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'''Cora:''' At least we'll never get any recognition. And we'll probably be fired. }}

 

Updates Tuesdays and Thursdays.

 

* [[Brutal Honesty]]: Cora's [[Nice Girl|nice]], but she's blunt.

'''Cora''': Anytime. }}

* [[Comically Missing the Point]]:

'''Q''': I know. Technically, only the laserdiscs are canon. But those never leave the humidor. }}

* [[Confusing Multiple Negatives]]: See [[Telegraph Gag STOP]].

* [[Cool Car]]: Sadly, also Isaac's current living space.

* [[Decision Darts]]: Mr. Credenza needs to fire someone, but who?

'''Credenza''': Who is that screaming? John? You're fired, John. }}

* [[Deep-Immersion Gaming]]: [http://trenchescomic.com/comic/post/ramifications "Ramifications"].

* [[Fee Fi Faux Pas]]:

** Q happens to be a ''really'' big fan of [[Show Within a Show|Lawstar]]. Isaac learns this a few minutes late.

'''Q''': ''(pissed)'' Justice. His name was Justice. }}

** Upon being told to Google a Jewish tradition;

'''Cora''': Half. So I'm only half offended. }}

** Isaac, what is ''wrong'' with you?

'''Isaac:''' Good on you man, you earned it. Now, does anyone have a ''gun'' or a ''belt''? }}

* [[George Jetson Job Security]]: [[Playing with a Trope|Played with]]. One can get fired on perfectly reasonable ([http://trenchescomic.com/comic/post/industry-standard-methodology or unreasonable as the case may be]) grounds, but thanks to [[Pointy-Haired Boss|Credenza's little management quirks]], getting re-hired is as easy as [http://trenchescomic.com/comic/post/reincarnation applying under a different name].

* [[Good Bad Bugs]]: Looks to be the plot focus of the second season, as [[In-Universe|Isaac discovers one]] in the ''Lawstar'' game. He decides not to report it to take wild advantage of it ("Server first."), but then word gets out...

* [[Head-in-The-Sand Management]]: Mr. Credenza:

'''Mr. Credenza:''' No, this is what's frustrating. That you are bringing it to my attention. }}

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Q, the Test Lead.

'''Cora''': He's super nice. He made soup! His grandma's recipe, I guess. He put it on the wiki. Search for "delicious". }}

* [[Klatchian Coffee]]: The "Punch".

* [[Man in a Kilt]]: Q is never seen without his Utilikilt,<ref> (a brand of kilt based in Seattle, Washington that involves multiple pockets and tool harnesses)</ref> even while [[Cosplay|cosplaying]] as [[Show Within a Show|Lawstar]].

* [[Mathematician's Answer]]:

'''Isaac''': Breaking the law. }}

* [[Nice Girl]]: Cora puts up with Isaac no matter how much of a [[Jerkass]] he is, and continues to try and show him the ropes. She is also [http://trenchescomic.com/comic/post/valkyrie absolutely adament about ensuring that the player base not get screwed over.]

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Everywhere Isaac tries to get a job, the interviewer tells him he's "overqualified", and turns him away, so he resorts to this.

* [[Pointy-Haired Boss]]: Mr. Credenza

* [[Precision F-Strike]]: Cora doesn't swear often, but she lets a [[Cluster F-Bomb]] loose [http://trenchescomic.com/comic/post/vulgarity here] after a massive [[Game Breaker]] is discovered.

* [[Series Hiatus]]: The comic will be taking sitcom-style "season breaks".

* [[Shout-Out]]/[[Take That]]: Lawstar is a send-up of ''[[Bravestarr]]''.

* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: Isaac reveals this side of him during [[The Reveal]] at the end of Season 1.

'''Marley''': Yeah, a jerk bell because Icey was a stupid jerk. }}

* [[Stealth Mentor]]: After being made to test hundreds of doors by Q, Isaac learns that the feature he's testing was [[Dummied Out]] sometime before he even started. He confronts Q, but while demanding to know why he didn't just use shortcuts like making a bot test the doors instead of making him do it, he realizes the entire point of making him do it was to get him to realize these shortcuts are there.

* [[Stylistic Suck]]: Lawstar.

'''Isaac''': Oh my ''Jesus''! }}

* [[Team Pet]]: Mr. Toots, a game-testing rabbit.

* [[Telegraph Gag STOP]]:

But when I say "stop" I mean that's the end of the line not that the fries stop because the fries don't stop STOP }}

* [[The Tetris Effect]]: Isaac begins to experience this after [http://trenchescomic.com/comic/post/friction staying up all night testing Portallis], the City of a Million Doors.

* [[Unfortunate Name]]: Isaac Cox. [[Schmuck Bait|Say it aloud]].

** [[Lampshaded]] in [http://trenchescomic.com/comic/post/youth Youth]:

'''Isaac''': Yeah. Junior High was very difficult. }}

 

** Embedded testers have it even worse; [http://trenchescomic.com/tales/10776 not even being allowed to eat part of the buffet] "for the developers" even though they were working 80 hours a week and were told to go back to their desks.

* [[The Determinator]]: [http://trenchescomic.com/tales/post/blood-sweat-and-tears Some people work really, ''really'' hard to get you your several hours of entertainment].

* [[Dude, Where's My Reward?]]: [http://trenchescomic.com/tales/post/hold-all-applause-until-the-end First to 100 hours unpaid work gets a round of applause]. [[Sarcasm Mode|Yay]].

* [[Game Breaking Bug]]: Also, [http://trenchescomic.com/tales/post/ship-it the guy who found it got fired]. That's some bug.

* [[Kick the Dog]]: A lot of stories have developers being dickish to testers for a variety of poorly explained reasons.

* [[Memetic Mutation]]: [[In-Universe]] in one development lab, after an arrogant developer sent a bug report back with a note saying "testers are glorified monkeys banging on controllers". For the next four days, whenever a developer came by, [http://trenchescomic.com/tales/post/glorified-monkeys-banging-on-controllers they would act like a monkey and fling controllers.]

* [[My Friends and Zoidberg]]: [http://trenchescomic.com/tales/post/11393 When the company gets free swag to give away to employees], they send out two emails. One email to everyone saying "Come get your free stuff!" and another email just to the people in QA saying "not you."

* [[No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup]]: [http://trenchescomic.com/tales/post/the-rose-bed One coder] worked 80+ hour weeks on a single major problem with their E3 presentation. Eventually, a single minor part of the bigger problem was solved. He/she then attempted to merge the new code with the code base.... only to fall victim to lousy software version control. ''Everything'' he/she had accomplished was wiped out. They then went and cried in a bush for half an hour, before [[Determinator|going back to work and getting the project finished.]]

* [[Worth It]]: [[Subverted|Actually, no wait - it wasn't]]. That bug you spent the last week trying to track down just got waived as a feature.

* [[Yank the Dog's Chain]]: There's more than a few stories with this theme; usually where a tester discovers a major problem despite the developers treating them like shit, earning them a begrudging respect, only to be let go anyways.

 

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