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== Tropes - A-C ==

* [[Actor Allusion]]: Lots and lots. [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-24-Bloom-72785397 The reason] why Norrington can't stand Legolas and also why Erik gets [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Old-23013883 younger] and [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-209-Younger-268990761 younger]. The entire ''Copies miniarc''.

* [[Alliterative Title]]: More like Alliterative Subtitles actually. The pages of some (mini)arcs have these, like the ''Erlkönig Arc'' (pages 135-140) Loom, Lurk, Lee, Loss, Lethe, Legacy; or the ''Kid!Jareth Arc'' (pages 130-133) Falling, Flying, Faery Tale, Forsaken. See also: [[Pun-Based Title]].

* [[All Just a Dream]]: {{spoiler|''Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On'' but a dream shared by (at least) part of the cast and one with consequences.}}

* [[All Love Is Unrequited]] : Averted marvelously... most of the time. Most characters, due to being villains or side characters, don't get the girl in their own canon. In the comic they are either given girlfriends, oneshot dates, or a chance with the canon love interest. But there's liberal doses of "He just never got over her..." for at least Erik.

* [[Animesque]]

* [[Art Evolution]]: Compare [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=168#/dz0amg this] to [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=0#/d33fizf this] and then [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-29-299943687 this].

* [[Art Shift]]: The more serious the mood the more realistic the art gets (but remains [[Animesque]]) just to become [[Super-Deformed]] when something silly happens.

* [[Attractive Bent Gender]]: As Sarah called Jareth out about it:

** Also James in his own right.

* [[Back-to-Back Badasses|Back to Back]] ''[[Back-to-Back Badasses|to Back]]'' [[Back-to-Back Badasses|Badasses]]: when {{spoiler|they find themselves in Oz}}.

* [[Blood Magic]]: {{spoiler|The Erlkönig used his own blood to seal his son's magic.}}

* [[Brain Bleach]]: Erik's reaction to seeing {{spoiler|Javert and Valjean kissing.}}<ref>It should be noted that this even only happened in the Omake... So far.</ref>

* [[Brown Bag Mask]]: Javert [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-S4-Butcher-Job-153550324 here]. Not only Jareth is guilty in the sin of vanity.

* [[Call Back]]: {{spoiler|Dark!}}Jareth to his own idealistic speech on page 100 [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-166-Fall-212382327 here]. Jadis to the ''[[Wham! Episode|Dark!Jareth arc]]'' [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-34-302419828 here], Jareth to his father's advice about fighting for the ending he wants [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-40-305264355 here].

* [[Calling the Old Man Out]]: Jareth managed to do this to both of his parents at the end of ''Such Stuff as Dreams Are made On''.

* [[The Cameo]]: ''Lots''.

* [[Casual Danger Dialog]]: [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-188-Checked-260306606 James and House] in the middle of a zombie apocalypse.

* [[Censor Box]]: For [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-58800328 swearing and threats], [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Halloween-07-Roommates-Special-68680429 nudity], [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-194-Americana-263879732 violence] and occasionally [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-69-Attention-105670381 not even for the readers]!

* [[Cerebus Rollercoaster]]: This is a highly [[Medium Awareness|Self-Aware]], [[Comedy]], [[Fan Service]] [[Web Comic]] with an overarching plot about the nature of stories and fictional characters ([[You Can't Fight Fate|Can you fight your own story?]] [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong|Can you change what happened?]] etc.). Wait. [[Flat What|WHAT?]] {{spoiler|[http://comments.deviantart.com/1/48267877/2353474235 This] is [[Word of God|Word of Ashe]].}}

* [[Character Rerailment]]: [[Invoked Trope|Invoked.]] {{spoiler|In the ''Dark!Jareth arc'' Jareth reverted back to his original [[The Fair Folk|Goblin King]] characterization and was hellbent on undoing all the [[Character Development]] the others had gone through as well.}}

* [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe]]: Probably not the characters but to quote:

* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: The dramatic entrance techniques that James learned from Erik in [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-68-Rule-Number-1-105027947 Episode 68], posted in November 2008, show up again {{spoiler|allowing James to save Sarah in [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-176-Demands-250092245 Episode 176], posted in August 2011,}} over 32 months later

* [[Cold Iron]]: Referenced by Sarah as one of the reasons why she doesn't believe that they managed to seriously injure Jareth with a steel sword... it's not [[Iron]] and even less [[Cold Iron]]. Her other reason was basically [[Media Classifications]]: "[[Nobody Can Die]] in our movie."

