, his works are the only ones not explicitly set within the ICC universe while still being ICC canon.
* Dlakii: Founding member, and a [[Old Shame|former moderator]] of BZPower. Was [[Author Existence Failure|banned from BZPower]] under [[
* Coleanuva: Youngest active member who just got his series "Coleanuva's Ski Resort" off the ground, taking place in, well, [[Exactly What It Says
* Zakitano: His primary contribution to the ICC is ''[[Stylistic Suck|BIONICLES ADVENTURS COMIXS]]''. Oh, and a little series of no significance called ''The Pirogi Vampire''.
* Tamroc7: Has been planning ''City in the Sky'', a more serious adventure series, but that has yet to come to fruition.
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== The current series/projects of the ICC include: ==
''List to be expanded on''.
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130621131229/http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=305155 (3L)2: Live, Learn and Lawsuits'']'': The credited birthplace of the ICC; it was the central hub for the continuity itself for a while until it got moved into a blog post. Its generally a mix and match from different genres; part [[Genre Deconstruction|deconstruction of the general comic maker cliches]], part [[Sci Fi Webcomics|science fiction extravaganza]], part [[Elseworld|alternate universe drama]] and part [[Played for Laughs|plain old comedy series]] set in a [[Post Cyber Punk]] world. Originally known as ''Live, Learn and Lawsuits'', but became ''(3L)2: Live, Learn and Lawsuits'' later for its second season.
* ''[http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=303232 The Comics That May Or May Not Be Made By/Involved Philbert]'':{{Dead link}}
* ''That's Messed Up'':
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130726170822/http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=332501 SpoofQuest]'':
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130728052511/http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=277063 TavKorp]'':
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20080430024747/http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=275265 BladeTitan974's Comics]'':
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130621014117/http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=283165 Gavla's Comics]'':
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20121021053439/http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=258888 The Newsroom]'':
* ''[http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=333956 Coleanuva's Ski Resort]'':{{Dead link}}
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130730095521/http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=333432 BIONICLES ADVENTURS COMIXS]'': A series full of [[Irony|beautiful graphics]] that outshine the rest of the continuity.
* ''[http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=332065 The Pirogi Vampire]'':{{Dead link}} Zakitano's "landmark" series which practically no one remembers and even fewer care about.
* ''[http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=322950 City in the Sky]'':{{Dead link}}
* ''[http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=329594 Janaro's Café]'':{{Dead link}}
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130621130650/http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=288244 Nuparurock's Comics]'':
* ''Private Eye Tapika'':
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130621125754/http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=325216 II Made This]'':
* ''[http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=309409 This Brick Wall]'':{{Dead link}}
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130726132648/http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=333725 SK Inn]'':
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130728054127/http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=316048 Noob War]'':
* ''Mask of Existence'':
* ''Taone Nui Offline Game'': Another [[Genre Deconstruction]], but this time with a tongue-in-cheek look at [[Western RPG]] with [[Shout
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* [[Abnormal Ammo]]: Fikou has dual pistols that shoot webs instead of bullets.
* [[Aborted Arc]]: ''The Newsroom'' in its entirely, owing to [[Author Existence Failure]]. A planned reboot [[Development Hell|still hasn't gotten off the ground after almost a year of planning]].
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* [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]: Blade has never actually said "Its muffin time!", despite it being claimed to be his catchphrase.
* [[The Bechdel Test]]: Though they haven't had much time to speak with each other outside of combat, the main female characters of ''City in the Sky'' pass.
* [[Bizarro Universe]]: The Noob Universe, in which Noob War takes place. Also, the obviously named Bizarro Universe, although it ironically enough fits the [[Mirror Universe]] trope much better than this one (see below).
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Veoh Raiwor from ''City in the Sky.''
* [[Brick Joke]]: "Bob's Law" from "Ask Kahi" came back into play at the epilogue, in which Gerlicky got bunked with a [[Zombie Infectee]].
* [[British Accent]]: Zakitano is said to talk and sound like [[Doctor Who
** Tapika and Janaro as well, seeing as how they are actually from England.
* [[Censor Box]]: Occurs throughout the continuity, often with the box being signed either "Pohuaki" or "Black Six" (respectively the BZP Global Moderator in charge of the comics forum, and the head administrator of [[BZ Power]]). Sees particularly heavy use in ''Nuparurocks' Comics'', most memorably when large portions of an ode to Megan Fox gets censored by Black Six to the point that [[Up to Eleven|the whole second verse is censored]].
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* [[Dream Team]]: A more Meta Example, the ICC themselves are made from several of the best active comic artists on [[BZ Power]].
* [[Drop the Hammer]]: The Gr'mahr Hammer, wielded by the Demientity Vor.
