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{{quote|''The 503''<br />
''written by: stuart richards''<br />
''In defiance of: the laws of god and nature''|Header notes for the proof-of-concept installment of ''The 503''}}
 
'''''[https://web.archive.org/web/20130928105850/http://www.the503comic.com/ The 503]''''' is a rendered photograph/line drawing webcomic about several friends who move to Portland, Oregon together and the various events that transpire throughout the course of that journey.
 
[[Word of God]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110615024411/http://www.invisionplus.net/forums/index.php?mforum=foraaugusta&showtopic=5476 says] that the strip is based on the real-life experiences of the author and his friends, so the comic is at least somewhat autobiographical in nature.
 
Currently, the strip is dealing with [[Author Avatar]] [[Author Avatar|Philip Archibald Stone]]'s journey to Portland, and the various people he meets along the way.
 
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=== This webcomic utilizes the following tropes: ===
 
* [[A Naked Shoulder to Cry On]]: Averted hard when Shellie backs away from a kiss {{spoiler|with Phil after learning about the death of his girlfriend three years ago}} in [http://the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=212 Strip 189].▼
* [[Author Avatar]]: Philip Archibald Stone
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: In the [https://web.archive.org/web/20110815130634/http://www.the503comic.com/?pageID=12 proof-of-concept strip].
* [[Bar Brawl]]: Initiated by Demitri Kalinin and John Flatt in [https://web.archive.org/web/20110815133909/http://www.the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=53 this strip], and continued [https://web.archive.org/web/20110816042613/http://the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=55 here], with appropriate music ("London Calling" by The Clash).
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: Demitri's response to being [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard]] in [https://web.archive.org/web/20150526180427/http://www.the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=62 this strip].
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: Phil obviously has one of these, first referenced [https://web.archive.org/web/20141030002101/http://the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=5 here] and then made more explicit with a [https://web.archive.org/web/20110814060500/http://www.the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=40 dream sequence] to the point where [https://web.archive.org/web/20110815130637/http://the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=41 other characters] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110816042608/http://the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=31 noticed it on their own.]
* [[Death Byby Origin Story]]: {{spoiler|Dawn Rachel Mcallender, Phil's girlfriend, dies in a wildfire in 2006.}} This is what motivates Phil to move to Portland and fills him with grief at the beginning of the strip.
* [[Funetik Aksent]]: The Australian owners of the Jolly Swagman speak in a strong bogan accent represented as such and even lampshaded in [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305143359/http://the503comic.com/index.php?pageIDpageid=89 Strip 70].
* [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard]]: When Demitri asks Phil to prove his (Phil's) existence. Given that Demitri has a black eye as a result of an earlier [[Bar Brawl]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20150526180427/http://www.the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=62 the outcome is fairly predictable].
* [[Leaning Onon the Fourth Wall]]: In Phil's conversation with Demitri in [https://web.archive.org/web/20150526180427/http://www.the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=62 this installment]:
{{quote| '''Phil:''' Okay, then, let's take your overly-skeptical approach to everything. Prove to me that ''you'' exist.<br />
'''Demitri:''' Don't pull that Descartes crap. I'm right here in front of you, you can see me. Don't be ridiculous.<br />
'''Phil:''' [[Leaning Onon the Fourth Wall|You could just be a figment of someone's imagination, for all I know. A character in a story, or something.]] }}
▲* [[A Naked Shoulder to Cry On]]: Averted hard when Shellie backs away from a kiss {{spoiler|with Phil after learning about the death of his girlfriend three years ago}} in [https://web.archive.org/web/20160305095632/http://the503comic.com/index.php?pageIDpageid=212 Strip 189].
* [[Precision F-Strike]]: The bouncer, [http://the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=57 when he kicks John and Demitri out of the bar].
* [[OhPrecision CrapF-Strike]]: WhenThe Phil Stone realizes he'sbouncer, [https://web. archive. . [[Unusual Euphemism|become romantically involved with]] [org/web/20110816043133/http://the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=1057 thewhen he kicks girlfriendJohn and Demitri out of athe Huskers linemanbar]:.
* [[Oh Crap]]: When Phil Stone realizes he's . . . [[Unusual Euphemism|become romantically involved with]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110815144423/http://the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=10 the girlfriend of a Huskers lineman]:
{{quote| '''Phil:''' I. Did. '''WHAT'''. With. A. Husker's. Girlfriend.<br />
{{quote|'''Phil:''' ChristI. onDid. a'''WHAT'''. crutchWith.<br />A. Husker's. Girlfriend.
'''Phil:''' Christ on a crutch.
'''Cindy:''' Or you, if he ever finds out! }}
* [[Rail Enthusiast]]: Ryan Sangiorgio, who improbably [https://web.archive.org/web/20110815145550/http://the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=52 gets the girl because of it.]
* [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]: As noted above, the webcomic is partly inspired by the author's life in Portland.
* [[Riddle for Thethe Ages]]: The fairy which shows up in [https://web.archive.org/web/20110814060500/http://www.the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=40 this episode] - is it a figment of Phil's imagination, or [https://web.archive.org/web/20110815134007/http://www.the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=60 is] [https://web.archive.org/web/20110816042633/http://www.the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=61 it] [https://web.archive.org/web/20150526180427/http://www.the503comic.com/index.php?pageID=62 real]?
* [[Slice of Life]]: See "[[Real Life Writes the Plot]]".
* [[Trickster Archetype|Trickster]]: Demitri Kalinin
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