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Line 1: {{work}} '''''Melonpool''''' (April 28, 1996 - March 6, 2017, with an April Fool's post in 2021) is a newspaper-style [[Science Fiction]] webcomic created by Steve Troop. It updated fairly regularly from early 1996 to late 2005 and infrequently, though with full story arcs, since. It features the incompetent crew of the Steel Duck, usually stranded on earth with a broken ship. As well as having full stories, usually involving [[Me's a Crowd\|duplication]] and [[Time Travel]] (most [[Time Travel Tropes]] end up being used), it features [[Affectionate Parodies]] of a wide range of [[Science Fiction]] works and classic TV shows. The author has also created a puppet show version. Crew members include: * Mayberry Melonpool, the [[Star Trek: ~~TOS~~The Original Series\|Star Trek]] and [[Star Wars]] obsessed and incompetent [[Human Aliens\|alien]] captain from the planet Melotia. * Ralph Zinobop, a bad tempered [[Mad Scientist]] (he built the Steel Duck) that looks down upon the rest of the crew. He's also an exiled prince from the planet [[Planet of Steves\|Zinobop]]. * Sam T. [[Species Surname\|Dogg]], an [[Intellectual Animal\|telepathic dog]] and the pilot of the Steel Duck. One of the only crew member with any common sense. From the planet [[Stealth Pun\|K-9]]. Line 14: * The duck and the cat, who are occasionally given a crewmember's job despite being normal animals. ~~Can~~It can be found [http://www.melonpool.com/ here]. ~~----~~ {{tropelist}} ~~=== Contains examples of the following tropes: ===~~ * [[Abridged Series]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20131215222030/http://www.melonpool.com/?page_id=9597 Steve was kind enough to draw one] for the major story arcs for those that don't wanna completely go through the archives (And seeing how this reads like a newspaper comic, it is very helpful). * [[Apocalypse How]]: Class X-5 occurred as a result of so much [[Time Travel]] [[Gone Horribly Wrong\|going horribly wrong.]] * [[Cloning Blues]]: Oh so much! But mainly with Ralph and Ralphie. Line 36: * [[Shared Universe]]: With the [[Walkyverse]] and the pre-reboot [[Zortic\|Zorticverse.]] * [[Timey-Wimey Ball]] * [[New Tech Is Not Cheap]]: Inverted in [https://web.archive.org/web/20131029125239/http://www.melonpool.com/?p=2051 this] strip. It's because of the OLD technology (engine) that required expensive fuel. {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Web Comicss Long Runners~~{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Sci Fi Webcomics]]▼ ~~[[Category:Melonpool]]~~ [[Category:Web Comics]] [[Category:Webcomics Long Runners]] ▲[[Category:Sci Fi Webcomics]] [[Category:Completed Web Comics]]