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''[http://nerfnow.com Nerf NOW!!]'' is a gaming webcomic centering on the RED and BLU Teams' endless battle in ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'', though it also includes [[Story Arc|story arcs]] taking place in ''[[Left 4 Dead]]'', ''[[StarcraftStarCraft]]'', or one-shot comics based on other games. What sets it apart from [[Gaming Webcomics|its rivals]] is its art, which is [[Animesque]], dangerously cute, and [[Grotesque Cute|somewhat inappropriate for a scenario involving two factions trying to murder each other]], as well as for the fact that the comic is quite capable of telling a story without any dialogue (though more recent arcs have been using more [[Speech Bubbles]]).
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* [[All Men Are Perverts]]: The Team Fortress crew? Mostly. Mario especially. Which leads to....
* [[All Women Are Lustful]]: The ladies are just as willing as the men.
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** And then denied [http://nerfnow.com/comic/462 here], where he is apparently a tentacle monster in the comic.
** From time to time, he'll [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/478 occasionally appear] [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/667 as himself].
* [[Back Stab]]: A mentor gave a student [https://www.nerfnow.com/comic/444 some advice on this].
* [[Badass Adorable]]: Mini Medic-Tan when she gets her [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/136 Heavy training.]
* [[Badass Grandpa|Badass Old School Gamer]]: [http://nerfnow.com/comic/324 In a mini-arc,] Grandpa wants to show the noob kids how it's done, [[Subverted Trope|but he fails]]... [[hottip:*:<ref>{{spoiler|[[Double Subversion|...Or so it seems at first,]]</ref> before revealing [[Exactly What I Aimed At|everything went exactly as he planned]].}}
* [[Batman Gambit]]: [http://nerfnow.com/comic/315 "Master Plan"].
* [[Berserker Tears]]: [http://nerfnow.com/comic/12 He loved that doctor].
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* [[Creator Cameo]]: [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/461 Here.] [[Brain Bleach]] is that way.
** [[Early-Bird Cameo]][http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/235 ?]
* [[Crossover]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20131114025915/http://jopereira.deviantart.com/art/Neon-Fortress-Senterion-146732859 Neon Fortress Senterion], anyone?
** The [[RPG Elements]] Valve is adding to ''[http://nerfnow.com/comic/134 Team Fortress 2]''...
* [[Cultural Translation]]: [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/289 "Localization"].
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* [[Deep-Immersion Gaming]]: From kill reports, chat channels, and the fact that they occasionally change classes/games, the two teams are obviously in a video game, though their players are never shown.
* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: The ''Team Fortress 2'' classes are joined by ([[Fetish Fuel|hot]]) female couterparts.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: [http://nerfnow.com/comic/189 This] short arc about a newbie [[Distressed Damsel in Distress|video game princess]]' first kidnapping.
** [http://nerfnow.com/comic/178 And this] previous mini-arc featuring [[Casual Video Game|a casual gamer]]
** [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/445 Oh] [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/446 God] [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/447 yes.]
* [[Double Standard]] <ref>With a dash of [[Hypocritical Humor]]</ref>: [http://nerfnow.com/comic/456 Of the non-gender-issues related variety].
** [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/704 When this trope meets] [[Anything That Moves]].
* [[Downer Ending]]: {{spoiler|The ''[[Mega Man (Videovideo Gamegame)|Mega Man]] 9'' arc.}}
* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: It started as a story-driven ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'' comic, but it's mostly a gag-a-day general gaming comic now.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: The American Violent Gamer may be violent, but he doesn't violate women. [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/537 Only Japanese gamers do.]
* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: Red haired Engie-tan.
* [[Expy]]: The most recent one is [http://nerfnow.com/comic/222 how one Engie-tan] resembles [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Rei]].
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20131114025915/http://jopereira.deviantart.com/art/Neon-Fortress-Senterion-146732859 A more obvious version].
* [[Fan Service]]: With a huge [http://nerfnow.com/comic/288 engineered lampshade.]
