Roommates (2007 webcomic): Difference between revisions

This is not quite that place, but it's close.''|Narration form [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-61-Lundi-99389187 "Roommates 61 - Lundi"]}}

 

 

Further expanded in the spinoffs ''[[Girls Next Door (Webcomic)|Girls Next Door]]'' by Pika-la-Cynique and the ''[[Down the Street (Webcomic)|Down the Street]]'' by Heroes-Daughter.

* [[Anti-Hero|Anti-]][[Heroic BSOD]]: {{spoiler|Javert suffers a textbook one (maybe even bordering [[Angst Coma]]) when he notices that Valjean moved to the building. Later James when he learns that his mother is coming to visit. Erik after seeing [[Labyrinth (Film)|Labyrinth]] in HD.}}

* [[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].

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

{{quote| '''Sarah''': [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-217-Sit-278492881 Right. Do you want to try explaining why they're all built like super-models, on top of being girls?...]}}

* [[Break Them By Talking]]: {{spoiler|"Odile" attempted this with Jareth using the "You're trapped, alone. I have power over you. Why don't we make the best of it?" reasoning in ''Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On''. Doesn't work though, Jareth is not amused.}}

* [[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.

* [[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''.

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

{{quote| '''Mr. King''': [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-18-295029792 Fight for the ending you want. Somewhere someone will feel the same and believe. Then even if you lose, even if you die... you will live.] {{spoiler|You will live on in dreams. ...}}}}

* [[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."

* [[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.

** [[The Alcoholic|Norrington]] gets [[Off the Wagon]] this way once or twice. {{spoiler|Because of his [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-5-PotC2-Spoilers-61504907 second movie] and [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-57-Personals-96587952 failed relationship].}}

* [[Duet Bonding]]: Erik and Mag through singing [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-97-Duet-126704110 here].

* [[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!"] }}

* [[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.)

* [[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]]).

* [[Pair the Spares]]:

** {{spoiler|[[Pirates of the Caribbean|Norrington]] and [[Les Misérables|Eponine]]}}

* [[Parent With New Paramour]]: What can be more awkward than seeing your parent flirt/go out? If (s)he flirts/goes out with your friends parent! {{spoiler|As James and Jareth can attest.}}

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

* [[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]]}}

* [[Road Movie]]: ''The First Vacation arc'' seems to be this [[Subverted Trope|initially]] {{spoiler|then after 3 pages the Tornado of fate hits and they are [[Off to See The Wizard]]}}. ''The Second Vacation arc'' plays this trope pretty straight it's a tubing trip down the river {{spoiler|[[Video Game Geography|that flows down at the edge of the map]]}}.

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

* [[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]).

 

* [[Schmuck Bait]]: It kicks off the ''Kids arc''. "What does this [[Crystal Ball|glowing orb]] do?"

* [[Security Cling]]: Legolas did the leaping into another person's<ref>(James', even if he is also terrified of him)</ref> arms variety. {{spoiler|When he first met Sweeney.}} Erik after he got out of his ''[[Heroic BSOD]]''.

* [[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].

* [[Vanity Is Feminine]]: Averted ''hard''. Jareth is the [[Agent Peacock|poster boy]] but all four main cast members are guilty.

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

* [[Villainous Fashion Sense]]: [[The Fair Folk]] take the cake but Erik and to a lesser extent, Javert, are also guilty of this... or let's be fair, it's harder to find someone who isn't!

* [[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]].

* [[Visible Silence]]: [http://asherhyder.deviantart.com/art/Roommates-Such-Stuff-as-Dreams-Are-Made-On-5-289384062 ...]

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

* [[Witch Species]]: {{spoiler|Basically any [[Half-Human Hybrid]] or [[Heinz Hybrid]] produced by the [[Interspecies Romance]] practiced by [[The Fair Folk]] who is too human to qualify as [[The Fair Folk]] is this. So here, any magical talent implies that the character has a Fairy Relative somewhere.}}