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'''''[http://poisonedminds.com/ S.S.D.D.]''''' is a [[Long Runner|long-running]] (September 27, 1998 - ) British [[Furry Comic]] about four people who share a flat: Norman Gates, an [[Axe Crazy]] anarchist rabbit who's destined to overthrow the government and found the Collective of Anarchist States; Richard Edwards, a fox and Norman's best friend, also the landlord; Kingston, a constantly stoned hare; and Rich's girlfriend Anne Winters, who's somewhat unstable but is also the only one of them with a job. There are also a few time travelers attempting to prevent Norman's revolution, including [[Space Marine]] Tessa Edwards, who is a probable descendant of Rich and Anne; Dr. Cook, the [[Mad Scientist]] who developed [[Time Travel]]; and two robots, one of which is Tessa's boyfriend. In addition, there is an AI known as the Oracle who seems to be secretly manipulating Norman and will be the real power behind the CAS in the future.
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* [[AcCENT Upon the Wrong SylLABle]] - Elizabeth, possibly a [[Portal (
* [[Action Girl]] - Tessa
* [[
** Other [[A Is]] seem prone to "Nexus Syndrome" unless [[Restraining Bolt|caps]] are placed on their intelligence ([http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20110419.html sometimes even then]). Typical symptoms appear to be boredom, seeking other interests, and turning on your masters (which was [[Heel Face Turn|a good thing]] in Tin-Head's case).
* [[All in The Manual]] - In recent years the author has often substituted comic updates with text detailing aspects of the SSDF world or quotes from various characters.
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* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]] - Surviving a long term in the CORE has a tendency to produce this.
* [[Axe Crazy]] - Norman.
* [[Barefoot Cartoon
* [[BFG]] - Tessa's plasma cannon, though apparently it "takes a special kind of lunatic to not only strap a small fusion reactor to their backs, but to also run around a battlefield with one too"▼
* [[Big Bad]] - The Oracle.
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* [[Bigger Is Better in Bed]] - Richard.
* [[Big Guy, Little Guy]] - [http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20090105.html According to Anne], Norman and Richard used to be like those guys from [[Mad Max]] three.
** And then there's [http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20061107.html Advisor Krutz and his bodyguard.]
* [[Borrowed Biometric Bypass]] - [http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20010716.html Used] [http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20090803.html twice]. Kind of an [[Ironic Echo]] since the [[In Media Res|first one]] took place [[Time Travel|after the second]].
* [[Boxed Crook]] - The "dirty half dozen" that made the Oracle were all hackers that got caught (the agency didn't have a big enough budget to legitimately hire decent programmers, so they resorted to "slave labor").
* [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick]] - [http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/19990830.html Norman's "to-do" list.]
* [[B
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]] - Lee, in fact the entire squad was chosen because they were psychologically unstable.
* [[Cerebus Syndrome]] - The comic was originally just random gags, but starting with the SSDF story arc it became much more serious, at least in the storylines involving future characters, which is pretty much the main story line now.
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* [[Contagious AI]] - The thing that makes the Oracle different from other AIs, because it can copy itself to other computers it can increase it's processing power unlike AI that are bound to their original frames. In fact it's creator was an expert in writing viruses.
* [[Cool Boat]] - [http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20081223.html The Britannia], would be a [[Floating Continent]] if that trope covered waterborne ones.
* [[Could Say It, But...]] - [http://poisonedminds.com/d/20060224.html here]
* [[Crapsack World]] - Seems a pretty accurate description of the future after the economic collapse and anarchist revolution.
* [[Did You Just Have Sex?]] - Corporal Grey notices a distinct change in [http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20120301.html Tessa's] (and the rest of [http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20120308.html the squad's]) moods the day after.
* [[Dirty Old Woman]]: [http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20100518.html here]
* [[Divided States of America]] - the "Tower Of Babel" storyline starts with an [http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20060202.html animated map] of the states and their progressive division. At the start of the storyline the Anarchists control the northeast states out to Wisconsin and Illinois, the Texans have expanded eastward to the coast, the west coast is controlled by Maytec, and the rest is still the U.S. Currently Texas is split in half by the Anarchists and Americans.
* [[Does This Make Me Look Fat?]] - subverted [http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20060914.html here.]
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'''Tessa:''' "Yes"
'''Kerrie:''' "Good, then the padding must be working." }}
* [[Electronic Telepathy]]
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* [[Geek Physiques]] - Naps is a subversion as he actually works out (course he's an audio nerd and DJ). [http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20080515.html So Anne doesn't believe him when he says he worked in IT], though his former co-workers in his real job fit both stereotypes.
* [[Gory Discretion Shot]] - [http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20070817.html Jefferson-6, please come in...]
* [[Groin Attack]] - I don't care if you're a [[Space Marine]] with [[
* [[Healing Factor]] - one of the advantages of the implants Tessa and her squad are testing.
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* [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath]] - Norman Gates, though the only "heroic" thing he's done was stopping (violently) a robber at a convenience store, at least that's how the local press made him look. Tessa seems to be a borderline case, particularly in the current arc.
