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A British Sci-Fi comedy webcomic inspired by shows like ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy (Franchise)|The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Red Dwarf (TV)|Red Dwarf]]'', ''[http://www.jump-leads.com/ Jump Leads]'' is the story of Thomas Meaney and Richard Llewellyn, trainees in the Lead Service - a sort-of self-appointed "Reality Police" who travel to [[The Multiverse|parallel Universes]] and ensure everything is occurring as it should. They've hit a bit of a problem, however - a disastrous set of circumstances during their first field training exercise have left them stranded in a broken JumpShip, aimlessly jumping from one random Universe to the next. But with Meaney trying hard to return to the career he loves and Llewellyn content to meander aimlessly through existence, getting back to Lead H.Q. continues to look like an impossible task...
A British Sci-Fi comedy webcomic inspired by shows like ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy]]'' and ''[[Red Dwarf]]'', ''[http://www.jump-leads.com/ Jump Leads]'' is the story of Thomas Meaney and Richard Llewellyn, trainees in the Lead Service - a sort-of self-appointed "Reality Police" who travel to [[The Multiverse|parallel Universes]] and ensure everything is occurring as it should. They've hit a bit of a problem, however - a disastrous set of circumstances during their first field training exercise have left them stranded in a broken JumpShip, aimlessly jumping from one random Universe to the next. But with Meaney trying hard to return to the career he loves and Llewellyn content to meander aimlessly through existence, getting back to Lead H.Q. continues to look like an impossible task...


Jump Leads is created by Ben Paddon and illustrated by "JjAR". Rather than having a single writer, Jump Leads has a TV Series-esque writing team, with different writers writing the scripts for different issues. Paddon is the lead writer, with the rest of the team being Euan Mumford, Paul Varley and Andrew Taylor (plus guest writers).
Jump Leads is created by Ben Paddon and illustrated by "JjAR". Rather than having a single writer, Jump Leads has a TV Series-esque writing team, with different writers writing the scripts for different issues. Paddon is the lead writer, with the rest of the team being Euan Mumford, Paul Varley and Andrew Taylor (plus guest writers).
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* [[Military Maverick]]: Captain Lucas, and Llewellyn.
* [[Military Maverick]]: Captain Lucas, and Llewellyn.
* [[Sacrificial Lamb]]: {{spoiler|Captain Lucas}}
* [[Sacrificial Lamb]]: {{spoiler|Captain Lucas}}
* [[Shout-Out]]: [[Red Dwarf (TV)|Robert Llewellyn]], [[Star Trek the Next Generation|Colm Meaney]], [[Joss Whedon]], [[George Lucas]]
* [[Shout-Out]]: [[Red Dwarf|Robert Llewellyn]], [[Star Trek: The Next Generation|Colm Meaney]], [[Joss Whedon]], [[George Lucas]]
* [[Take That]]: "About as exciting as watching ''[[Footballers Wives]]''"; "I believe some of you will be travelling to dimensions where Christina Aguilera has somehow achieved a successful music career".
* [[Take That]]: "About as exciting as watching ''[[Footballers Wives]]''"; "I believe some of you will be travelling to dimensions where Christina Aguilera has somehow achieved a successful music career".
* [[Ted Baxter]]: Captain Whedon. Heck, he practically says as much:
* [[Ted Baxter]]: Captain Whedon. Heck, he practically says as much:
{{quote| "I'm Captain Whedon. I'm very important and, as such, completely justified in my arrogance."}}
{{quote| "I'm Captain Whedon. I'm very important and, as such, completely justified in my arrogance."}}
* [[The Obi-Wan]]: {{spoiler|Captain Lucas}}
* [[The Obi-Wan]]: {{spoiler|Captain Lucas}}
* [[Wide Eyed Idealist]]: Meaney
* [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]]: Meaney


=== It Came From Space! ===
=== It Came From Space! ===
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* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: {{spoiler|Turns out there's no danger at all.}}
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: {{spoiler|Turns out there's no danger at all.}}
* [[The Napoleon]]: Newman
* [[The Napoleon]]: Newman
* [[Shout-Out]]: [[Firefly|Alan Tudyk]] and <s>[[The X Files|Gillian]]</s> [[Stargate SG 1|Richard Dean Anderson]], among others.
* [[Shout-Out]]: [[Firefly|Alan Tudyk]] and <s>[[The X-Files|Gillian]]</s> [[Stargate SG-1|Richard Dean Anderson]], among others.


