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* [[Baby Planet]]: Fleen.
* [[Baby Planet]]: Fleen.
* [[Beautiful All Along]]: [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20060622.html Princess Voluptua's true form].
* [[Beautiful All Along]]: [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20060622.html Princess Voluptua's true form].
* [[Big Ol Eyebrows]]: Rocko Sasquatch.
* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]: Rocko Sasquatch.
* [[Bigfoot Sasquatch and Yeti]]: The Bigfeet.
* [[Bigfoot Sasquatch and Yeti]]: The Bigfeet.
* [[Brain Bleach]]: Bob [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20081111.html needs some] after seeing Rocko's [[Shirtless Scene]].
* [[Brain Bleach]]: Bob [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20081111.html needs some] after seeing Rocko's [[Shirtless Scene]].
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* [[Cute Monster Girl]]: Several.
* [[Cute Monster Girl]]: Several.
* [[Cyber Cyclops]]: Roofus.
* [[Cyber Cyclops]]: Roofus.
* [[Dancesand Balls]]: Which turn out [[Love Dodecahedron|badly.]]
* [[Dances and Balls]]: Which turn out [[Love Dodecahedron|badly.]]
* [[Dinosaurs Are Dragons]]
* [[Dinosaurs Are Dragons]]
* [[Dirty Old Man]]: Mr. Dirtygeezer.
* [[Dirty Old Man]]: Mr. Dirtygeezer.
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* [[Dragon Rider]]: Voluptua and Hibachi.
* [[Dragon Rider]]: Voluptua and Hibachi.
* [[The End of the World As We Know It]]: Most story arcs involve at least some danger of this.
* [[The End of the World As We Know It]]: Most story arcs involve at least some danger of this.
* [[Everythings Better With Bob]]
* [[Everything's Better With Bob]]
* [[Everythings Better With Bunnies]]: Snookums the [[Ugly Cute|tentacle bunny.]]
* [[Everythings Better With Bunnies]]: Snookums the [[Ugly Cute|tentacle bunny.]]
* [[Everythings Better With Princesses]]: Princess Voluptua.
* [[Everything's Better With Princesses]]: Princess Voluptua.
* [[Everytown America]]
* [[Everytown America]]
* [[Evil Twin]]: Galatea.
* [[Evil Twin]]: Galatea.
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* [[Incredible Shrinking Man]]: Snookums.
* [[Incredible Shrinking Man]]: Snookums.
* [[Insignificant Little Blue Planet]]
* [[Insignificant Little Blue Planet]]
* [[Instant AI Just Add Water]]: Roofus.
* [[Instant AI, Just Add Water]]: Roofus.
* [[Instant Expert]]: Supergeniuses Molly and Golly.
* [[Instant Expert]]: Supergeniuses Molly and Golly.
* [[Interspecies Romance]]
* [[Interspecies Romance]]
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* [[Mad Scientist]]: Dean Martin, though he'd deny it; also Molly & Galatea.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Dean Martin, though he'd deny it; also Molly & Galatea.
* [[The Men in Black]]: Agent Ben & Agent Jerry.
* [[The Men in Black]]: Agent Ben & Agent Jerry.
* [[Mike Nelson Destroyer of Worlds]]: Riboflavin wants to conquer the Earth and threatens to destroy it if they don't surrender. Bob lampshades this and makes Riboflavin look pathetic. The strip is [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20061219.html here].
* [[Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds]]: Riboflavin wants to conquer the Earth and threatens to destroy it if they don't surrender. Bob lampshades this and makes Riboflavin look pathetic. The strip is [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20061219.html here].
* [[Monster of the Week]]: Monsters are fun!
* [[Monster of the Week]]: Monsters are fun!
* [[Muggle Foster Parents]]: Bob & Jean to Molly.
* [[Muggle Foster Parents]]: Bob & Jean to Molly.
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* [[Nietzsche Wannabe]]: Galatea does a pretty good [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080722.html nihilistic rant at one point].
* [[Nietzsche Wannabe]]: Galatea does a pretty good [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080722.html nihilistic rant at one point].
** She ''[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20071222.html did]'' grow up reading Nietzsche, after all
** She ''[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20071222.html did]'' grow up reading Nietzsche, after all
* [[No Plans No Prototype No Backup]]: [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20071204.html Lampshaded] with Jean's formula that accidentally produced Molly.
* [[No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup]]: [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20071204.html Lampshaded] with Jean's formula that accidentally produced Molly.
* [[Non Fatal Explosions]]
* [[Non-Fatal Explosions]]
* [[Non Mammal Mammaries]]: Voluptua has these... ''even when she's a butterfly!''
* [[Non-Mammal Mammaries]]: Voluptua has these... ''even when she's a butterfly!''
* [[Occupiers Out of Our Country]]: Zippobic's complaint about the Nemesites on Butane.
* [[Occupiers Out of Our Country]]: Zippobic's complaint about the Nemesites on Butane.
* [[Official Couple]]: Bob & Jean.
* [[Official Couple]]: Bob & Jean.
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* [[Running Gag]]: There are several, but the main one is anything at all crashing into Bob's roof.
* [[Running Gag]]: There are several, but the main one is anything at all crashing into Bob's roof.
* [[Shout Out]] This page http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20110111.html has one to [[Everyday Heroes]]
* [[Shout Out]] This page http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20110111.html has one to [[Everyday Heroes]]
* [[Sibling Yin Yang]]: Molly & Galatea.
* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: Molly & Galatea.
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: The strip plants itself firmly on the idealistic side with [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080722.html this] encounter between Bob and Galatea.
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: The strip plants itself firmly on the idealistic side with [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080722.html this] encounter between Bob and Galatea.
* [[Space Amish]]: The dragons, to an extent.
* [[Space Amish]]: The dragons, to an extent.
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* [[Weird Science]]
* [[Weird Science]]
* [[Weirdness Censor]]: Most of the townsfolk, but mainly Mr. Oswald Blivius Bystander, who's either too crazy or too stupid to notice how bizarre his neighbor's life is, much less the surroundings he lives in.
* [[Weirdness Censor]]: Most of the townsfolk, but mainly Mr. Oswald Blivius Bystander, who's either too crazy or too stupid to notice how bizarre his neighbor's life is, much less the surroundings he lives in.
* [[What Measure Is a Non Human]]: Molly, Galatea, Roofus.
* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]: Molly, Galatea, Roofus.
* [[Where the Hell Is Springfield]]: Generictown.
* [[Where the Hell Is Springfield?]]: Generictown.
* [[Where's the Fun In That]]:
* [[Where's the Fun In That?]]:
{{quote| '''Fructose Riboflavin:''' Bloodless victory'? Where's the fun in that?!}}
{{quote| '''Fructose Riboflavin:''' Bloodless victory'? Where's the fun in that?!}}
* [[Whoopi Epiphany Speech]]: Bob.
* [[Whoopi Epiphany Speech]]: Bob.
* [[Wild Take]]: Jean. In spades.
* [[Wild Take]]: Jean. In spades.
* [[Wonder Child]]: Molly.
* [[Wonder Child]]: Molly.
* [[Woobie Destroyer of Worlds]]: Galatea.
* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: Galatea.
* [[The World Is Always Doomed]]
* [[The World Is Always Doomed]]
* [[The World Is Just Awesome]]: Frequently: [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20091006.html here,] [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20070616.html here,] [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080105.html here,] [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080531.html here,] and [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20081223.html here.]
* [[The World Is Just Awesome]]: Frequently: [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20091006.html here,] [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20070616.html here,] [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080105.html here,] [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080531.html here,] and [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20081223.html here.]