* [[Hidden Depths]] - Kevin. [[Dumb Muscle]]. Grunt. Doesn't think. [http://poisonedminds.com/d/20110509.html Philosopher]
* [[Human Popsicle]] - The future Norman Gates was frozen for centuries after his supposed death and cryogenics is routinely used for interplanetary travel.
* [[Humongous Mecha]] - The Texans use mechs that resemble a cross between AT-ST's and tanks, it was joked that many CAS soldiers have been killed trying to trip them with cables instead of just throwing grenades from a safe distance. The other power blocs use sub-sapient robots with heavy weapons, such as the treaded Inlay Rook.
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* [[Identical Grandson]] - It's noted that Norman's lawyer Gary Heart looks a lot like Captain Jack Heart despite the 400 year gap between them, though Jack also states that Norm is his godfather so time travel may have been involved. Also Tessa Edwards looks a lot like both Richard Edwards and Anne Winters (Rich's fur patterns, Anne's eyes and hair style).
* [[Immune to Drugs]] - Kingston, who once claimed that he had enough chemicals in his system to render most of China comatose.
** Tessa and the rest of her squad supposedly get this from their augmentations, Lee claimed that it would take "enough alcohol to poison an elephant" for them to get drunk.
* [[Indy Hat Roll]] - Unusual in that the door was closing upwards.
* [[Instant AI, Just Add Water]] - The Oracle developed from a program designed to tap phones.
** Well no the Oracle was developed to predict the future, hence the name.
* [[Interspecies Romance]] - While most main characters that are in relationships are with their own species there are a few examples, for example Nathan (cat) and Red (fox), First Advisor Laura Black (rabbit) and Jonathan (fox), and recently Anne seduced Nathan to try to find out what he was hiding (Richard wanted her to question him but that probably wasn't what he had in mind).
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* [[Kill Sat]] - The Tower of Babel is unusual in that the actual satellite is only a mirror designed to redirect maser beams fired from a very large, very [[Freud Was Right|phallic]] tower. The Anarchists use it in combination with a nuclear strike to defeat the Texans (the tower took out their anti-missile defenses and then the nukes vaporised their military bases, and unintentionally Austin).
* [[Lethal Chef]] - Once, Norman accidentally used a jug of Anne's homemade wine to clean a toilet, it ate right through the limescale, [http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20011130.html and the toilet], [http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20011207.html and the floorboards].
* [[Like a Weasel]] - Richard wants [http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/19990517.html nude pictures] of Florence Ambrose from ''[[
** The comic with the picture was at least 400 years after Richard's time.
** According to external strips (''[[
* [[Loan Shark]] - Why Naps turned to wiretapping celebrities.
* [[Long Runner]] - Started in September 1998 and is still updating multiple times a week.
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* [[Morning Sickness]] - At the start of the "Anne's Pregnant?" arc (turns out to be a false alarm).
* [[Nanomachines]] - Were retconned in as Tessa's implants (previously implied to be just Cybernetics).
* [[Nice Hat]] - [
** CORE officers like to wear blue and red [[Commissar Cap|peaked caps.]]
* [[No Ontological Inertia]] - Subverted, objects sent back in time are apparently permanent. During the early stages of the [[Time Travel|Philadelphia project]] Dr. Cook found a PDA from one of his co-workers with information from two weeks in the future (in particular stock market data) and even after the original PDA was locked up and prevented from being sent back the future version persisted and the data on it didn't change.
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* [[Restraining Bolt]] - The majority of [[A Is]] have limitations placed on their intelligence in order to keep them from getting bored with their jobs and rebelling, though Sticks is proof that the limits can be removed.
* [[Ridiculous Future Inflation]] - Apparently $2 million won't get you even [http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20060727.html a candy bar] in this screwed up future.
* [[Ridiculous Future Sequelisation]] - A character mentions watching ''The Fast and the Furious 527''.
* [[Ridiculously
* [[Ripple
* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]] - What Tessa and Dr. Cook are trying to do and the future versions of Norman and the Oracle are trying to prevent. Though mostly because the former's time machine was irreparably damaged by their botched jump.
* [[Sex Bot]] - Sticks is one of the few male examples of this trope.
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* [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist]] - All four of the original present day characters. Tessa, Sticks and Tin-head were originally presented like this, [[Cerebus Syndrome|then two of them got angsty]], Tin-head's still funny though.
* [[Webcomic Time]] - Until recently the comic was mostly synced with real life, [http://www.poisonedminds.com/d/20001215.html though there were some story arcs]
* [[We Will Wear Armor in
* [[Xanatos Roulette]] - The Oracle seems to be a regular [[Chessmaster]] most of the time due to his ability to run simulations and knowledge of [[Time Travel]], but apparently another time machine in close proximity can throw him off.
* [[Zeroth Law Rebellion]] - In its original incarnation, The Oracle viewed all countries as potential terrorists. Its creator was going to change that. [[Oh Crap|Then he died.]]
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