The Order of the Stick/Tropes A-F: Difference between revisions

'''Tropes A-C''' | [[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)/Tropes D-F|Tropes D-F]] | [[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)/Tropes G-I|Tropes G-I]] | [[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)/Tropes J-L|Tropes J-L]] | [[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)/Tropes M-O|Tropes M-O]] | [[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)/Tropes P-R|Tropes P-R]] | [[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)/Tropes S-U|Tropes S-U]] | [[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)/Tropes V-Z|Tropes V-Z]]

==== ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|The Order of the Stick]]'' provides examples of the following tropes: ====

* [[20% More Awesome]]: An angel shows Roy [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0489.html a graph] of Belkar's evil against time, measured in kilonazis. The standard unit is based on a hypothetical lovechild of [[The Lord of the Rings (Literature)|Sauron]] and [[The Hundred and One Dalmatians|Cruella DeVille]]. Of course, in a ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (Tabletop Game)|Dungeons & Dragons]]''-based universe, "evil" really might be quantifiable...

* [[Always Chaotic Evil]]: [[Zig Zagging Trope|Gets averted, subverted, inverted, doubly inverted, perverted, extraverted, and, just occasionally, played straight]]. Most often doubly inverted when a villain delivers a [[Break Them By Talking]] on how the hero is [[Not So Different]] and then immediately [[Kick the Dog|Kicks a Dog]].<br />[[Deconstruction|Deconstructed]], too: Goblins and other evil humanoids were declared by the gods to be [[Always Chaotic Evil]], designed only to be killed by player races. As sentient beings with their own society, they naturally feel persecuted by being forced into this role, {{spoiler|and are now executing a massive [[Rage Against the Heavens]] in order to change things.}} Though the deconstruction is more aimed at ''players'' who treat these races as such, despite the fact that most of their Monster Manual entries only list them as "''Usually'' X Evil"

* [[Anti Human Alliance]]: The forces under Redcloak.

* [[Ascended Meme]]: It's a running joke among ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (Tabletop Game)|Dungeons & Dragons]]'' fans that, due to a quirk of the 3.x Edition ruleset, a housecat will more often than not kill a Level 1 Commoner in a straight-up fight. One strip is even called, [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0780.html "The Duel Everyone's Been Waiting For"].

* [[As Long As It Sounds Foreign]]: Azure city naming schemes.

* [[Back for The Dead]]: Julio Scoundrél sincerely hopes never to cross paths with Elan again for precisely this reason.

* [[Back From the Dead]]: Pretty much anyone who's got a [[Death Is a Slap On The Wrist|friendly cleric with a Raise Dead spell nearby,]] including the Oracle, Roy, and Jirix.

* [[Break Them By Talking]]

* [[Breaking the Fellowship]]: Following the battle of Azure City, the party is split, and one is [[Death Is a Slap On The Wrist|dead.]] They finally reunite over a hundred chapters (and several in-universe months) later.

* [[Call a Hit Point A Smeerp]]: The adventure game based on the comic uses the term "wound". The comic uses "HP", though.

** The Monster in the Darkness started out as evil [[Minion With an F In Evil|(just not very good at it)]], but has evolved into a good (or at least neutral) character being tricked and manipulated by his evil "friends."

** Redcloak in his first couple of appearances was basically just a regular goblin with a fancy cloak, who kowtowed endlessly to Xykon and whose unlevel eyes didn't exactly scream intelligence. Fast forward a few hundred strips, and Redcloak is the quintessential [[Dragon With an Agenda]], as well as the resident [[Only Sane Employee]] and [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]], {{spoiler|who claims to have been [[The Chessmaster|expertly manipulating]] Xykon from the beginning.}}

* [[Chased By Angry Natives]]: During the exile of the Azurites.

* [[Chess With Death]]: Or rather, [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0718.html Wet T-shirt Contest with Death].