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Originally tried to follow the game continuity a minimum, but ended up [[Alternate Universe Fic|throwing this idea out the border]]. This came to a head with the fanfic [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=ufo Redefined Fantastic Object] and the [[Story Arc]] [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic94 Rethinking the Natural Law], which respectively retell ''Undefined Fantastic Object'' and ''Touhou Hisoutensoku'' with readily-apparent changes.
Originally tried to follow the game continuity a minimum, but ended up [[Alternate Universe Fic|throwing this idea out the border]]. This came to a head with the fanfic [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=ufo Redefined Fantastic Object] and the [[Story Arc]] [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic94 Rethinking the Natural Law], which respectively retell ''Undefined Fantastic Object'' and ''Touhou Hisoutensoku'' with readily-apparent changes.


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=== This comic provides examples of: ===
* [[Action Mom]]: When Shinki is [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa01marisa0176 introduced] in ''Shenanigans in a Magical Forest'', the [[Boss Subtitles]] go through several titles relating to maternity and divinity before settling on "Almighty, Like All Mothers".
* [[Action Mom]]: When Shinki is [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa01marisa0176 introduced] in ''Shenanigans in a Magical Forest'', the [[Boss Subtitles]] go through several titles relating to maternity and divinity before settling on "Almighty, Like All Mothers".
* [[Added Alliterative Appeal]]: [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0633 Attend askance at addle-brained adversaries, arm anatomy, and alliterate all antagonists!]
* [[Added Alliterative Appeal]]: [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0633 Attend askance at addle-brained adversaries, arm anatomy, and alliterate all antagonists!]
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* [[Alternate Universe]]: [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=shcomic59 Seihou Nekokayou: Spectral World Archive on a 99GB Diskette.] That is, this is the comic which Muffin would have created ''in the Touhou universe'' ([[In Spite of a Nail|all other things being equal]]). [[The Rant]] for the ''actual'' [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic59 comic #59], in addition to implying that it also shares the same [[Stealth Pun]] in the title, discusses [[Celebrity Paradox|other]] [[For Want of a Nail|implications]], and now and then Muffin adds more items to the list (without it showing up in the site updates) ...
* [[Alternate Universe]]: [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=shcomic59 Seihou Nekokayou: Spectral World Archive on a 99GB Diskette.] That is, this is the comic which Muffin would have created ''in the Touhou universe'' ([[In Spite of a Nail|all other things being equal]]). [[The Rant]] for the ''actual'' [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic59 comic #59], in addition to implying that it also shares the same [[Stealth Pun]] in the title, discusses [[Celebrity Paradox|other]] [[For Want of a Nail|implications]], and now and then Muffin adds more items to the list (without it showing up in the site updates) ...
* [[Ambiguous Gender]]: It's sort of an open secret that "Kimiko"Muffin is male.
* [[Ambiguous Gender]]: It's sort of an open secret that "Kimiko"Muffin is male.
* [[Armor Piercing Question]]: In [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=endbegin Ends and Beginnings], Kaguya {{spoiler|calls Mokou's entire reason for her feud into question with "Did you ''want'' me as your mother?"}} ([[Shipping]] ensues.)
* [[Armor-Piercing Question]]: In [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=endbegin Ends and Beginnings], Kaguya {{spoiler|calls Mokou's entire reason for her feud into question with "Did you ''want'' me as your mother?"}} ([[Shipping]] ensues.)
* [[Art Evolution]]: Which is to say, that of KirbyM, who made [[Updated Rerelease|Updated Rereleases]] of most Create.swf characters after a certain point.
* [[Art Evolution]]: Which is to say, that of KirbyM, who made [[Updated Rerelease|Updated Rereleases]] of most Create.swf characters after a certain point.
* [[Artists Are Not Architects]]: The continual difficulty scaling the characters in relation to one another (i.e. Flandre changes sizes during the Catness ark so that she can be smaller than Remilia, but larger than Cirno). However, Muffin since created a scale for character-sizes which was applied to every comic since [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic92 #92] or so.
