Ratfist: Difference between revisions

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* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: The Space Tiki gets Ratfist out of a bad situation by swapping places with Ratfist's "pagan creator". Ratfist and the Tiki vanish, and a tall cartoonist appears in their place...

* [[Cats Have Nine Lives]]: Mr. Black certainly does.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Ratfist himself is a bit of one, but he doesn't compare to Senator Ferrar, who wears a ''tutu'' over his suit. In later strips though, Ratfist's severed tail is the biggest CCL of them all.

* [[Contrived Clumsiness]]: In the first few pages, Ricky throws his wine all over Gina so she won't notice that he's turning into a rat.

* [[Did You Get a New Haircut?]]: Rick's friends' reaction to his transformation.

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'''Sheldon:''' [[Subverted Trope|...Like put it all over your face?]] }}

* {{spoiler|[[Evil All Along]]:}} Sheldon

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* [[Freudian Trio]]: After the transformation, Ricky is the Ego, Milt is the Superego, and the Tail is the Id.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Ricky bonds his soul with his finace, [[Body Horror|absorbs her cancer]] and leaves her body, causing his soul to disappear to wherever souls go.}}

* [[Ironic Echo]]: "I love you more than me." The first time Ricky says it, it showcases what an oblivious narcissist he is. The second time he says it, {{spoiler|[[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|it showcases just how much his character has developed]] right before his [[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}.

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* [[Petting Zoo People]]: The lab Ratfist investigates is apparently producing these. He gets turned into one himself.

* [[Physical God]]: Space Tiki.

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* [[~~Power~~ Trio]]: After the transformation, Ricky is the Ego, Milt is the Superego, and the Tail is the Id.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Several to Doug's previous work and to other comics.

** The waiter is [[Catscratch|Hovis.]]

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** [[Catscratch|Waffle]] appears as a Happy Meal toy.

** There are multiple [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] to [[Spider-Man]].

*** The hero bumps into an [[Expy]] of Spidey, who was bitten by [[Widget Series|a radioactive saw-cutting-a-can-of-Spam-on-a-miter]]... so his name is Miter-Spam.

*** Various visual [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] abound, to the point where one page that was drawn by a former [[Spider-Man]] artist.

* {{spoiler|[[Sudden Downer Ending]]: Well, technically more bittersweet than downer, but it's still really dark and downbeat compared to what the series started out as.}}