* [[Conversational Troping]]: Happens sometimes. Like this [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=168#/d12p906 conversation] about how [[Redemption Equals Death]].

* [[Cooldown Hug]]: James attempts to use this on {{spoiler|Dark!Jareth}} in ''Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On'' (See also: [[Heroic Sacrifice]]).

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]:

** [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-138-Loss-188692595 Jareth vs. Erlkönig]

** [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-33-302061702 Sarah vs. "Odile"]

* [[Cuteness Overload]]: Every male character got KO-d by [[The Lord of the Rings|Frodo]]'s illegal amount of cute... the girls seemed immune, though. On the other hand, nobody (except Javert and Jareth) can resist [[Cats|Misto]].

 

== Tropes - D-H ==

* [[Discriminate and Switch]]: After she and Sarah find [[Ho Yay|Valjean resting an unconscious Javert's head in his lap]], Norrington's mother comments that the two of them seemed "so... you know... the f-word..." She means "[[Cheese Eating Surrender Monkey|French]]," of course.

* [[Dream Within a Dream]]: {{spoiler|Mortal!}}Jareth's (mostly) [[Bad Dreams]] in ''Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On'' are all these.

* [[Embarrassing Old Photo]]: Todd and Nathan have baby pictures of their daughters. Jareth has embarrassing photos of everybody (and even of events that never(?) happened).

* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: {{spoiler|The [[Gender Bender]] caused by Jareth's [[Power Incontinence|cold]] made some fans question their sexuality.}}

* [[Face Palm]]: [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-6-River-62111743 Let's] [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-13-Flush-66111403 just] [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-17-Hospital-68397225 say] [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-53-More-Awkward-93659264 that] [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-54-Up-and-Down-94397769 it] [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-67-Staff-Lounge-104382342 happens] [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-102-Boy-Player-156480419 a] [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-145-The-M-Word-194726509 lot]... Even a [[Up to Eleven|triple]] [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-112-Beneficiary-166305258 one] isn't an imposibility.

* [[The Fair Folk]]: Are ALL related to Jareth, apparently and they seem to be the magical [[Take a Third Option|third option]] between [[Heaven and Hell]]. Physically the pure-blooded ones ''tend'' to have [[Pointy Ears]] and [[Monochromatic Eyes]]. They also ''tend'' to possess [[Master of Illusion]] powers for varying levels. See also: [[Tangled Family Tree]], [[Witch Species]] and [[Interspecies Romance]]

* [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: The series runs on this and the characters don't mind it particularly. Every world shattering event that reached them yet would have made their life worse anyway.

* [[Faking Amnesia]]: Averted but referenced [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-180-Status-Quo-254362098 here].

* [[Faking the Dead]]: Jareth tries to do this [[Death Is Dramatic|dramatically]] {{spoiler|It doesn't fool Sarah. [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-177-No-251632660 "Spoilsport!"] }}

* [[Foreshadowing]]: Lots and lots. Sometimes even [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-125-ForeSHADOW-177399111 literally].

* [[Fountain of Youth]]: [[Crystal Ball]] of youth. And the magic only lasts for thirteen hours (the ''Kids arc'')

** Der Erlkönig uses it too {{spoiler|to [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-183-Parent-Trap-256823412 disguise himself] and to keep the unsuspecting Mrs. Norrington that way.}}

* [[Gratuitous Foreign Language]]: [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-150-Story-199197924 This] has the local equivalent of ''Once upon a time...'' in several languages.

* [[Gratuitous French]]: Sometimes. Ashe tried to leave other languages alone several times, as to date (s)he failed every time.

* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: Sarah smacks {{spoiler|Jareth out of his Dark! mode}} [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-179-SMACK-253618580 here]. Also used by Javert on [[Heroic BSOD]] James [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-145-The-M-Word-194726509 here].