* [[Artists Are Not Architects]]: The continual difficulty scaling the characters in relation to one another (i.e. Flandre changes sizes during the Catness ark so that she can be smaller than Remilia, but larger than Cirno). However, Muffin since created a scale for character-sizes which was applied to every comic since [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic92 #92] or so.
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* [[Author Catchphrase]]: "Apart from anything else ..." to mean "for one thing ..." (Muffin has [[Lampshade Hanging|remarked on]] its overuse in [[The Rant]] for [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic88 #88]); it's originally taken from ''[[Discworld]]''.
* [[Author Catchphrase]]: "Apart from anything else ..." to mean "for one thing ..." (Muffin has [[Lampshade Hanging|remarked on]] its overuse in [[The Rant]] for [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic88 #88]); it's originally taken from ''[[Discworld]]''.
* [[Badass Longcoat]]: "Vampire hunter Sakuya," aka "The Huntress."
* [[Badass Longcoat]]: "Vampire hunter Sakuya," aka "The Huntress."
* [[Bad Powers Bad People]]: averted; apart from canon ones like Yamame, Flandre, once her "destroy things" power gets upgraded to "Manipulation Of Destruction," uses it to ''heal people'' (by "removing" the destruction). And Medicine, once she gets over her hatred of humans, is actually really rather nice, if a bit shy.
* [[Bad Powers, Bad People]]: averted; apart from canon ones like Yamame, Flandre, once her "destroy things" power gets upgraded to "Manipulation Of Destruction," uses it to ''heal people'' (by "removing" the destruction). And Medicine, once she gets over her hatred of humans, is actually really rather nice, if a bit shy.
* [[Beethoven Was an Alien Spy]]: Neil Armstrong was a soldier sent to invade the moon, and the crew of [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=coth Apollo 13] had been ready to deal the decisive blow to the Lunar military when their ship was stopped by Eirin! (Note: this may or may not actually be canon.) And then [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=coth2 it's all happening again!]
* [[Beethoven Was an Alien Spy]]: Neil Armstrong was a soldier sent to invade the moon, and the crew of [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=coth Apollo 13] had been ready to deal the decisive blow to the Lunar military when their ship was stopped by Eirin! (Note: this may or may not actually be canon.) And then [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=coth2 it's all happening again!]
* [[Berserk Button]]: [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic100 Do not insult Utsuho in front of Cirno] (towards bottom)
* [[Berserk Button]]: [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic100 Do not insult Utsuho in front of Cirno] (towards bottom)
* [[Big Bad Wannabe]]: [[Kid From the Future|Meimu]], jealous of Reimu, Yukari, and Marisa's fame, travels back in time to try to steal Reimu's thunder by interfering with "the Hisou Tensoku incident," and then, implied in a [https://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic114 future-timeline comic], use her prior knowledge of Incidents to solve them ahead of Reimu and Marisa.
* [[Big Bad Wannabe]]: [[Kid From the Future|Meimu]], jealous of Reimu, Yukari, and Marisa's fame, travels back in time to try to steal Reimu's thunder by interfering with "the Hisou Tensoku incident," and then, implied in a [https://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic114 future-timeline comic], use her prior knowledge of Incidents to solve them ahead of Reimu and Marisa.
