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Yeah! We're really excited to be doing the [[TV Tropes]] page for the International ComicContinuity.

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.]]

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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Fiiine.

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 By Their Nickname|renamed]] [[Author Avatar|author]] [[Digital Avatar|avatars]] and [[Loads and Loads of Characters|other created characters]] [[Show Accuracy Toy Accuracy|represented]] by [[Sprite Comics|colored squares]] which in turn represent characters in [[Alternate Universe Fic|another]] [[Fan Verse|universe]] inspired by a [[Bionicle|dead toyline about storyline-centric plastic buildible action figures]] placed in outlined boxes and hosted on the [[BZ Power|largest internet-based forum]] dedicated to said dead toyline of [[LEGO|children's construction toys]].

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 By Their Nickname|renamed]] [[Author Avatar|author]] [[Digital Avatar|avatars]] and [[Loads and Loads of Characters|other created characters]] [[Show Accuracy Toy Accuracy|represented]] by [[Sprite Comics|colored squares]] which in turn represent characters in [[Alternate Universe Fic|another]] [[Fan Verse|universe]] inspired by a [[Bionicle|dead toyline about storyline-centric plastic buildible action figures]] placed in outlined boxes and hosted on the [[BZ Power|largest internet-based forum]] dedicated to said dead toyline of [[LEGO|children's construction toys]].

...[[That Came Out Wrong|let's]] [[Hypocritical Humor|try]] [[Lampshade Hanging|that]] [[Overly Narrow Superlative|again]].

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* [[Amoral Attorney]]: Ravorhk and Taterman stand out as the best examples.

* [[Army of Lawyers]]: The OCLL has quite the amount of lawyers who often "attack" in "swarms".

* [[Animal Themed Superbeing]]: Cowman, being of the Type II variety.

* [[Animal-Themed Superbeing]]: Cowman, being of the Type II variety.

* [[Another Dimension]]: All of the [[Story Arc|Story Arcs]] in ''Gavla's Comics'' take place in an alternate dimension adjacent to the [[IC Cverse]].

* [[Antimatter]]: Getting more commonly used in ''Gavla's Comics''.

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* [[Badass Spaniard]]: Gnuklear - at the very least, he speaks Spanish.

* [[Backstory]]: Nearly all of the series include some sort of backstory.

* [[Beam Me Up Scotty]]: Blade has never actually said "Its muffin time!", despite it being claimed to be his catchphrase.

* [[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).

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* [[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]].

* [[Fantastic Noir]]: Basically the whole premise of ''Private Eye Tapika''.

* [[Five Man Band]]: From ''BladeTitan974's Comics'':

* [[Five-Man Band]]: From ''BladeTitan974's Comics'':

** [[The Hero]]: Blade

** [[The Lancer]]: Chokii

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* [[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.

* [[Good Ol Boy]]: Mitch Menard.

* [[Good Ol' Boy]]: Mitch Menard.

* [[Halloween Cosplay]]: Numerous Halloween comics have used this trope, notably Blade dressing up as Link and little kids dressing up as Gavla and Dark709 when Trick or Treating at ''Nuparurocks' Comics''.

* [[Hammerspace]]: Justified, as the technology to use hammerspace exists in-universe and multiple companies sell hammerspace containers.

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* [[Head Bob]]: Ennar's animations usually have the characters bobbing their heads to the dialogue.

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Janaro and Tapika's relationship is like this, overlapping with [[Incompatible Orientation]] from Janaro's end.

* [[Infinity ~~Minus One~~ Sword]]: The Nui Sword.

* [[Infinity-1 Sword]]: The Nui Sword.

* [[Infinity ~~Plus One~~ Sword]]: The Meta Sword and the Meta Blade respectively.

* [[Infinity+1 Sword]]: The Meta Sword and the Meta Blade respectively.

** Along with the Gr'mahr Hammer.

* [[In Name Only]]: By design, very little of the ICC has any intersection with BIONICLE canon. Virtually all they have in common are species and naming conventions; the ICC sets itself in its own separate offshoot universe, which judging from the mess that was BIONICLE 2008's endless parade of pocket dimensions is actually plausible from a canon viewpoint.

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* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: And how. Every comic series had its own set of original characters, villians, citizens, organizations and other various characters. Put them all together and you have a full fledged continuity.

* [[Metaplot]]: The current comics are all leading up to ''Mask of Existence''.

* [[Mid Season Upgrade]]: Kahi went from near bankrupt comic maker to the richest man in Taone Nui in between the original season of ''Live, Learn and Lawsuits'' and ''(3L)2''.

* [[Mid-Season Upgrade]]: Kahi went from near bankrupt comic maker to the richest man in Taone Nui in between the original season of ''Live, Learn and Lawsuits'' and ''(3L)2''.

* [[Mirror Universe]]: The Bizarro Universe, both visually (as all the colors in said universe are inverted from their ICCverse counterparts) and character-wise (all of the inhabitants are [[Evil Twins]] of their ICCverse counnterparts). Played with in ''SpoofQuest''.

* [[Model Sheet]]: All the sprite comics use spritesheets made from scratch, which basically are the "model sheets" of the genre.