=== Trojan Horse ===
=== Trojan Horse ===
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* [[Mundane Solution]]: {{spoiler|Silk}}
* [[Mundane Solution]]: {{spoiler|Silk}}
* [[Puppeteer Parasite]]: The Iob
* [[Puppeteer Parasite]]: The Iob
* [[Shout-Out]]: [[Star Trek the Original Series|Leonard Nimoy]] and [[Andromeda|Lisa Ryder]], among others.
* [[Shout-Out]]: [[Star Trek: The Original Series|Leonard Nimoy]] and [[Andromeda|Lisa Ryder]], among others.


=== Just Dropping In ===
=== Just Dropping In ===
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* [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]]: Subverted - the guards use tranquiliser darts, which ''improves'' their aim because they don't have to worry about taking human lives.
* [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]]: Subverted - the guards use tranquiliser darts, which ''improves'' their aim because they don't have to worry about taking human lives.
* [[Just Between You and Me]]: Averted: this is one of the few errors Gray won't commit. No sense in a "before I kill you, let me tell you my plan" if you aren't going to kill them. The heroes can't have it ''all'' their own way.
* [[Just Between You and Me]]: Averted: this is one of the few errors Gray won't commit. No sense in a "before I kill you, let me tell you my plan" if you aren't going to kill them. The heroes can't have it ''all'' their own way.
* [[Locking MacGyver in The Store Cupboard]]: Deliberate. Gray wants the crew to escape their holding cells "Somewhere between Step 1: {{spoiler|Build highly complex volcano island base}} and Step 3: [[Memetic Mutation|Profit]]!" so he {{spoiler|won't have to work out the details of his plan}}.
* [[Locking MacGyver in the Store Cupboard]]: Deliberate. Gray wants the crew to escape their holding cells "Somewhere between Step 1: {{spoiler|Build highly complex volcano island base}} and Step 3: [[Memetic Mutation|Profit]]!" so he {{spoiler|won't have to work out the details of his plan}}.
* [[Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds]]: With taking it over rather than destroying it. Gray {{spoiler|has taken over the world once already, found the experience of running it [[Victory Is Boring|boring]], and abdicated power. But he still loves ''trying'' to take over the world. So he now invents ludicrously flawed plans for his bids for world domination}}.
* [[Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds]]: With taking it over rather than destroying it. Gray {{spoiler|has taken over the world once already, found the experience of running it [[Victory Is Boring|boring]], and abdicated power. But he still loves ''trying'' to take over the world. So he now invents ludicrously flawed plans for his bids for world domination}}.
* [[Not So Harmless]]: {{spoiler|At the end of the issue, with reverse-engineered universe-jumping technology within his grasp, Gray decides to start conquering other, parallel worlds - and this time, he's going to do it ''[[Dangerously Genre Savvy|properly]]''}}.
* [[Not So Harmless]]: {{spoiler|At the end of the issue, with reverse-engineered universe-jumping technology within his grasp, Gray decides to start conquering other, parallel worlds - and this time, he's going to do it ''[[Dangerously Genre Savvy|properly]]''}}.
* [[Shout-Out]]: All to [[James Bond (Film)|James Bond]]: Moore to Roger Moore; General Donald Gray is a double reference (Charles Gray played Blofeld in ''[[Diamonds Are Forever (Film)|Diamonds Are Forever]]'', [[Donald Pleasence]] played Blofeld in ''[[You Only Live Twice (Film)|You Only Live Twice]]''), while Gray's chief scientist Dr. Llewelyn (note lack of second double-L) is the late Desmond "Q" Llewelyn. Also, Meaney introduces himself to special agent Jane Moore as "Meaney. Thomas Meaney."
* [[Shout-Out]]: All to [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]]: Moore to Roger Moore; General Donald Gray is a double reference (Charles Gray played Blofeld in ''[[Diamonds Are Forever]]'', [[Donald Pleasence]] played Blofeld in ''[[You Only Live Twice]]''), while Gray's chief scientist Dr. Llewelyn (note lack of second double-L) is the late Desmond "Q" Llewelyn. Also, Meaney introduces himself to special agent Jane Moore as "Meaney. Thomas Meaney."
* [[Victory Is Boring]]: as Gray discovered after he {{spoiler|took over the world on his first attempt}}
* [[Victory Is Boring]]: as Gray discovered after he {{spoiler|took over the world on his first attempt}}


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