* [[Boobs of Steel]]: Yuuka Kazami, who prefers "interesting fights" over the [[Non Lethal KO|Spell Card rules]], is described in the following manner in chapter 4 of ''[http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=diffstory4 A Different Story of an Eastern Wonderland]'':
* [[Boobs of Steel]]: Yuuka Kazami, who prefers "interesting fights" over the [[Non-Lethal KO|Spell Card rules]], is described in the following manner in chapter 4 of ''[http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=diffstory4 A Different Story of an Eastern Wonderland]'':
{{quote| She was tall, limber, and positively reeked of strength. Not power: strength. She wasn't very imposing as far as musculature went, nor did she radiate magical force, but she seemed to have nerves of steel, an iron will, a grip that could crush titanium, and a chest which, [[Lemony Narrator|um, actually]], [[Metaphorgotten|let's stop that metaphor right there]].}}
{{quote| She was tall, limber, and positively reeked of strength. Not power: strength. She wasn't very imposing as far as musculature went, nor did she radiate magical force, but she seemed to have nerves of steel, an iron will, a grip that could crush titanium, and a chest which, [[Lemony Narrator|um, actually]], [[Metaphorgotten|let's stop that metaphor right there]].}}
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Often used as a brief gag, although it was actually [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic10 used in-character once] (as a [[Lampshade Hanging]] on [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]. Incidentally, Thefre only implemented multicolored danmaku just a few days after a note was added to this line which said, "Incidentally, Thefre ''still'' hasn't implemented multicolored danmaku ...") And it's [[Justified Trope|justified]] in the case of referring to each other as "[http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=danmaku stage (whichever) bosses]"! (The idea of justifying that is meant to be at least as silly as the trope itself.)
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Often used as a brief gag, although it was actually [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic10 used in-character once] (as a [[Lampshade Hanging]] on [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]. Incidentally, Thefre only implemented multicolored danmaku just a few days after a note was added to this line which said, "Incidentally, Thefre ''still'' hasn't implemented multicolored danmaku ...") And it's [[Justified Trope|justified]] in the case of referring to each other as "[http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=danmaku stage (whichever) bosses]"! (The idea of justifying that is meant to be at least as silly as the trope itself.)
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* [[Characterization Marches On]]: Alice shows signs of her bashful/lovestruck personality from general-[[Fanon]] early on, before Muffin [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=deadlymariari developed a certain loathe for this interpretation.] Other characters occasionally had a similar shift in behavior.
* [[Characterization Marches On]]: Alice shows signs of her bashful/lovestruck personality from general-[[Fanon]] early on, before Muffin [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=deadlymariari developed a certain loathe for this interpretation.] Other characters occasionally had a similar shift in behavior.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]/[[Chekhov's Gunman]]: In Create.swf Adventures, {{spoiler|one mushroom that got left behind toward the beginning becomes a main character after turning into a Youkai.}}
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]/[[Chekhov's Gunman]]: In Create.swf Adventures, {{spoiler|one mushroom that got left behind toward the beginning becomes a main character after turning into a Youkai.}}
* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: [[The Rant]] for comic [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic82 #82], "[[Magic a Is Magic A|Magic A Is]] [[Incredibly Lame Pun|As Magic A Does]]", describes Marisa's [[Cool but Inefficient|useless-in-a-world-with-no-physical-combat]] "Fist-Shield" spell as this.
* [[Chekhov's Skill]]: [[The Rant]] for comic [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic82 #82], "[[Magic A Is Magic A|Magic A Is]] [[Incredibly Lame Pun|As Magic A Does]]", describes Marisa's [[Cool but Inefficient|useless-in-a-world-with-no-physical-combat]] "Fist-Shield" spell as this.
** In ''Create.swf Adventures'': [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa01marisa0039 early on], Marisa threatens to sic Orin (who has the power to control evil spirits) on Mima (an evil spirit). [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa01marisa0547 Much later ...]
** In ''Create.swf Adventures'': [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa01marisa0039 early on], Marisa threatens to sic Orin (who has the power to control evil spirits) on Mima (an evil spirit). [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa01marisa0547 Much later ...]
* [[Chew Bubblegum]]: [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0625 When a character arms herself with no danger present]:
* [[Chew Bubblegum]]: [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0625 When a character arms herself with no danger present]:
{{quote| It's good for two things: sacred rituals, and bapping supernatural heads. ''And you're all out of rituals!'' ... uh ... ''and'' heads.}}
{{quote| It's good for two things: sacred rituals, and bapping supernatural heads. ''And you're all out of rituals!'' ... uh ... ''and'' heads.}}
** Also, the only command ever given to Shinki is [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa01marisa0176 "Kick ass, chew bubblegum... but be all out of bubblegum."]