* [[The Multiverse]]: The ICC Multiverse, affectionately nicknamed the "MultICCverse".

* [[No Hugging No Kissing]]: Averted - Matoran here can actually reproduce, unlike in canon, and several relationships have occurred throughout.

* [[No Hugging, No Kissing]]: Averted - Matoran here can actually reproduce, unlike in canon, and several relationships have occurred throughout.

* [[Nothing Is the Same Anymore]]: After Kahi became one of the richest men in Taone Nui, things for the "Live, Learn and Lawsuits" cast changed.

* [[Official Couple]]: Ennar and Linnea are probably the most prominent examples in the series, as they are now officially married after about several years of [[Ship Tease|Ship Teasing]].

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* [[Only One Name]]: Generally all of the characters, although it is averted with a few, such as Kahi Govaki.

* [[One Shot Character]]: The Geico Employee in the first comic for ''Live, Learn and Lawsuits''.

* [[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.

* [[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|~~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 [[Earthbound]] references starting a small rise, thanks in no part to [[Memetic Mutation|McGyiyg]].

* [[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 [[Earthbound]] references starting a small rise, thanks in no part to [[Memetic Mutation|McGyiyg]].

* [[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.

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* [[Schedule Slip]]: The ICC series are infamous for this, often owing to [[Author Existence Failure]].

** Averted with ''Nuparurocks' Comics: Season Beta'', however, which has currently the longest running daily strip in [[BZ Power]] history and save for one or two weeks has not missed a day since.

* [[Serious Business]] / [[Stop Having Fun Guys]]: In response to how disappointingly rampant this attitude is around [[BZ Power]], especially its sprite comic community, the ICC practically has it in their mission statement to go out of its way to poke fun at and [[Averted Trope|avert]] this attitude. Of course, the practitioners of said attitude don't really see the humour.

* [[Serious Business]] / [["Stop Having Fun!" Guys]]: In response to how disappointingly rampant this attitude is around [[BZ Power]], especially its sprite comic community, the ICC practically has it in their mission statement to go out of its way to poke fun at and [[Averted Trope|avert]] this attitude. Of course, the practitioners of said attitude don't really see the humour.

* [[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 Out]]: The comics regularly refer to other media: The Newsroom and VakamaTK's Comics have several references of [[Pokémon]] and [[CSI: Miami]], most of Blade's work includes homages to [[The Legend of Zelda]] and [[Metal Gear]], Tapika's work has a lot of [[MS Paint Adventures (Webcomic)|MS Paint Adventures]] references and Live, Learn and Lawsuits has a multitude of shout outs ranging from [[Series/Home Improvement Home Improvement|Home Improvement Home Improvement]] and the [[The Cosby Show]] to [[~~Eight~~ Bit Theater (Webcomic)|8-Bit Theater]] and [[Iron Chef]]. Also, ''Taone Nui Offline Game'' is probably pretty much going to be one huge homage to [[Earthbound (Video Game)|Earthbound]], [[Youtube Poop (Web Animation)|Youtube Poop]], the history of the BZP comics forum, and pretty much [[Author Appeal|anything else the ICC members like]].

* [[Shout Out]]: The comics regularly refer to other media: The Newsroom and VakamaTK's Comics have several references of [[Pokémon]] and [[CSI: Miami]], most of Blade's work includes homages to [[The Legend of Zelda]] and [[Metal Gear]], Tapika's work has a lot of [[MS Paint Adventures (Webcomic)|MS Paint Adventures]] references and Live, Learn and Lawsuits has a multitude of shout outs ranging from [[Series/Home Improvement Home Improvement|Home Improvement Home Improvement]] and the [[The Cosby Show]] to [[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|8-Bit Theater]] and [[Iron Chef]]. Also, ''Taone Nui Offline Game'' is probably pretty much going to be one huge homage to [[Earthbound (Video Game)|Earthbound]], [[Youtube Poop (Web Animation)|Youtube Poop]], the history of the BZP comics forum, and pretty much [[Author Appeal|anything else the ICC members like]].

** 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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** 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.

* [[Where the Hell Is Springfield]]: Averted; all the islands are given placement within the world and there's been several rough maps and/or information about the relations between each island released.

* [[Where the Hell Is Springfield?]]: Averted; all the islands are given placement within the world and there's been several rough maps and/or information about the relations between each island released.

* [[Will They or Won't They]]: Atoma and Myarti had it going from the [[Aborted Arc]] from the pre-daily strip ''Nuparurocks' Comics: Season Beta'' until it finally got resolved resulting in a [[Relationship Upgrade]] (see above). Ennar and Linnea also had it going from the beginning of the series, although they got promoted to [[Official Couple]].

* [[Will They or Won't They?]]: Atoma and Myarti had it going from the [[Aborted Arc]] from the pre-daily strip ''Nuparurocks' Comics: Season Beta'' until it finally got resolved resulting in a [[Relationship Upgrade]] (see above). Ennar and Linnea also had it going from the beginning of the series, although they got promoted to [[Official Couple]].

** Ketoka and Tekatu have also been in this state for about three years now.

* [[Video Game Settings]]: