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{{quote|''Not everyone in a regal situation is an airheaded whiny stuck-up bimbo. No, some of us are intelligent. Some of us pose an actual THREAT to you. Get me?''|'''Mulberry Sharona'''}}
{{quote|''Not everyone in a regal situation is an airheaded whiny stuck-up bimbo. No, some of us are intelligent. Some of us pose an actual THREAT to you. Get me?''|'''Mulberry Sharona'''}}


Peter Paltridge, the host of [[Platypus Comix]], created ''[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?seriesID=4 Mulberry]'' in 2004. The title character, who has also become Platypus Comix's mascot, had previously [[Poorly Disguised Pilot|appeared in the final strips of another comic]], ''Marin Meadow''. ''Mulberry'' features Mulberry Sharona, a 16-year old heiress from Seven Springs, California, who has managed to avoid becoming an [[Upperclass Twit]] thanks to [[Parental Abandonment]]. Accompanied by [[Three Amigos|her friends]] Jack [[The One Guy]] and Tiff the [[Dumb Blonde]] housekeeper, this [[Non Idle Rich]] girl makes adventures out of any scheme she comes up with.
Peter Paltridge, the host of [[Platypus Comix]], created ''[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?seriesID=4 Mulberry]'' in 2004. The title character, who has also become Platypus Comix's mascot, had previously [[Poorly-Disguised Pilot|appeared in the final strips of another comic]], ''Marin Meadow''. ''Mulberry'' features Mulberry Sharona, a 16-year old heiress from Seven Springs, California, who has managed to avoid becoming an [[Upperclass Twit]] thanks to [[Parental Abandonment]]. Accompanied by [[Three Amigos|her friends]] Jack [[The One Guy]] and Tiff the [[Dumb Blonde]] housekeeper, this [[Non-Idle Rich]] girl makes adventures out of any scheme she comes up with.


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=== This comic provides examples of: ===
* [[Accidental Innuendo]]: Mulberry accidentally lets [[Brad Pitt]]'s and [[Angelina Jolie]]'s children, left for her to babysit in "Heiress A Parent", overhear [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=22&page=6&seriesID=4 some invoked examples].
* [[Accidental Innuendo]]: Mulberry accidentally lets [[Brad Pitt]]'s and [[Angelina Jolie]]'s children, left for her to babysit in "Heiress A Parent", overhear [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=22&page=6&seriesID=4 some invoked examples].
* [[All Just a Dream]]: {{spoiler|1=The [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=4&page=10 last] [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=4&page=11 three] [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=4&page=12 pages] of "Just Another Manic Monday".}}
* [[All Just a Dream]]: {{spoiler|1=The [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=4&page=10 last] [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=4&page=11 three] [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=4&page=12 pages] of "Just Another Manic Monday".}}
* [[Aluminum Christmas Trees]]: Some of the readers felt surprised to learn that ''Ambush Makeover'', which became [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=1&page=8&seriesID=4 spoofed] in "Mulberry's 2004 Fall TV Preview," actually exists.
* [[Aluminum Christmas Trees]]: Some of the readers felt surprised to learn that ''Ambush Makeover'', which became [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=1&page=8&seriesID=4 spoofed] in "Mulberry's 2004 Fall TV Preview," actually exists.
* [[Animated Actors]]: Mulberry even has an account at the forum of Platypus Comix's parent site, Toon Zone.
* [[Animated Actors]]: Mulberry even has an account at the forum of Platypus Comix's parent site, Toon Zone.
* [[Arson Murder and Jaywalking]]: Mulberry's struggles in "Heiress A Parent" to find something appropriate for the kids to watch include bypassing TV shows with "sex, violence, [[Bread Eggs Breaded Eggs|violent sex]], violence", and [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=22&page=4&seriesID=4 "Bob Saget"].
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: Mulberry's struggles in "Heiress A Parent" to find something appropriate for the kids to watch include bypassing TV shows with "sex, violence, [[Bread Eggs Breaded Eggs|violent sex]], violence", and [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=22&page=4&seriesID=4 "Bob Saget"].
* [[Art Shift]]:
* [[Art Shift]]:
** "Mul/Kerry/Bush" shifts to brown-and-white sketches as Mulberry and her friends [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=2&page=22&seriesID=4 drop Dr. Badass out of the 2004 election].
** "Mul/Kerry/Bush" shifts to brown-and-white sketches as Mulberry and her friends [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=2&page=22&seriesID=4 drop Dr. Badass out of the 2004 election].
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** [[Spider-Man|Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson]], as portrayed in Paltridge's "True Believers," [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=17&page=9&seriesID=4 form part of a crowd scene] in "If Ya Don't Eat Your Mulberry, Ya Can't Have Any Pudding! How Can Ya Have Any Pudding If Ya Don't Eat Your Mulberry??"
** [[Spider-Man|Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson]], as portrayed in Paltridge's "True Believers," [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=17&page=9&seriesID=4 form part of a crowd scene] in "If Ya Don't Eat Your Mulberry, Ya Can't Have Any Pudding! How Can Ya Have Any Pudding If Ya Don't Eat Your Mulberry??"
** TeBOING!ss, the [[Kesha (Music)|Kesha]] caricature from the ''[[Scrambled Eggs (Webcomic)|Scrambled Eggs]]'' comic "It's Square to Be Hip," [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=21&page=12 smokes a bubble hookah] in "Mulberry's Epic Yarn."
** TeBOING!ss, the [[Kesha (Music)|Kesha]] caricature from the ''[[Scrambled Eggs (Webcomic)|Scrambled Eggs]]'' comic "It's Square to Be Hip," [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=21&page=12 smokes a bubble hookah] in "Mulberry's Epic Yarn."
* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]: In "Artifacting," [[John Kricfalusi]] [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=15&page=19 makes prisoners endure lectures] about [[Small Name Big Ego|why all animation sucks compared to his]] and disagrees with '''[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=15&page=20&seriesID=4 anything]''' they say. {{spoiler|1=Eventually, Mulberry [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=15&page=23&seriesID=4 forces] him to wear the [[Ren and Stimpy|Happy Hat]] and broaden his appreciations.}}
* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]: In "Artifacting," [[John Kricfalusi]] [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=15&page=19 makes prisoners endure lectures] about [[Small Name, Big Ego|why all animation sucks compared to his]] and disagrees with '''[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=15&page=20&seriesID=4 anything]''' they say. {{spoiler|1=Eventually, Mulberry [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=15&page=23&seriesID=4 forces] him to wear the [[Ren and Stimpy|Happy Hat]] and broaden his appreciations.}}
* [[Cool Loser]]: The other heiresses of Seven Springs may shun Mulberry for her refusal to do anything she considers embarrassingly stupid, such as getting high or drunk, but she's still smarter than any of them, and heiress to one of the world's most powerful monopolies, VGI.
* [[Cool Loser]]: The other heiresses of Seven Springs may shun Mulberry for her refusal to do anything she considers embarrassingly stupid, such as getting high or drunk, but she's still smarter than any of them, and heiress to one of the world's most powerful monopolies, VGI.
* [[Couch Gag]]: Ever since 2005, issues have used old, unusual-looking comic book covers instead of covers that bear direct relevance to the story. Some of them have Mulberry photoshopped into the scenes, but issues from October 2008 onward depict the covers unaltered.
* [[Couch Gag]]: Ever since 2005, issues have used old, unusual-looking comic book covers instead of covers that bear direct relevance to the story. Some of them have Mulberry photoshopped into the scenes, but issues from October 2008 onward depict the covers unaltered.
* [[Criminal Amnesiac]]: {{spoiler|1=[[George W Bush]]'s daughter [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=6&page=43 Barbara]}} in "Year Six."
* [[Criminal Amnesiac]]: {{spoiler|1=[[George W Bush]]'s daughter [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=6&page=43 Barbara]}} in "Year Six."
* [[Crossover]]: "Artifacting" has Mulberry race [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=15&page=13&seriesID=4 against] [[Indiana Jones]] and [[Tomb Raider|Lara Croft]] in a quest for [[The Ren and Stimpy Show|Ren and Stimpy]]'s History Eraser Button.
* [[Crossover]]: "Artifacting" has Mulberry race [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=15&page=13&seriesID=4 against] [[Indiana Jones]] and [[Tomb Raider|Lara Croft]] in a quest for [[The Ren and Stimpy Show|Ren and Stimpy]]'s History Eraser Button.
* [[Crouching Moron Hidden Badass]]: {{spoiler|1=[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=14&page=13&seriesID=4 Tiff defeats a zombie Orville Redenbacher]}} in "Franken-berry".
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: {{spoiler|1=[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=14&page=13&seriesID=4 Tiff defeats a zombie Orville Redenbacher]}} in "Franken-berry".
* [[Cut and Paste Translation]]: Mulberry presents one of ''[[Naruto]]'' in [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=1&page=4&seriesID=4 "Mulberry's 2004 Fall TV Preview"].
* [[Cut and Paste Translation]]: Mulberry presents one of ''[[Naruto]]'' in [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=1&page=4&seriesID=4 "Mulberry's 2004 Fall TV Preview"].
{{quote| '''Mulberry:''' Through the magic of editing, [[Four Kids Entertainment|4Kids Productions]] has turned a ninja cartoon into a depiction of daily American school life! ''Naruto'' is now known here as ''Larry and His Socially Conscious Adventures'', and it's being hailed by critics as "''[[Doug]]'' for the 21st Century! Here's a peek!"<br />
{{quote| '''Mulberry:''' Through the magic of editing, [[Four Kids Entertainment|4Kids Productions]] has turned a ninja cartoon into a depiction of daily American school life! ''Naruto'' is now known here as ''Larry and His Socially Conscious Adventures'', and it's being hailed by critics as "''[[Doug]]'' for the 21st Century! Here's a peek!"<br />
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{{quote| '''Mulberry:''' [[Gainax Ending|Wait, now I'm even more confused!]]}}
{{quote| '''Mulberry:''' [[Gainax Ending|Wait, now I'm even more confused!]]}}
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Mulberry on occasion.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Mulberry on occasion.
* [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud]]: In "Just Another Manic Monday," Jack overhears Mulberry [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=4&page=3&seriesID=4 speak some of her darkest secrets while sleeping].
* [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?]]: In "Just Another Manic Monday," Jack overhears Mulberry [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=4&page=3&seriesID=4 speak some of her darkest secrets while sleeping].
* [[Dirty Old Man]]: Mulberry abuses [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=9&page=11 one] in "Mulberry Sharona, Slayer of WASPs". She then finds out lots of heiresses in her town [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=9&page=13&seriesID=4 desire him] because of his high social status.
* [[Dirty Old Man]]: Mulberry abuses [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=9&page=11 one] in "Mulberry Sharona, Slayer of WASPs". She then finds out lots of heiresses in her town [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=9&page=13&seriesID=4 desire him] because of his high social status.
* [[Disney Death]]: [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=13&page=3&seriesID=4 Two] in the [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=13&page=4&seriesID=4 recap] at the beginning of "The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mulberry".
* [[Disney Death]]: [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=13&page=3&seriesID=4 Two] in the [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=13&page=4&seriesID=4 recap] at the beginning of "The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mulberry".
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* [[Does Not Like Men]]: [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=23&page=4&seriesID=4 Jezebel] in "Jeboozled".
* [[Does Not Like Men]]: [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=23&page=4&seriesID=4 Jezebel] in "Jeboozled".
* [[Easy Amnesia]]: {{spoiler|Barbara Pierce Bush}} loses her memory in "Year Six" during a terrorist attack, and regains it after {{spoiler|1=[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=6&page=53&seriesID=4 Tiff pushes her out of Mulberry's helicopter right before she can stab them]}}.
* [[Easy Amnesia]]: {{spoiler|Barbara Pierce Bush}} loses her memory in "Year Six" during a terrorist attack, and regains it after {{spoiler|1=[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=6&page=53&seriesID=4 Tiff pushes her out of Mulberry's helicopter right before she can stab them]}}.
* [[Engineered Public Confession]]: In "Mulberry's 2009 Fall TV Preview", Mulberry tricks a writer for [[The CW]] into [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=18&page=10 publicly broadcasting his beliefs] that [[Viewers Are Morons]], but {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|none of The CW's viewers feel offended]] because they really ''are'' morons.}}
* [[Engineered Public Confession]]: In "Mulberry's 2009 Fall TV Preview", Mulberry tricks a writer for [[The CW]] into [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=18&page=10 publicly broadcasting his beliefs] that [[Viewers are Morons]], but {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|none of The CW's viewers feel offended]] because they really ''are'' morons.}}
* [[Fake Out Opening]]: [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=8&page=1&seriesID=4 "Jack the Ripper"] begins by showing a fire-launching, silhouetted person exploring a village, but it turns out the person is just a character Jack is playing in an online game.
* [[Fake-Out Opening]]: [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=8&page=1&seriesID=4 "Jack the Ripper"] begins by showing a fire-launching, silhouetted person exploring a village, but it turns out the person is just a character Jack is playing in an online game.
* [[Faking the Dead]]: To protect themselves from terrorists and [[George W Bush|their father]]'s haters, {{spoiler|Jenna and Barbara Bush}} resort to this at the end of "Year Six." {{spoiler|1=The girls' father [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=6&page=49 refused their kidnappers' demands to pull troops out of Iraq], leaving them in danger of beheading, and [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=6&page=56 the building where they were being held hostage exploded.]}}
* [[Faking the Dead]]: To protect themselves from terrorists and [[George W Bush|their father]]'s haters, {{spoiler|Jenna and Barbara Bush}} resort to this at the end of "Year Six." {{spoiler|1=The girls' father [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=6&page=49 refused their kidnappers' demands to pull troops out of Iraq], leaving them in danger of beheading, and [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=6&page=56 the building where they were being held hostage exploded.]}}
* [[Fish Out of Water]]: "Mulberry Sharona, Slayer of [[White Anglo Saxon Protestant|WASPs]]" lands Mulberry at a [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=9&page=5&seriesID=4 country club gathering of airheaded heiresses.]
* [[Fish Out of Water]]: "Mulberry Sharona, Slayer of [[White Anglo Saxon Protestant|WASPs]]" lands Mulberry at a [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=9&page=5&seriesID=4 country club gathering of airheaded heiresses.]
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'''Jack:''' I'm sorry...[[Understatement|This is really hitting you hard, isn't it?]]<br />
'''Jack:''' I'm sorry...[[Understatement|This is really hitting you hard, isn't it?]]<br />
'''Mulberry:''' This isn't like [[Michael Jackson]] or Patrick Swayze...I actually mean it this time! }}
'''Mulberry:''' This isn't like [[Michael Jackson]] or Patrick Swayze...I actually mean it this time! }}
* [[I Am Not Spock]]: In-universe, [[Nice Character Mean Actor]] [[Hayden Panettiere]] doesn't react [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=13&page=11&seriesID=4 kindly] to Jack calling her, "[[Heroes (TV)|Claire]]" in "The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mulberry".
* [[I Am Not Spock]]: In-universe, [[Nice Character, Mean Actor]] [[Hayden Panettiere]] doesn't react [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=13&page=11&seriesID=4 kindly] to Jack calling her, "[[Heroes (TV)|Claire]]" in "The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mulberry".
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: Mulberry, Tiff, and Jezebel [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=23&page=3 insist] in "Jeboozled" that men always refer to females as "women" instead of, "girls", although women can call each other girls.
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: Mulberry, Tiff, and Jezebel [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=23&page=3 insist] in "Jeboozled" that men always refer to females as "women" instead of, "girls", although women can call each other girls.
* [[Instant Awesome Just Add Mecha]]: Mulberry's battle with Hayden Panettiere in "The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mulberry" [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=13&page=19&seriesID=4 includes some robots].<ref>Mulberry controlled the silver and purple 'bot, while Panettiere used the gray and green one.</ref>
* [[Instant Awesome Just Add Mecha]]: Mulberry's battle with Hayden Panettiere in "The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mulberry" [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=13&page=19&seriesID=4 includes some robots].<ref>Mulberry controlled the silver and purple 'bot, while Panettiere used the gray and green one.</ref>
* [[Intoxication Ensues]]: The contents of [[Paula Abdul]]'s [[American Idol|Coke glass]] [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=11&page=6&seriesID=4 have this affect on Mulberry] in "Scary Berry."
* [[Intoxication Ensues]]: The contents of [[Paula Abdul]]'s [[American Idol|Coke glass]] [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=11&page=6&seriesID=4 have this affect on Mulberry] in "Scary Berry."
* [[Invisible Parents]]: Apparently, Mulberry's parents have spent so little time with her, she has forgotten what they look like. (Once, [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=2&page=10&seriesID=4 she nearly fell for] [[George W Bush]]'s attempt to pull a [[Luke I Am Your Father]] on her) Jack and Tiff have admitted to having parents, but they do not live on the Sharona estate.
* [[Invisible Parents]]: Apparently, Mulberry's parents have spent so little time with her, she has forgotten what they look like. (Once, [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=2&page=10&seriesID=4 she nearly fell for] [[George W Bush]]'s attempt to pull a [[Luke, I Am Your Father]] on her) Jack and Tiff have admitted to having parents, but they do not live on the Sharona estate.
* [[Its Been Done]]: Mulberry tries to find legendary objects in "Artifacting," released the same month as ''[[Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull (Film)|Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull]]'', but [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=15&page=3&seriesID=4 explorers from all areas of fiction] beat her to each object she tries to find during the first nine pages.
* [[It's Been Done]]: Mulberry tries to find legendary objects in "Artifacting," released the same month as ''[[Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull (Film)|Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull]]'', but [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=15&page=3&seriesID=4 explorers from all areas of fiction] beat her to each object she tries to find during the first nine pages.
* [[Laser Guided Amnesia]]: Early on in "Obamadramarama," Mulberry explains that whoever she will switch brains with later will not remember anything she did while in Mulberry's body, and instead assume she went unconscious for the duration of the switch.
* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: Early on in "Obamadramarama," Mulberry explains that whoever she will switch brains with later will not remember anything she did while in Mulberry's body, and instead assume she went unconscious for the duration of the switch.
* [[Last Second Word Swap]]: After Mulberry fails in "Heiress A Parent" to convince the President of Television to lessen the amount of programs children can't watch, she exclaims, [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=22&page=9&seriesID=4 "Go to...a field of daisies!"] after noticing one of her wards standing near her.
* [[Last Second Word Swap]]: After Mulberry fails in "Heiress A Parent" to convince the President of Television to lessen the amount of programs children can't watch, she exclaims, [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=22&page=9&seriesID=4 "Go to...a field of daisies!"] after noticing one of her wards standing near her.
* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: As a result of her interactions with Mulberry in "Year Six," {{spoiler|Jenna Bush}} becomes more defiant and {{spoiler|1=[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=6&page=50&seriesID=4 beats up terrorists who try to kill her sister]}}.
* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: As a result of her interactions with Mulberry in "Year Six," {{spoiler|Jenna Bush}} becomes more defiant and {{spoiler|1=[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=6&page=50&seriesID=4 beats up terrorists who try to kill her sister]}}.
* [[Lonely Rich Kid]]: Mulberry realizes she's one in "Mulberry's Surrogate Family," as Jack and Tiff prepare to visit their families for Christmas, and [http://www.platypuscomix.net/kristmas/index.php?issue=7&page=2&seriesID=8 she confesses to them that her parents are never around.]
* [[Lonely Rich Kid]]: Mulberry realizes she's one in "Mulberry's Surrogate Family," as Jack and Tiff prepare to visit their families for Christmas, and [http://www.platypuscomix.net/kristmas/index.php?issue=7&page=2&seriesID=8 she confesses to them that her parents are never around.]
* [[Made of Iron]]: "The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mulberry" [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=13&page=10&seriesID=4 reveals] Hayden Panettiere to have as much invincibility as her ''Heroes'' character, Claire Bennet.
* [[Made of Iron]]: "The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mulberry" [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=13&page=10&seriesID=4 reveals] Hayden Panettiere to have as much invincibility as her ''Heroes'' character, Claire Bennet.
* [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]]: Fed up with all the [[Product Placement]] she must endure while watching Macy's [[Useful Notes/Thanksgiving Day|Thanksgiving Day]] Parade in "If Ya Don't Eat Your Mulberry, Ya Can't Have Any Pudding! How Can Ya Have Any Pudding If Ya Don't Eat Your Mulberry??", Mulberry [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=17&page=7&seriesID=4 decides to unleash balloons of popular, completely random characters.] [[What Do You Mean Its Not Awesome|The characters end up having an epic battle, until]] [[Santa Claus]] [[What Do You Mean Its Not Awesome|blows them up and makes candy rain down.]]
* [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]]: Fed up with all the [[Product Placement]] she must endure while watching Macy's [[Useful Notes/Thanksgiving Day|Thanksgiving Day]] Parade in "If Ya Don't Eat Your Mulberry, Ya Can't Have Any Pudding! How Can Ya Have Any Pudding If Ya Don't Eat Your Mulberry??", Mulberry [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=17&page=7&seriesID=4 decides to unleash balloons of popular, completely random characters.] [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|The characters end up having an epic battle, until]] [[Santa Claus]] [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|blows them up and makes candy rain down.]]
* [[Medium Blending]]: "Let's Scare Mary Roach to Death" [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=19&page=8 combines] character drawings with photographic backgrounds as Mulberry forces Mary to spend a night in the abandoned, decaying Dixie Square Mall.
* [[Medium Blending]]: "Let's Scare Mary Roach to Death" [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=19&page=8 combines] character drawings with photographic backgrounds as Mulberry forces Mary to spend a night in the abandoned, decaying Dixie Square Mall.
* [[Missing Episode]]: Several, but the absence of "Suddenly Mulberry" sticks out the most. After its removal, "[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=1&pageType=index&seriesID=4 Mulberry's 2004 Fall TV Preview]" became the oldest comic in the ''Mulberry'' archive. A few obvious signs exist that something came before it: the cover reads, "the second one", and Mulberry acknowledges the comic's interrupting her ''actual'' first arc.
* [[Missing Episode]]: Several, but the absence of "Suddenly Mulberry" sticks out the most. After its removal, "[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=1&pageType=index&seriesID=4 Mulberry's 2004 Fall TV Preview]" became the oldest comic in the ''Mulberry'' archive. A few obvious signs exist that something came before it: the cover reads, "the second one", and Mulberry acknowledges the comic's interrupting her ''actual'' first arc.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It Hero]]:
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]:
** By the end of "Artifacting," {{spoiler|1=Mulberry has obtained the History Eraser Button before Indy and Lara, and even turned John Kricfalusi into less of an egomaniac. Unfortunately, she [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=15&page=24&seriesID=4 accidentally sits on the History Eraser Button], seemingly [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|erasing history]] in the process.}}
** By the end of "Artifacting," {{spoiler|1=Mulberry has obtained the History Eraser Button before Indy and Lara, and even turned John Kricfalusi into less of an egomaniac. Unfortunately, she [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=15&page=24&seriesID=4 accidentally sits on the History Eraser Button], seemingly [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|erasing history]] in the process.}}
** At the end of "Heiress A Parent", Mulberry decides to directly remind Pitt's and Jolie's children that TV doesn't always accurately teach right from wrong, especially when sex and/or violence become involved. However, after the children assure Mulberry that they won't follow [[Barney and Friends (TV)|Barney]]'s pornographic-sounding [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=22&page=17 suggestion] for a Google image search, {{spoiler|Mulberry tells them, "Remember, this is the same TV that keeps telling you [[Santa Claus]] is real!" The children don't seem to react kindly to this.}}
** At the end of "Heiress A Parent", Mulberry decides to directly remind Pitt's and Jolie's children that TV doesn't always accurately teach right from wrong, especially when sex and/or violence become involved. However, after the children assure Mulberry that they won't follow [[Barney and Friends (TV)|Barney]]'s pornographic-sounding [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=22&page=17 suggestion] for a Google image search, {{spoiler|Mulberry tells them, "Remember, this is the same TV that keeps telling you [[Santa Claus]] is real!" The children don't seem to react kindly to this.}}
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** When Mulberry meets Brittany Murphy's angel in "Murphy's Lawn", Mulberry exclaims that she's not crazy. [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=20&page=7&seriesID=4 Murphy then corrects her by saying Mulberry really was crazy the last seven times she saw her angel.]
