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[http://www.thenoobcomic.com The Noob] is yet another gaming [[Web Comic]], which sets itself apart from most others by focusing almost entirely on parodying [[MMORPG|MMORPGs]]. The story originally revolves around Ohforf'Sake, the [[Player Character]] of an [[The Everyman|Everyman]] gamer who [[Walking the Earth|wanders aimlessly]] and [[Idiot Hero|cluelessly]] around the world of [[EverQuest|Clichequest]], [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|a brutally stereotypical fantasy MMORPG]] and gets into and barely survives ([[Death Is Cheap|or not]]) all kinds of shenanigans.
As the comic has gone on, the focus has shifted from Ohforf himself to various other characters in the game world, including the Outcasts (a band of [[Player Killing|Player Killers]]/[[Heroic Comedic Sociopath|Heroic Comedic Sociopaths]] whose storyline included a pastiche of ''[[The Warriors (film)|The Warriors]]''), another, smarter, female newbie called Hypatia, Sir Bob the veteran player, the hapless members of a roleplaying guild and the game developers themselves. The comic spends much of its time mocking [[Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game|MMORPG]] tropes and the absurdities of the genre, along with the players and developers of such games, but with [[Affectionate Parody|far too much insight to be truly malicious]].
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** Allusions to movies are pretty frequent as well - there have been references to, at least, ''[[Blade Runner]]''<ref>Sir Bob's "I've seen things you newbies wouldn't believe..." speech</ref>, ''[[Doctor Strangelove]]'', ''[[Forbidden Planet]]''<ref>[http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/383/ the id-monster]</ref>, [[The Godfather]]<ref>[http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/352/ Don Vito], with obligatory "unicorn head in the bed" gag</ref>, ''[[The Graduate]]''<ref>Cyborella's attempted seduction of Ohforf</ref>, ''[[The Warriors (film)|The Warriors]]''<ref>the PK guilds chasing the Outcasts - "[http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/279/ Outcaaasts! Come out to play-aaay!]"</ref> and "[http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/363/ Oh, Waldo], [[Where's Wally?|where]] are you?" Probably some others too.
** ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]'': [http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/236/ Quantum entanglement and exploits]. [http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/389/ seen on a dev's computer]. [http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/410/ Paul] ("I can stop whenever I like"). And the [http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/412/ cofounder] as well. [http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/429/ Paul again].
* [[Shoulders of Doom]]: [http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/355/ Apparently], the lead dev trying to outdo ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' (or Warhammer?) in [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|bigger shoulder pads]]. One [http://thenoobcomic.com/comic/357/ rejected design] had cranes on it to assist lifting [[
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: The lead developer, and several players.
* [[Spanner in the Works]]: Several, especially Ohforf who took a [[Tier-Induced Scrappy|package nobody takes]] and drops in all the wrong places at the right time.
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