* [[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo]]: ''BladeTitan974's Comics''' second season took on the name ''Quest for the Meta Sword'' and more recently ''Rising Suns''.
* [[Elemental Nation]]: Meta Nui has more of a traditional elemental village segregation, with such locales as Ko-Meta (the ice village) Po-Meta (the stone village) and so on.
* [[Emoticon]]: Arguably one of its more unique usages is the Emoticon ''Fruit'', a small peach-like fruit the size of your fist that has an emote stamped on it, with each emote relaying what kind of flavor the fruit has (i.e. =P is sweet and sour, >=[ is bitter, :O is spicy, etc.). Genetically bred for [[Rule of Funny]].
* [[Evil Twin]]: Played straight with alternate terrorist Kahinuva, Ennar and Bladeran in one of the alternate dimensions in ''The Alternative Saga'', but inverted with Bizarro Gerlicky, (since Bizarro Gerlicky has the opposite personality of the "real" Gerlicky, he is thus a [[Hypocritical Humor|very nice, patient and caring person]]).
* [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Fan Art]]: Basically the entire focus of the continuity. Most of the sprites used in the series were not ripped from any BIONICLE video game but were instead hand-sprited by a kit maker and subsequently edited; such is the common practice on BZP.
** [[Fanfic]]: A small number of prose stories were written for the ICC, such as ''Ask Kahi'' and ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney|Kahi Govaki: Ace Attorney]]''.
** [[Fan Film]]: Ennar is planning to make a film adaption of his comic series.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Part of the reason Gnuklear - and later, a large slew of parody [[Hero Factory|heroes]] - was devised was as a vehicle to play with and mock [[Alternate Character Interpretation|the prevalence of this theme]] in [[Hero Factory]].
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* [[Frivolous Lawsuit]]: [[Played for Laughs]] with the OCLL, who threaten Kahi with many such threats. [[Deconstruction|Deconstructed]], however, because [[Word of God]] says that they actually know they can't really get away with most of their accusations, but they like to try and intimidate their opponent with the hope that they have no idea what actually can go on.
** They also tried to use the same tactic on VakamaTK when they "invaded" his studio.
* [[Funetik Aksent]]: Used in ''SpoofQuest'' and ''Live, Learn and Lawsuits'' for Inspector Sanso.
** "VHERE VERE YOU ON ZE NIGHT OF ZE MURDER?"
* [[Fun
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* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: ''Nuparurocks' Comics'' constantly has religious words as swears and religious themes. And in one instance, "Hell" was used (This was edited in another version).
** Plus there's the Fun With Acronyms example above.
* [[Girls
* [[GIS Syndrome]]: Used in ''Nuparurocks' Comics'' extensively, but has also made its presence known in ''The Newsroom'', ''Live Learn and Lawsuits'' and several of the others.
* [[Guardian of the Multiverse]]: Its strongly implied that there is at least one, although it is not known who.
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** Another one has taken place in ''Live, Learn and Lawsuits'', because of Terton being the [[Special Guest]].
* [[Jerkass]]: Gerlicky.
* [[Joker Immunity]] / [[Not Quite Dead]]: Makito has been "killed" so many times that the tenants at ''Nuparurock's Comics'' consider it a [[But for Me It Was Tuesday|normality]].
* [[Just for Pun]]: The continuity's very name - it was explicitly named so to allow for the use of the abbreviation International ComicCon. Several utility accounts on various websites used by the Continuity are even called "IntComicCon".
* [[Kent Brockman News]]: Channel Billion Studios has a really severe case of this.
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** Atoma and Myarti, although not going as far as the above, have recently been promoted to this status. {{spoiler|Atoma is also apparently bearing Myarti's child.}}
** Gavla and Chilly are generally regarded as being together, up to them actually having children together, (although they didn't get them as humans normally would).
* [[Only Known
** For the more common variant with characters we have Bladeran, who is almost always called Blade, rarely Blade Titan, and never BladeTitan974. Due to [[Author Existence Failure]], the name Bladeran was revealed, but the comic went on haitus soon after before he could be called by it.
** Also Storm. You can literally count with one hand the times he's been called by his full name, StormLasher479.
** Gavla as well is normally called either Gav or Gavla, never by his actual name, Gavilan.
* [[Only One Name]]: Generally all of the characters, although it is averted with a few, such as Kahi Govaki.
* [[One
* [[One-Winged Angel]]: Given that he's a tribute to Xehanort from Kingdom Hearts, the main antagonist of "City of the Sky," Xensahort, gets a few different forms.
* [[Original Character]]: Almost all of the characters featured throughout are original fan characters, with only scant appearances and references concerning canon ones.
* [[Orphaned Series]]: Almost half of all the series involved have been discontinued in one way or another. Plans to continue are unfortunately frequently left in [[Development Hell]].