{{quote| [[Memetic Mutation|Fanservice? In MY Nerfnow?]]}}
* [[Fan Disservice]]: [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/336 Curse you, WoW!]
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Engie-tan.
* [[Foe Yay]]/[[Les Yay]]: Based on his [[Deviant ART]] page, [http://jopereira.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d1f8zas BLU and RED] [httphttps://jopereiraweb.archive.org/web/20191017000105/https://www.deviantart.com/jopereira/art/Impossible-Love-85859739?q=gallery:JoPereira/1044209%3AJoPereira%2F1044209&qo=104 Engie-tans].
** And [[StarcraftStarCraft|Drone-tan and Probe-tan]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131011144558/http://jopereira.deviantart.com/art/Idle-Workers-148754914 Probably NSFW.]
** Engie-tans love has jumped from the [[Deviant ART]] pages and [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/323 into the main comic].
** Apparently made [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/692 canon now]. . . or at the very least an extreme [[Ship Tease]].
* [[French Jerk]]: Guess who.
* [[Fridge Logic]]: In universe, coupled with [[Eureka Moment]]: [[Mega Man (Videovideo Gamegame)|Dr. Wily]] finds [http://nerfnow.com/comic/230 a strategy] to [[Exploited Trope|exploit]] [[Mega Manning]].
** What happens if [[Fist of the North Star|you are already dead]] to [http://nerfnow.com/comic/237 begin with?!]
* [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]]: [http://nerfnow.com/comic/155 This comic] lampshades the impossibility of the Engineer's feats in the actual game as a punchline.
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* [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot]]: The author does enjoy drawing lesbian make-out scenes every [http://nerfnow.com/comic/273 now] and [http://nerfnow.com/comic/248 then], [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/323 and again...]
** It seems Pyro and Demoman in the third comic agree. Scout probably agrees also, he's just impatient.
** Invoked by [[Street Fighter II (Video Game)|Chun-Li and Cammy]] who use themselves [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/578 as bait].
* [[Goofy Print Underwear]]: Considering they're being worn by Pyro, you can probably guess what they [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/99 are...]
** A female example serves as an [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/75 enjoyable last view for the sniper].
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* [[Major Injury Underreaction]]: Sometimes being aflame is just [http://nerfnow.com/comic/170 a chance to flirt]. Or not.
* [[Medium Awareness]]: Sonic, in [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/636 this comic.] Too bad he was wrong about what to expect.
* [[Moe Anthropomorphism]]: Drone-tan is [[Genki Girl|genki]] about harvesting minerals, Zerglings and Hydralisks are [[Cute Monster Girl|Cute Monster Girls]], and an Overlord is a [[Meganekko]] dangling from a balloon. [[StarcraftStarCraft|The Zerg]] have never been more precious.
** The Protoss add their Probe-tan to the fray. And when a Probe and a Drone meet in the mineral fields, traditional harvesting isn't on their minds.
* [[Money, Dear Boy]]: Steam-tan.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: [[Diablo III|Bangus the Endowed]]
* [[New Old Flame]]: [[Deus Ex (Video Game)|Deus Ex]], [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/433 personified as Adam Jensen], to Engie-tan.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Nice job [http://nerfnow.com/comic/227 ruining Christmas], BLU Engie-tan...
* [[Not Distracted Byby the Sexy]]: [http://nerfnow.com/comic/422 Heavy]. [[All Men Are Perverts|Dammit, Heavy]].
* [[Nostalgia Filter]]: Discussed in a ''[[Pokémon]]'' [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/302 comic].
** Also [[Cool Old Lady]] [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/618 GOG-tan].
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* [[Power Perversion Potential]]: [http://nerfnow.com/comic/331 For the Kinect].
** And for the [http://nerfnow.com/comic/334 time manipulation] on ''[[Singularity]]''.
** The [[StarcraftStarCraft|Protoss]] find [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/221 a new purpose for Observers.]
* [[Puppy Dog Eyes]]: Only it's [http://nerfnow.com/comic/374 ''larva eyes''] for zergs.
