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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 [[Ever Quest|Clichequest]], [[Exactly What It Says Onon 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 (Filmfilm)|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 [[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]].

* [["Stop Having Fun!" Guys]]: ([[In -Universe]]). Al, one of the developers, is also a PvPer who despises all non-PVP content and constantly fights with the other developers when forced to work on "carebear content". [http://www.thenoobcomic.com/index.php?pos=285 He later gets his revenge.]

* [[Shout -Out]]: Directly to ''[[City of Heroes]]'' at one early point. Not to mention that in many ways Clichequest seems to share a little too much in common with ''[[Ultima Online]]'' and ''[[Ever Quest]]'' to be a coincidence.

** 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>the id-monster</ref>, ''[[The Graduate]]''<ref>Cyborella's attempted seduction of Ohforf</ref>, ''[[The Warriors (Filmfilm)|The Warriors]]''<ref>the PK guilds chasing the Outcasts</ref> and probably some others too.