** Also, the only command ever given to Shinki is [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa01marisa0176 "Kick ass, chew bubblegum... but be all out of bubblegum."]
* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: averted; there are one or two multi-part [[Story Arc|arcs]], but it always goes back to the original one-shot setup, and it retains the humorous tone. The more serious stories are reserved for the surrounding [[Fanfic|fanfics]]. Also parodied with the out-of-continuity "[[What Do You Mean Its Not Awesome|It's REALLY epic!]]" comics.
* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: averted; there are one or two multi-part [[Story Arc|arcs]], but it always goes back to the original one-shot setup, and it retains the humorous tone. The more serious stories are reserved for the surrounding [[Fanfic|fanfics]]. Also parodied with the out-of-continuity "[[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|It's REALLY epic!]]" comics.
* [[Colon Cancer]]: The [[Story Arc]] comics which have an individual name for each installment, e.g. ''[http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic102 Touhou Nekokayou #102: Touhou Saisoutensoku #9: Faith Is For The Transient Boss Battle]''
* [[Colon Cancer]]: The [[Story Arc]] comics which have an individual name for each installment, e.g. ''[http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic102 Touhou Nekokayou #102: Touhou Saisoutensoku #9: Faith Is For The Transient Boss Battle]''
* [[Cosmic Retcon]]: Keine's mini-arc revolves around turning PC-98 [[Canon Dis Continuity]] into this.
* [[Cosmic Retcon]]: Keine's mini-arc revolves around turning PC-98 [[Canon Dis Continuity]] into this.
* [[Crack Pairing]]: Apart from Mokou x Kaguya (they want to kill each other in canon), Kimiko has shipped Cirno (fairy with ice powers) with Utsuho (hell raven with the power of a three-legged crow with the power of control over nuclear fusion), solely over the "cold fusion" pun (and the fact that Cirno is known as a ⑨, while Utsuho is a ⑥). Muffin has also made a few peoples' heads explode by merely ''suggesting'' Shinki x Daiyousei (that is, a world-creating [[Final Boss]] goddess and a [[Mid Boss]] fairy, respectively). Invoked with the [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=randship random pairing generator] on the site.
* [[Crack Pairing]]: Apart from Mokou x Kaguya (they want to kill each other in canon), Kimiko has shipped Cirno (fairy with ice powers) with Utsuho (hell raven with the power of a three-legged crow with the power of control over nuclear fusion), solely over the "cold fusion" pun (and the fact that Cirno is known as a ⑨, while Utsuho is a ⑥). Muffin has also made a few peoples' heads explode by merely ''suggesting'' Shinki x Daiyousei (that is, a world-creating [[Final Boss]] goddess and a [[Mid Boss]] fairy, respectively). Invoked with the [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=randship random pairing generator] on the site.
* [[Crapsack World]]: According to [[Word of God|Word Of Muffin]], the Outside World must be like this (for magic-users and youkai if not necessarily for the [[Muggles]]), given the implications of the fact that Gensokyo is (a) a world of illusion, where things exist if [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe|enough people actively disbelieve in them]] in the Outside World, and (b) a paradise where nothing seriously bad happens in the long run.
* [[Crapsack World]]: According to [[Word of God|Word Of Muffin]], the Outside World must be like this (for magic-users and youkai if not necessarily for the [[Muggles]]), given the implications of the fact that Gensokyo is (a) a world of illusion, where things exist if [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe|enough people actively disbelieve in them]] in the Outside World, and (b) a paradise where nothing seriously bad happens in the long run.
* [[Crouching Moron Hidden Badass]]: Meiling ([[Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon|bonus points]] for also being "[[Running Gag|totally a]] [[Our Dragons Are Different|dragon]]"), who in [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic33 #33], despite being a stage 3 boss, was able to stop [[Bonus Boss|Flandre]]'s rampage with her martial arts, taking on ''[[Doppelganger Attack|four of her at once]]''. Unfortunately, in general, martial arts are useless against danmaku ...