* [[Rage Quit]]: [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/551 In the Little Red Riding Hood episode].
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* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]
* [[Rescue Romance]]: The very first arc. {{spoiler|And it doesn't work out for Pyro.}}
* [[Ripped from the Headlines]]: Just about each of the major [[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]] updates have garnered a reaction strip or three, but other examples include: [http://nerfnow.com/comic/100 Backstab], [http://nerfnow.com/comic/284 Karma], and [http://nerfnow.com/comic/291 Lottery].
* [[Second Love]]: Sniper-tan to Pyro.
* [[Self-Deprecation]]: "I got bored of butchering the english language. Now I butcher grammar in japanese too." [https://web.archive.org/web/20180403074159/http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/588\]
* [[Serenade Your Lover]]: Sniper-tan confesses her love for Pyro by singing [[Rick Astley|Never Gonna Give You Up]].
* [[Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue|Roses Are Red]]: [http://nerfnow.com/comic/467 Violet is BLU]
* [[Short-Range Shotgun]]: [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/748 Discussed].
* [[Shout-Out]]: To [[Plants vs. Zombies (Video Game)|Plants vs. Zombies]], with the Peashooter in all of the [[Left 4 Dead]] arcs.
** To [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]] and only the Sniper's not having [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/558 fun]
* [[Shout-Out]] / [[Memetic Mutation]]: [http://nerfnow.com/comic/300 #300]
** [[The Man Your Man Could Smell Like (Advertising)|I'm on a]] [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/391 pig].
* [[Smoke Shield]]: [http://nerfnow.com/comic/8 This strip], complete with [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment.
* [[Stealth Pun]]: [http://nerfnow.com/comic/67 Tonight's] ''[[Jeopardy (TV)|Jeopardy!]]'' special guest: [[Castlevania|Dracula]].
** [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/734 Guess who's] in the pit of [[Metal Gear Solid|snakes]].
* [[Stripperiffic]]: The female ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'' characters' outfits can be [http://nerfnow.com/comic/165 dangerous] [http://nerfnow.com/comic/166 distractions].
* [[Stop Having Fun Guy]]: Apparently, the [[StarcraftStarCraft]] scene [http://nerfnow.com/comic/285 is nothing but this.]
** In other strips, SHFG's are depicted as grey-brown skinned cultists in purple robes with "Mr. Yuk" on them.
* [[Super-Deformed]]: Particularly the "[http://nerfnow.com/comic/127 Entire Team Is Babies]" arc.
* [[Take That]]: [http://nerfnow.com/comic/220 This] comic makes a [[Castlevania|not-so-subtle]] jab at [[Twilight (Literaturenovel)|Twilight]].
** Also [http://nerfnow.com/comic/482 this] against [[8.8|game reviewers]] and ''[[Xkcd (Webcomic)|Xkcd]]''.
* [[There Are No Girls Onon the Internet]]: [[Inverted]] [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/525 here.]
* [[Tsundere]]: [http://nerfnow.com/comic/245 Jack] from ''[[Mass Effect]] 2''.
** [[Distaff Counterpart|A female]] [http://nerfnow.com/comic/252 Predator] for Valentine's Day.
* [[Title Drop]]: [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/673 Here].
** [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/737 And again here].
* [[Two Gamers Onon a Couch]]: Strips involving Jo and Engie-tan have this vibe to them.
* [[War Has Never Been So Much Fun]]: Team Fortress, now with romance!
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: [http://nerfnow.com/comic/244 Mineral Scan!!!]
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* [[Who Wears Short Shorts?]]: Engie-tan.
* [[Woman Scorned]]: [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/277 BLU Sniper] discovers that [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/278 RED Demo-tan] doesn't take rejection well.
** [http://nerfnow.com/comic/347 Hell hath no fury as an AI scorned.] [[Halo (Video Gameseries)|Master Chief]] really should have cleared his browser history.
** More like [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] scorned, [http://www.nerfnow.com/comic/545 but...]
* [[Worlds Smallest Violin]]: [http://nerfnow.com/comic/466 Requiem].
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