* [[Halloween Episode]]: Usually the highlight story arc of the year.

* [[Hammerspace]]: Every character can produce his signature weapon out of nowhere (except maybe if someone explicitly takes it away but that's [[Epileptic Trees|not tested]]), Jareth, [[Captain Obvious|being the]] [[Space Master]], also anything else.

* [[Happy Fun Ball]]: Each and every item by [[The Fair Folk]] ever no matter how innocent it looks. Be it a [[Power Crystal|cry]][[Crystal Ball|stal]] or a slice of peach. (This is probably the only place in the multiverse where you can smell peaches when something metaphorically ''[[Evil Smells Bad|stinks]]''.)

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-193-Sacrifice-263208294 James in the zombie arc]. {{spoiler|Good thing he is already (canonically) dead.}} And again in ''[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-As-Dreams-Are-Made-On-37-303868006 Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On]''.

* [[Hidden in Plain Sight]]: During the ''Mystery arc'', {{spoiler|Jareth disguised himself as [[Mirror Mask]] for almost the entire evening to keep the culprit from realizing that he wasn't actually dead.}}

== Tropes - I-M ==

* [[I Always Wanted to Say That]]: [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-158-Trinity-206321848 Here.]

* [[If I Do Not Return]]: Jareth [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-211-Bundled-271356167 here] he goes to visit his mother.

* [[Ignored Enemy]]: {{spoiler|"Odile" [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-30-300502933 here] before James plays the [[Only Sane Man]].}}

* [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]]: Used (and referenced!) in [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-167-Inexplicable-212959019 this] strip, while {{spoiler|Valjean}} tries to reason with {{spoiler|a [[Brainwashed and Crazy|brainwashed]] and [[Character Development|de-character developed]] Javert}}. Also used by Shadow!Erik on Mortal!Jareth with some mixed results.

* [[Impossible Hourglass Figure]]: Ashe's way to draw women tends to look like [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-141-Rome-191096289 this] a lot.

* [[I'm Standing Right Here]]: Well sitting, but you get the idea. [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-200-Participation-265540251 James here].

* [[Instant Cosplay Surprise]]: [[Running Gag|Almost always]] happens when Jareth uses his [[Changing Clothes Is a Free Action|instant clothes ability]] on the others.

* [[Instant Runes]]: Jareth's time magic has them. {{spoiler|Also the Shadow!Main-Cast [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-32-301393365 sometimes].}}

* [[In Which a Trope Is Described]]: Each page is given two different summaries in this format in the author's notes.

* [[Kudzu Plot]]: Happens sometimes. The most glaring were ''the Second Vacation Arc'' and the ''Erlkönig arc'' {{spoiler|both led to the ''Dark!Jareth arc'' that still left loose ends}}. Also the ''Zombie arc'', the invasion was stopped but nothing else was resolved.

* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: {{spoiler|Jareth casts it on Toby and Javert at the end of the ''Erlkönig arc'' to protect them.}} Fails on {{spoiler|Javert}}, but at least manages to spare the kid some [[Bad Dreams]]. With this act he effectively declared {{spoiler|his father}} in-universe [[Nightmare Fuel]]:

* [[Let Us Never Speak of This Again]]: [[Word of God|Word of Ashe]] that this is the karaoke night for the main cast and nobody brought it up yet (but Jareth was shown to have [[Embarrassing Old Photo|pictures]] of it). Also the Amalthea incident for Lír.

* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: Even if only Jareth, Erik, James and Javert are counted as main cast but with the regulars the number of characters inflates to over 15 people. (With everybody ... just look at the characters page.)