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Voluptua, Molly, Jean, & Bob

A serialized, science fiction/humor Web Comic by Jim Cleaveland. It began life as a print comic appearing the newsletter and magazine of PSSFS, the Penn State Science Fiction Society, from 1993-1997, and was revived as a webcomic in May, 2006. It updates Tuesday and Saturday afternoons (California time).

You can read it here.

Bob Smithson was the world's most average man, leading a quietly dull life in the suburb of Generictown and reasonably content that way until the day he inexplicably became a Weirdness Magnet. Strange, paranormal things now happen to him almost daily. Unicorns appear in his yard. Dragons perch near his house. Alien spaceships crash into his roof. Actually, anything and everything likes to crash into his roof.

Bob sees it all through with surprising grace because, despite his seemingly infinite normalcy, he does have a few outstanding qualities. He is very kind and doesn't judge by appearances (such that he will give even a three-legged space jellyfish a chance to be friends with him if it is so willing). He has an uncommon amount of Simpleminded Wisdom. And yet he is generally too thick-skulled to fully grasp the frighteningly awesome implications of most of the stuff he encounters.

For a humor comic, the characters show a considerable amount of depth. As absurd as the situations they encounter are, most of the humor derives from how the different characters react to them, and how they interact with each other.

  • Bob Smithson, the title character, is the world's most average man. He runs a news stand in Generictown.
  • Dr. Jean Poule is Bob's girlfriend, a biologist at the local college.
  • Molly the Peanut Butter Monster is a pink furry monster born when Jean and Bob collided on the sidewalk, accidentally mixing an experiment of Jean's with Bob's jar of peanut butter. Sweet, brilliant, naive.
  • Princess Voluptua is heir to the throne of the Nemesites, the local space empire. She appears to be a beautiful woman, but her real form is a giant butterfly creature.
  • Snookums is a giant alien monster that got shrunk to the size of a basketball but still weighs many tons. Molly keeps him as a pet. Bob calls Snookums a "tentacle bunny."
  • Agent Ben & Agent Jerry are two FBI agents who frequently get stuck with the unenviable task of investigating Bob.
  • Fructose Riboflavin is the greatest criminal in the Nemesite Empire.
  • Galatea (Golly) is another peanut butter creature grown by a rival scientist. Far more angst-ridden and megalomaniacal than Molly.
  • Roofus is a robot Molly built to repair Bob's frequent roof damage, but who unexpectedly turned out sentient.
  • Hibachi is a fire-breathing dragon. His race evolved in the Age of Dinosaurs, and currently lives on the planet Butane in the Kuiper Belt. He frequently acts as Voluptua's flying steed.

Has a character sheet.

Provides examples of:

 Fructose Riboflavin: Bloodless victory'? Where's the fun in that?!

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