Penny and Aggie/Recap/Fan Glam No. 21: Difference between revisions

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This interlude, featuring art by Jason Waltrip, is a [[Crossover]] with Campbell's webcomic ''[[Fans]]'', featuring [[Alternate Universe]] (specifically, ''Fans'' universe) counterparts of ''Penny and Aggie'' characters. In this world, as a brief narrative prologue explains, the rise to prominence of "geek super-soldiers" (i.e., the quasi-governmental paranormal threat agency AEGIS and its Team Alpha response unit) has moved SF/fantasy enthusiasts to the top of the teenage social ladder. Nevertheless, other sorts of teenagers can still feel out of place.

* [[The Glasses Gotta Go]]: [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]]. Penny wears "20-20 prescription" glasses (and her hair in a bun) in order to fit in. Even [[High School Rejects|Bob and Elmer]] are spotted with "geek" glasses.

* [[Hide Your Lesbians]]: [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]]. In the ''Fans'' version of Belleville High, gays and lesbians are out, proud and popular.

* [[Homeschooled Kids]]: Di was one (but not her ''Penny and Aggie'' counterpart, who appears briefly in [[Penny and Aggie/Stickjocks/Recap|Stickjocks]]).

* [[Out-of-Genre Experience]]: ''[[Penny and Aggie]]'' is a teen dramedy set in a realistic universe; this arc, being set in the world of ''Fans'', features [[Science Fiction]] and [[Fantasy]] elements.