** When Mulberry meets Brittany Murphy's angel in "Murphy's Lawn", Mulberry exclaims that she's not crazy. [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=20&page=7&seriesID=4 Murphy then corrects her by saying Mulberry really was crazy the last seven times she saw her angel.]
* [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome]]: Everything Mulberry did to {{spoiler|1=[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=16&page=29 ruin HillaryClinton's life]}} in "Obamadramarama".
* [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome]]: Everything Mulberry did to {{spoiler|1=[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=16&page=29 ruin HillaryClinton's life]}} in "Obamadramarama".
* [[Paper Thin Disguise]]: Mulberry wears ''eight'' in "Let's Scare Mary Roach to Death", including one of "[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=19&page=6 some bum person]". Mary doesn't see through any of them until the end, when {{spoiler|[[Scooby-Doo|Mystery, Inc.]]}} [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=19&page=16 explains everything to her.]
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Mulberry wears ''eight'' in "Let's Scare Mary Roach to Death", including one of "[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=19&page=6 some bum person]". Mary doesn't see through any of them until the end, when {{spoiler|[[Scooby-Doo|Mystery, Inc.]]}} [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=19&page=16 explains everything to her.]
* [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything]]: Tiff has rarely done any housecleaning onscreen. Possibly justified if Mulberry's adventures leave her with not enough time to do her work.
* [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything]]: Tiff has rarely done any housecleaning onscreen. Possibly justified if Mulberry's adventures leave her with not enough time to do her work.
* [[Punny Name]]: In "Mul/Kerry/Bush," Tiff remarks that if Mulberry were George W. Bush's daughter, [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=2&page=11&seriesID=4 her name would be "Mulberry Bush."] After combining Bush with John Kerry,[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=2&page=12&seriesID=4 Mulberry decides to name her creation "Mulkerrybush"] as a variation on the name.
* [[Punny Name]]: In "Mul/Kerry/Bush," Tiff remarks that if Mulberry were George W. Bush's daughter, [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=2&page=11&seriesID=4 her name would be "Mulberry Bush."] After combining Bush with John Kerry,[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=2&page=12&seriesID=4 Mulberry decides to name her creation "Mulkerrybush"] as a variation on the name.
* [[Refusal of the Call]]: Having raised the possibility on the third page of "Franken-Berry" that some zombies want to revisit their loved ones instead of eat brains, [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=14&page=8 Mulberry initially refuses the opportunity to fight zombies at a TV commercial studio.] She caves in two panels later.
* [[Refusal of the Call]]: Having raised the possibility on the third page of "Franken-Berry" that some zombies want to revisit their loved ones instead of eat brains, [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=14&page=8 Mulberry initially refuses the opportunity to fight zombies at a TV commercial studio.] She caves in two panels later.
* [[Screw the Rules I Have Money]]: [[Non Idle Rich]] girl Mulberry manages to pull off such schemes as messing with Presidential elections and staging a fight between Macy's [[Useful Notes/Thanksgiving Day|Thanksgiving Day]] Parade balloons.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: [[Non-Idle Rich]] girl Mulberry manages to pull off such schemes as messing with Presidential elections and staging a fight between Macy's [[Useful Notes/Thanksgiving Day|Thanksgiving Day]] Parade balloons.
* [[Shaggy Dog Story]]: {{spoiler|1=Mulberry and her friends investigate [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=12&page=12&seriesID=4 Mexico] and [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=12&page=13 Russia] while searching for Mary Roach in "Prison Broke", only to find that [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=12&page=15&seriesID=4 she and her kidnappers never left Seven Springs.]}}
* [[Shaggy Dog Story]]: {{spoiler|1=Mulberry and her friends investigate [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=12&page=12&seriesID=4 Mexico] and [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=12&page=13 Russia] while searching for Mary Roach in "Prison Broke", only to find that [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=12&page=15&seriesID=4 she and her kidnappers never left Seven Springs.]}}
* [[Shocking Swerve]]: Mulberry has to come up with [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=20&page=18 one] in-universe during "Murphy's Lawn," since Brittany Murphy's final movie originally had [[No Ending]]. When the movie comes out with her ending attached, all the viewers seem {{spoiler|1=[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=20&page=19&seriesID=4 amazed and satisfied]}} with the twist.
* [[Shocking Swerve]]: Mulberry has to come up with [http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=20&page=18 one] in-universe during "Murphy's Lawn," since Brittany Murphy's final movie originally had [[No Ending]]. When the movie comes out with her ending attached, all the viewers seem {{spoiler|1=[http://www.platypuscomix.net/mulberry/index.php?issue=20&page=19&seriesID=4 amazed and satisfied]}} with the twist.