* [[Lotus Eater Machine]]: {{spoiler|The Erlkönig created a [[Dream Land]] like this for his son (and who knows who else, maybe the whole cast) in ''Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On''.}}

* [[Magic A Is Magic A]]: Played with. {{spoiler|Seems like the rules of magic for the magic users depend on the story they come from. So the most widespread ideas probably work for most but every one of them will have his/her own quirks. Theoretically you can do anything with magic, but different things are easier or harder depending on the users talents/inherited abilities (Jareth can heal, but it's not his forte at all), source of power (willpower, contract with someone) or maybe even what the [[Theory of Narrative Causality|story]] [[Wild Magic|wants]] (if the effect fits in the narrative it will probably be easier to achieve... except if your tale decides that it needs more dramatic tension).}}

* [[Magic Mirror]]: Jareth [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-125-ForeSHADOW-177399111 had] [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-156-Breaking-204471943 one]. {{spoiler|The first is the end of the ''Second Vacation arc'', where he severely overexerted himself and his magic in a very [[Out of Character|OOC]] way. The second is the beginning of the ''Dark!Jareth arc'' where he [[Power At a Price|pays the price]].}}

* [[Manga Effects]]: Being [[Animesque]], this is pretty much a given, but for example:

** [[Cat Smile]]: [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-204-Sonic-265918018 The Doctor]

** [[Cross-Popping Veins]]: Many people but mostly Erik... [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-58800328 he has a whole box full].

* [[Media Classifications]]: Made fun of [[Running Gag|a lot]]. Things like: Jareth (mostly) can't be harmed on screen and doesn't sustain injuries for long because of "PG" or any poor character's (but mostly Erik's) reaction to "R".

* [[Medium Awareness]]: Most, if not all of the characters are aware that they are fictional characters. This is [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] frequently. [[Word of God|Word of Ashe]] that the series has a fourth wall [http://comments.deviantart.com/1/279724525/2371391861 made of sugar-glass] so [[Lampshade Hanging|it's less dangerous]] to [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|break it]]... so almost [[No Fourth Wall]] at all.

* [[Mexican Standoff]]: "[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-198-Time-Out-265375997 So, why are we all lined up?]"

* [[My New Gift Is Lame]]: Unfortunately, all of them got the very same [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Christmas-Special-72937761 lame thing]. [[Santa Claus]] must have something against them. Subverted with Javert, who is quite happy to receive a hefty lump of coal in the middle of winter, considering today's rising energy costs.

 

== Tropes - N-R ==

* [[National Stereotypes]]: Animosities played straight: The French ''hate'' the "British"<ref>(Jareth tends to ally himself with this side)</ref>, Europeans the Americans, and vice versa. Others mostly subverted (Like: the sillier characters tend to be the "British" ones).

* [[Nonchalant Dodge]]: {{spoiler|"Odile" does the third type while fighting three opponents and she even [[Casual Danger Dialog|combines it]] with [[Evil Gloating]]. Later subverted when her opponents outright tell her that they did not intend to defeat her.}}

* [[Not Proven]]: Jareth's (and by extension his family's) involvement in any shenanigans and pranks ever can be summed up with this (except if he admits it). He even lampshades this in the second karaoke page.

* [[Not What It Looks Like]]: Happened twice between {{spoiler|Jareth and Sarah. First Sarah made a [[Relative Error]] about his sister and then was that thing when he [[Power Incontinence|accidentally]] [[Gender Bender|turned his best friend into a woman]].}}

* [[Odd Name Out]]: The main cast. Javert, James, Jareth and Erik.

* [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome]]: "The Doctors' (and Norrington's) Wacky Adventures through BBC" (Seems like the TARDIS for [[Actor Allusion|some reason]] brought them to all the shows [[Hugh Laurie]] was in.)

** Also the cast's big fight with the zombies.

* [[Opposed Mentors]]: Jareth's parents {{spoiler|Jadis and the Erlkönig to him}} and they still fight (one is [[Good Old Ways|Old]] [[Might Makes Right|Fashioned]] [[Evil Mentor|Evil]] and the other a [[Magnificent Bastard]] [[Trickster Mentor|Trickster]]). This seems to be one of the reasons they divorced. {{spoiler|Jareth [[Take a Third Option|choose neither]].}}

* [[Our Angels Are Different]]: As seen [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-122-Call-Center-174618567 here] this verse has some pretty old-school angels (and [[Fallen Angel|ex-angels]]).

* [[Painting the Medium]]: Different characters' speech is written in different fonts, and various kinds of [[Odd-Shaped Panel|speech bubbles]] are used depending on the character's mood.

