The Life of Nob T. Mouse: Difference between revisions

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[[File:2009-10-26-adventure1.jpg|link=The Life of Nob T Mouse|frame|Would you leave the fate of the universe up to these wallies?]]

[[File:2009-10-26-adventure1.jpg|link=The Life of Nob T. Mouse|frame|Would you leave the fate of the universe up to these wallies?]]

{{quote|"Oh my!"|'''Nob T. Mouse''', [[Catch Phrase|all the time]]}}

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* [[Exact Time to Failure]] - Used as a joke in ''Pie Noon'':

{{quote| '''Computer''': Malfunction! The universe will be destroyed in 50 seconds.}}

* [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]: The comic details the life of Nob T. Mouse.

* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: The comic details the life of Nob T. Mouse.

* [[Fictional Document]] - ''The Blobland Gang'' is a set of books, [[Animated Adaptation|TV]] & radio shows, and even [[The Movie|a film]]. They are all based on [[Author Avatar|Hubert Schlongson]]'s visits to Blobland to learn about the adventures of Nob Mouse and Co.

* [[Filler Strip]] - they tend to be jokes about why there's no comic on that particular day; like [http://www.nobmouse.net/2009/11/23/why-the-long-pause/ this strip]:

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* [[Intelligible Unintelligible]] - Bricky can say only 'Pop' but this doesn't stop him being a useful ideas man.

* [[Invisible Anatomy]]: How else would Jip put his hat on? Averted with Wilf and Frederick however, as these guys use prehensile ears to manipulate objects.

* [[It Runs On Nonsensoleum]] - The comic is the epitome of this. One example in many is that waving a jelly on a stick with pink-icing buns stuck on it will summon a letterbox that lets you post yourself to another universe.

* [[It Runs on Nonsensoleum]] - The comic is the epitome of this. One example in many is that waving a jelly on a stick with pink-icing buns stuck on it will summon a letterbox that lets you post yourself to another universe.

* [[Little-Known Facts]] - which, in an almost inevitable inversion, sometimes turn out to be true.

* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: Grandfather Time.

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* Part Time Hero: Nob Mouse. He is a mayor, cafe owner and part-time adventurer who just wants a quiet life but apparently can't have one.

* [[People Puppets]]: In ''Parallel Land'', {{spoiler|the parallel universe version of Nob Mouse}} is being remote-controlled by {{spoiler|the parallel universe version of Wilf}}.

* [[Private Eye Monologue]]: Jip does this in ''[http://www.nobmouse.net/2009/07/10/the-squeeze-part-one/ The Squeeze]'', a film noir parody strip from ''[[The Life of Nob T Mouse]]''.

* [[Private Eye Monologue]]: Jip does this in ''[http://www.nobmouse.net/2009/07/10/the-squeeze-part-one/ The Squeeze]'', a film noir parody strip from ''[[The Life of Nob T. Mouse]]''.

* [[Power Trio]]: Two sets. [[Word of God]] is that this is down to Robinson preferring to write about Nob Mouse and Franky, while Kirk prefers to write about Wilf and Spam.

{{quote| The main trio:<br />

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* [[Power-Up]]: Wilf gets one of these when he opens [http://www.nobmouse.net/2010/01/27/all-over-the-mouse-part-seventeen/ a literal can of ''Whoop Ass''] in order to battle Grandfather Time.

* [[Power Walk]]: Used when Wilf, Franky and Bricky head into battle against the minions of Grandfather Time.

* [[Promoted Fanboy]]: In-universe example. Zoe was a fan of Hubert Schlongson's ''Blobland Band'' stories and originally made ''[[The Life of Nob T Mouse]]'' as a fanfiction comic, before meeting Schlongson and winning ownership of the copyright to the ''Blobland Band'' franchise off him in a game of poker.

* [[Promoted Fanboy]]: In-universe example. Zoe was a fan of Hubert Schlongson's ''Blobland Band'' stories and originally made ''[[The Life of Nob T. Mouse]]'' as a fanfiction comic, before meeting Schlongson and winning ownership of the copyright to the ''Blobland Band'' franchise off him in a game of poker.

* [[The Rant]]: The news section is occasionally used to tell extra anecdotal stories.

* [[Running Gag]]: Several:

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* [[Waddling Head]]: Most of the cast.

* [[Weird Science]] - Anything Frederick and Doctor Franky create will undoubtedly fit the bill.

* [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs?]] - Although the warped logic, surreal look and unconventional use of language in the series suggests it is influenced by LSD, Robinson is teatotal and created the comic simply as a way of letting off steam during exam revision.

* [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?]] - Although the warped logic, surreal look and unconventional use of language in the series suggests it is influenced by LSD, Robinson is teatotal and created the comic simply as a way of letting off steam during exam revision.