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Mulberry fears no authority.


Not everyone in a regal situation is an airheaded whiny stuck-up bimbo. No, some of us are intelligent. Some of us pose an actual THREAT to you. Get me?
Mulberry Sharona

Peter Paltridge, the host of Platypus Comix, created Mulberry in 2004. The title character, who has also become Platypus Comix's mascot, had previously appeared in the final strips of another comic, Marin Meadow. Mulberry features Mulberry Sharona, a 16-year old heiress from Seven Springs, California, who has managed to avoid becoming an Upperclass Twit thanks to Parental Abandonment. Accompanied by her friends Jack The One Guy and Tiff the Dumb Blonde housekeeper, this Non-Idle Rich girl makes adventures out of any scheme she comes up with.

Tropes used in Mulberry include:

 Mulberry: Through the magic of editing, 4Kids Productions has turned a ninja cartoon into a depiction of daily American school life! Naruto is now known here as Larry and His Socially Conscious Adventures, and it's being hailed by critics as "Doug for the 21st Century! Here's a peek!"

(Three page preview plays)

Mulberry: Some complain that things like this destroy the original artist's vision. I say, who cares? The man's all the way back in Japan; how's he gonna find out?

Jack: And he probably doesn't have internet...

 Mulberry: What's the problem, boys?

Boy: Our ball just went over that fence! And it's our only ball!

Mulberry: Then I hope you've learned your lesson! This is what you get when you choose to play outside instead of sitting indoors playing video games!

Boys: We're sorry. It won't happen again!

  • Start My Own: "Death By Captain and Tenille" (sic) has Mulberry try to skip over the tedious process of airport security by buying her own airplane.
  • Sympathetic Criminals: Mulberry learns that Mary's kidnappers in "Prison Broke" only want better treatment while they work at the Roach Hotel. She decides to help them fulfill this desire.
  • Title Drop:
    • "Year Six" is explained as referring to the sixth year of George W. Bush's presidency, the time Mulberry has predicted will mark the Democrats' largest effort to get him impeached.
    • In "Death By Captain and Tenille," Mulberry exclaims the issue's title after an airport security guard explains that he cannot allow vinyl records on the plane because someone could behead others with them.
  • Ungrateful Bastard: Mary refuses to thank Mulberry for saving her at the end of "Prison Broke", because Mulberry decided to fulfill the kidnappers' desires first.
  • Very Special Episode: "Murphy's Lawn" was promoted as one.
  • We Could Have Avoided All This: Eventually during "Jack the Ripper," Mulberry informs Jack that he could have avoided getting pursued by the government if instead of downloading an illegal patch for Planet of Warcraft, he just asked her for $64.95 to buy an upgraded version.
  • Wolverine Publicity: Peter Paltridge has announced that once his books reach the point where he created Mulberry Sharona, each volume will contain her name in the title.
  1. Mulberry controlled the silver and purple 'bot, while Panettiere used the gray and green one.