* [[Pair the Spares]]:

** {{spoiler|The Erlkonig and James' mother, much to their respective sons' horror.}}

* [[Personal Raincloud]]: James [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-55-POV-95137303 here].

* [[Pet the Dog]] / [[Even Evil Has Standards]] <ref>(Depending on the given value of "evil" as "not the protaganist")</ref>: Jareth in [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-34-Quick-Fix-80785395?q=gallery%3Aasherhyder%2F22161111&qo=134 this]<ref>Yes, that is, in fact, Erik</ref> comic.

* [[Plot Armor]]: [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-205-Force-266124739 James has it!]

* [[Power Incontinence]]: When Jareth has a [[Catch Your Death of Cold|cold]] interesting things can happen. Like:

** {{spoiler|[[Freaky Friday Flip]]}}

* [[Rebus Bubble]]: 1+1 = ><> ; [[Orlando Bloom|Legolas]] = [[Orlando Bloom|Will Turner]] ([http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-24-Bloom-72785397 Here.])

* [[Redemption Equals Death]]: James, in a lampshade-tastic [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=168#/d12p906 conversation] about the trope itself.

* [[Rooftop Confrontation]]: Planned by Dark!Jareth... it didn't go too well.

* [[Rules of the Internet]]: Jareth misuses [[Rule 34]] [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-126-Rule-34-179088886 here]. It's clearly [[Rule 63]]! Or is it? Oh! And he has [[Memetic Mutation/Other Internet|pics]]!

* [[Running Gag]]: [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-3-Neighbors-60371604 The] [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-4-Meetings-60853004 dreaded] [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-14-Celestial-66685128 fruit] [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-17-Hospital-68397225 basket]. [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-105-Congratulation-159654767 Jareth's] [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-116-Party-Hats-169674358 inability]<ref> This example also doubles as one of his [[Signature Move]] [[Instant Cosplay Surprise|Instant Cosplay Surprises]]</ref> [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-143-Neater-192922601 to do good]. [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-58-Blind-Date-Pt1-97279069 Jareth's] [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-88-Relativity-119779422 friends] and [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-128-Switch-Hit-180702569 family]. {{spoiler|[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-63-Auditing-100518935 Eponine] [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-66-Unemployed-103742720 pouncing] [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-69-Attention-105670381 James]}}. The English-French hostility. Erik's aversion to glitter. etc. And then there is the [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-108-Cavalry-163020749 fainting] and [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-145-The-M-Word-194726509 carrying stuff] that Javert so [[Subverted Trope|doesn't want]] to [[Lampshade Hanging|turn into]] a running gag (which pops up [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-12-292407851 again] [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-13-292750951 later on]).

 

== Tropes - S-Z ==

* [[Single Palette Town]]: The Emerald City as [[Captain Obvious|observed]] by James.

* [[Slow No]]: Invoked and [[Mundane Made Awesome|Parodied]] [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-23-Felicitations-72269825 here].

* [[Speed Echoes]]: Legolas can climb trees [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-187-Reflexes-259633618 FAST]!

* [[Spin-Off]]: Has many. Just check out the [http://roomatesfans.deviantart.com/ fan group]. But the main ones that have trope pages are:

* [[Splash of Color]]: Not counting covers and specials: [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-41-Shirts-85355253 Cristine's ''garment'' piece] in the washing machine and [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-42-Pink-86000371 its effect]. The [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Mystery-Pg-1-101175965 splatter] in Mystery. When [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-78-Confrontation-1-112212850 Javert] met [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-79-Confrontation-2-113065902 Valjean] again. The [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-153-Vegas-201786871 ''green'' fairy]. The full color page for [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-171-Magic-Words-216609356 Jareth's confession]. The colored panel for [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-181-Tomorrow-254371528 James' speech].

* [[Tangled Family Tree]]: It has been established that in the continuity of the comic, pretty much the entire [[The Fair Folk|magical]] [[Witch Species|community]] of ''every fandom ever'' is related in one way or another.

