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* [[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]].
* [[Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon]]: According to her son Jadis threatens him with "I'll bury you in snow until May" if he doesn't visit her for Christmas, being [[An Ice Person]] she is probably [[Not Hyperbole|literal]].
== Tropes - D-H ==
* [[Deal with the Devil]]: Mr. King offers one to his son {{spoiler|Jareth}}, just to find that the kid [[Subverted Trope|isn't]] in the [[Beware the Silly Ones|mood for games]]. Also a bit of an inversion as he offered a [[Your Soul Is Mine|soul he already claimed]] for [[You Owe Me|favors]]. [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-40-305264355 Here].
* [[Death by Origin Story]]: One of the two known ways to be [[Deader Than Dead]] in this world. As poor [[Zombieland|Tallahassee]] can attest. (See: the [[Roommates (2007 webcomic)/Tear Jerker|Tear Jerker]] page)
* [[Did Mom Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?]]: James's initial reaction to his mother seeing {{spoiler|der Erlkönig (after he realized who he is)}}. Later [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] because the [[Cool Old Lady]] is hard to fool... she willingly [[Interspecies Romance|romances]] (and [[The Gadfly|trolls]]) [[The Fair Folk|"Cthulhu"]].
* [[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.
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* [[The Missus and the Ex]]: Erik's [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-98-Duel-127534244 here] [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-99-Denouement-128354062 here]. Went slightly melancholic.
* [[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).
* [[Necktie Leash]]: Scarf leash but [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-10-291510560 it] fits. {{spoiler|And the Erik/Jareth [[Ho Yay|shippers]] rejoiced.}}
* [[Nobody Can Die]]: At least nobody who isn't [[The Verse|verse]]-[[Muggles|native]] (not tested) or [[Deader Than Dead]]. And here [[Deader Than Dead]] means (as far as we can see it yet): a) [[You Can't Fight Fate|Your death is required]] for someone else's [[Death by Origin Story|backstory characterization]]. {{spoiler|See the [[Roommates (2007 webcomic)/Tear Jerker|Tear Jerker page]]}} b) [[The Scrappy|The fandom hates YOU]]. {{spoiler|This is why Mrs. Norrington is a widow}}.
* [[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.
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* [[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 ==
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* [[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].
* [[Snicket Warning Label]]: The [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-206-Return-266360157 penultimate strip] of the ''Zombie Halloween arc'' notes that those who want it to have an unequivocally happy ending should "cue credits here." The [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-207-Immutable-266360821 ending] is a [[Mood Whiplash|rapid switch]] from humorous to
* [[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:
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* [[Talking the Monster to Death]]: Mentioned as Jareth's cause of defeat [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-12-Movie-Night-65642265 when the boys watch Labyrinth together].
{{quote|'''Javert''': You were monologued to death?}}
** Later it's revealed in a
* [[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.
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