Lamb: The Gospel According To Biff: Difference between revisions

As suggested by its title, the main character and [[Sympathetic POV]] is a fellow named "Levi bar Alphaeus who is called Biff." The reason he doesn't show up in the actual Bible is that he was [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist|kind of a jerk]] and the other apostles [[Ancient Conspiracy|conspired to keep him out of it]] (or so he figures). In the modern day, Biff is resurrected by an angel to give his accounts of what it was like to have known Joshua bar Joseph since both of you were six years old, and you stumbled upon him having his kid brother smash a lizard with a rock, sticking the dead lizard in his mouth, and taking it back out alive again.

 

'''Josh:''' Which part? }}

 

* [[Bible Times]]

* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: A big part of Biff's heart of gold is his constant and never wavering desire to protect Josh, not just follow him. The one time he leaves Josh, he's at a complete loss at what to do until he goes back. Even the monks noticed it.

* [[Bishie Sparkle]]:

'''Biff''': You're sure it's not stupidity leaking out of you? }}

* [[Bishonen]]: Raziel, the angel who resurrects Biff. Supposedly [[Even the Guys Want Him]] is a standard feature on angels.

* [[Brainless Beauty]]: Raziel is...dense. This leads Biff to theorize that Raziel might have been the [[Ur Example]] [[Dumb Blonde]].

* [[But You Screw One Goat!]]: Played with, a ''lot''.

* [[Came Back Wrong]]: Lazarus, who has, err, somewhat fragmented in the meanwhile. (This is a [[Shout-Out]] to [[The Bible]]: Maggie protests that they should not open the tomb because Lazarus has been dead for four days and the stench will be dreadful.)

* [[Celibate Hero]]: Josh is commanded by an angel (Raziel) not to "know women." What exactly does ''that'' mean? They mean to ask Raziel the next time he appears...but, as a [[Running Gag]], they never get around to it.

** Biff finds a loophole: ''he'' goes to know some women and then ''tells'' Josh about it.

* [[Chick Magnet]]: Josh. Biff had a pretty interesting way of utilizing this for apostle recruits, as he demonstrates with Matthew:

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]:

** Biff suggests that Joshua's mom (you know, the Virgin Mary) has a touch of this quality about her, which doesn't help the family much. (Of course, Biff finds it [[Charm Point|charming]]...)

* [[The Messiah]]: Well, yeah.

* [[Name's the Same]]:

* [[Noodle Implements]]: This novel provides one of the page quotes.

* [[Odd Name Out]]: All of Balthasar's concubines have long and elaborate names, often regarding their occupation (for instance, "Tiny Feet of the Divine Dance of Joyous Orgasm," who for obvious reasons just goes by "Joy")... Except for the last one: "Sue (short for Susanna)".{{spoiler|A subversion, too, since Joy, not Susannah, lives through the following disaster.}}

* [[Uncanny Family Resemblance]]/[[Famous Ancestor]]: There's a slight implication that the Emperor of San Francisco from ''[[Bloodsucking Fiends]]'' and ''[[A Dirty Job]]'' might be Bartholomew's descendant, considering both are huge, bearded homeless men accompanied by dogs and completely happy with the way they live, not to mention, well... [[Crazy Homeless People|they seem crazy]] (or [[The Cuckoolander Was Right|do they?]]). Or maybe Bart is just an Expy...

* [[Values Dissonance]]: Invoked - Josh's "drive the demon Legion into the pigs and drown them" miracle doesn't go over so well when the onlookers are a) Gentiles and b) the ''owners'' of said pigs. As it was, [[Torches and Pitchforks]] were involved.

* [[Walk On Water]]:

** Another good example of how Moore both pokes fun at [[The Bible]] and plays it straight. Peter takes one step and goes straight in. Josh teases him for being dumb as a rock, but also praises him for the strength of his faith, claiming, "On this rock..."