** Even a few non-majic characters are somehow connected through the magic family tree. Case in point, Morgan is Jareth's Aunt and {{spoiler|Javert's}} mother, which makes the two of them cousins. Jareth's father {{spoiler|Der Erlkönig}} currently dates {{spoiler|James' mother,}} if this lasts the two will become stepbrothers.

* [[Tempting Fate]]: Most of the time the characters are too [[Genre Savvy]] for this, but still happens sometimes:

3) '''James''': "[http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-162-Stuck-209981489 I'll be right back.]" }}

* [[Theory of Narrative Causality]]: Played with, discussed, lampshaded, etc. [[Cerebus Rollercoaster|for comedy and tragedy]]. {{spoiler|The other main power of the world.}}

* [[Tropaholics Anonymous]]: The "Killed for Canon" meeting.

* [[True Companions]]: Mr. King acknowledges that the main cast and Sarah are this for his son in ''Such Stuff''.

* [[Unholy Matrimony]]: In the comic's [[Backstory]]. {{spoiler|The Erlkönig and Jadis}} were married once. How loving this relationship was is debatable because both are [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?|kinda clueless about the concept]] for some [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good|degree]] or [[Oblivious to Love|another]] and {{spoiler|Jadis}} sounds a lot like she was aiming for [[Evil Overlord]] [[Genius Breeding Act|Breeding Act]].

* [[Unsound Effect]]: [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-58800328 Dropping!] Yeah. This is the very first page. It still happens.

* [[The Verse]]: ''Roommates'' and its [[Spin-Off|Spin Offs]] are the Buildingverse.

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: {{spoiler|Dark(?)!Jareth suffers one when he begins to realize that he might have got what "he" (more precisely [[Theory of Narrative Causality|the story]]) [[Fourth Wall Observer|wan]][[The Fatalist|ted]] but that wasn't what he [[My God, What Have I Done?|needed]]. Namely [[The Bad Guys Win|destroy the heroes]] ([[Subverted Trope|he didn't]]) but those heroes happened to be his [[With Friends Like These...|best friend]] and his [[Love Interest]].}}

* [[Villainous Rescue]]: Jareth tries {{spoiler|and [[Subverted Trope|fails]]}} this when {{spoiler|Toby runs into the Erlkonig. But he still leaves so maybe this is a [[Double Subversion]]}}.

* [[Villains Out Shopping]]: Shopping, at work, doing laundry, having [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=168#/d132xw9 movie night]... The series kind of runs off of [[Villains Out Shopping]], if for no other reason than most of the characters are [[Token Evil Teammate|villains]].

* [[Wham! Episode]]: The ''Dark!Jareth arc''. {{spoiler|It gave some pretty potent [[Paranoia Fuel]] and personal [[Drama]] to the until that point mostly harmless [[The Trickster|trickster]].}}

* [[Wingding Eyes]]: "Circles around pupils and nothing else" a lot. "Spirals" sometimes.

* [[A Wizard Did It]]: By the fans of this comic this is called ''[[The Fair Folk|A Fae]] [[The Trickster|Did It!]]''<ref>(because of the Magical [[Tangled Family Tree]] this actually includes the [[Witch Species]] so also wizards.)</ref>... they are right most of the time... {{spoiler|Even more so because magic seems to [[Theory of Narrative Causality|run on patterns, story and trope]] in the verse!}}

* [[World of Badass]]: Don't let the [[Slice of Life]] exterior fool you almost all characters are [[Badass]] in some way... for their misfortune this isn't the place to show it.

* [[You Can't Fight Fate|You Can't Fight Your Story]]: Recurring theme of the darker stories for some years. {{spoiler|It reached its current peak in the ''Dark!Jareth arc''. Magic doesn't make it easier, if not outright runs on the character's story tropes.}}

* [[You're Insane!]]: Used by Javert against {{spoiler|[[Super-Powered Evil Side|Dark!Jareth]] and his [[Motive Rant]] on why he's been [[Invoked Trope|forcing]] [[Character Rerailment]] on the others}}:

* [[Your Soul Is Mine]]: Seems like Mr. King took {{spoiler|James'}} [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-40-305264355 here] and put it into a [[Crystal Prison|crystal]] while his body is in coma or dying.

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