* [[Pac-Man Fever]]: Averted hard, as many specific, current-gen games are mentioned and played with, always being depicted on the correct system. This is due to most of the members being avid gamers, and many of the games mentioned are the ones they are spending a lot of time playing with at the moment (time which then [[Author Existence Failure|distracts from comic work]]). [[Pokémon]] and [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario]] games usually are at the forefront of this, with [[
* [[Parody Episode]]: ''The Newsroom'' had many of these, the last being [[CSI: Miami|Cake Surprise Investigations]].
** The current saga of ''Live, Learn and Lawsuits'' has Gavla and Eljay competing in an [[Iron Chef]] parody television special.
** Most of the ''SpoofQuest'' yearly-mask comics involve Gerlicky spoofing one of the other ICC Comics, such as ''VakamaTK's Comics'', ''BladeTitan974's Comics'', and ''Live, Learn and Lawsuits''.
* [[Palette Swap]]: ''BIONICLES ADVENTURS COMIXS'' lampshades how [[Hero Factory|Von Nebula]] and
* [[Pardon My Klingon]]: While the phrase "Karzahni" has been used several times to the chagrin of some of the older members, others have also been used because of blockage of expletives by the word filter.
* [[Pocket Dimension]]: One is used by the people who make [[Hammerspace]] containers.
* [[Poirot Speak]]: Notably Inspector Sanso.
* [[Porn Stache]]: Gnuklear.
* [[Put
** She did come back in ''Live, Learn and Lawsuits'' a year later, however.
* [[Reality Warper]]: Makito defies every possible law of nature. Also the WIZARDs, basically an entire 'subspecies' of Reality Warpers.
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** His archenemy, Gnuklear, has also appeared in numerous series.
* [[Relationship Upgrade]]: Myarti's overhearing of Atoma's laments about him being so [[Oblivious to Love]] made him finally get officially together with her.
* [[Repetitive Name]]: Ravorhk Rahvork, the head of the Official Comic Land Lawfirm.
* [[Reset Button]]: Everything that happened in LLL's Alternative Saga was undone by the end of it, save for Enigma Isle being teleported next to Taone Nui, LLL Towers being formed in the middle of Kato, and everyone's memories of the event (although most people did shrug it off as a dream).
* [[Retcon]]: Several series, including ''VakamaTK's Comics'' and ''Live, Learn and Lawsuits'' were originally on Hapori Nui, the Comic Land. This was later retconned to them being on Kaitro Nui and Taone Nui, respectively.
** To a lesser extent, the Grammar Hammer was originally intended to be an [[Affectionate Parody]] of [[Norse Mythology|Mjolnir]]. It was later retconned to be called the Gr'mahr Hammer.
** Also The Pirogi Vampire seasons 1-6 and thus no longer canon.
* [[Ridiculously
* [[Running Gag]]: Makito.
** Also Blade's exploding toilet.
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* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: Polymath seems to be using this a lot, although it is more toned down.
* [[Ship Tease]]: Gavla and Chilly seem to be growing closer in recent instalments of ''Gavla's Comics''.
* [[Shout
** Nuparurocks' comics in particular, liked to reference [[Music/Daft Punk Daft Punk|Daft Punk Daft Punk]], [[Manga/Ranma One Half Ranma|Ranma One Half Ranma]], [[Series/Mister Rogers Neighborhood Mister Rogers'Neighborhood|Mister Rogers Neighborhood Mister Rogers'Neighborhood]] and [[Western Animation/Dora The Explorer Dora The Explorer|Dora The Explorer Dora The Explorer]] among other things (up to the point where Both Daft Punk and Dora were recurring characters in the series).
* [[Something Completely Different]]: ''BIONICLES ADVENTURS COMIXS'' is this to "The Pirogi Vampire", being radically different from the main series.
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* [[Three Amigos]]: Janaro, Atoma and Shadow.
** Also, Chokii, Oneou and Tekatu, although they've been also said to be [[Too Dumb to Live]].
* [[Took a Level
* [[Toxic Phlebotinum]]: Energized Protodermis, which usually destroys or mutates whatever it is poured upon. {{spoiler|1=Except for VakamaTK/Tavakai and Kahi/Kahinuva, of course}}.
* [[Trigger Happy]]: Mitch, of course.
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** Blue Crystals, which power the Starter robot.
** Polydermis, a mixture of Exidian and Organic Protodermis known for its exceedingly durable properties and light weight.
** Energized Zamors, which can be harnessed to produce a multiverse breeching [[Portal (
** Molant, a liquid that is found in pockets of molten lava and can be cooled into a solid object that projects heat.
** Excidite, a much stronger but heavier version of Exidian, as well as being much more rare.
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