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Meiling ([[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon|bonus points]] for also being "[[Running Gag|totally a]] [[Our Dragons Are Different|dragon]]"), who in [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic33 #33], despite being a stage 3 boss, was able to stop [[Bonus Boss|Flandre]]'s rampage with her martial arts, taking on ''[[Doppelganger Attack|four of her at once]]''. Unfortunately, in general, martial arts are useless against danmaku ...
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Most of the fight scenes are like this for [[Rule of Funny|comedic purposes]]; in particular, in the "Rethinking the Natural Law" [[Story Arc]], every fight that ends with a decisive victory for one side or the other is like this -- particularly against [[Final Boss|Meimu]], who ''loses every fight'' in this manner ... [[I Am Not Left Handed|until she fights with Reimu and Rin]].
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Most of the fight scenes are like this for [[Rule of Funny|comedic purposes]]; in particular, in the "Rethinking the Natural Law" [[Story Arc]], every fight that ends with a decisive victory for one side or the other is like this -- particularly against [[Final Boss|Meimu]], who ''loses every fight'' in this manner ... [[I Am Not Left Handed|until she fights with Reimu and Rin]].
* [[Cut His Heart Out With a Spoon]]: "[[Hit You So Hard Your X Will Feel It|I'm gonna hit you so hard]], [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic79 your descendants will feel it!]" (And they ''do.'')
* [[Cut His Heart Out With a Spoon]]: "[[Hit You So Hard Your X Will Feel It|I'm gonna hit you so hard]], [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic79 your descendants will feel it!]" (And they ''do.'')
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'''Cirno:''' Hey, I haven't actually used Icicle Fall in like months.<br />
'''Cirno:''' Hey, I haven't actually used Icicle Fall in like months.<br />
'''Meimu:''' [[Lampshade Hanging|Oh, so you admit that the rest of...?]] }}
'''Meimu:''' [[Lampshade Hanging|Oh, so you admit that the rest of...?]] }}
* [[Its All About Me]]: Meimu. The best example of this is when Rin Satsuki reveals that she was a [[Fake Defector]], citing the fact that Meimu was trying to get her to go against her best friend. Meimu replies, "You don't care about me at all, do you!?"
* [[It's All About Me]]: Meimu. The best example of this is when Rin Satsuki reveals that she was a [[Fake Defector]], citing the fact that Meimu was trying to get her to go against her best friend. Meimu replies, "You don't care about me at all, do you!?"
* [[Late Arrival Spoiler]]: Averted; the cast-lists throughout ''Rethinking the Natural Law'' list Meimu's name without linking to her profile on the [[Original Character|OC]] [[Character Sheet]], and Rin Satsuki's profile has always been "[[Guilty Gear|UNKNOWN!! UNKNOWN!!]]" repeated over and over again.
* [[Late Arrival Spoiler]]: Averted; the cast-lists throughout ''Rethinking the Natural Law'' list Meimu's name without linking to her profile on the [[Original Character|OC]] [[Character Sheet]], and Rin Satsuki's profile has always been "[[Guilty Gear|UNKNOWN!! UNKNOWN!!]]" repeated over and over again.
* [[Leitmotif]]: The are a few for the [[Original Character|Original Characters]]:
* [[Leitmotif]]: The are a few for the [[Original Character|Original Characters]]:
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** "Yasora's Awakening" and "Subterranean God ~ Sunfire" for Yasora Kojiwa;
** "Yasora's Awakening" and "Subterranean God ~ Sunfire" for Yasora Kojiwa;
** "Mushroom Land ~ Little Red Mushroom" for Masha Kinoko.
** "Mushroom Land ~ Little Red Mushroom" for Masha Kinoko.
* [[Mayfly December Romance]]: Marisa with Alice ([[Witch Species|youkai-magician]]), as well as Sakuya with Meiling ([[Running Gag|totally a dragon]]) and Youmu with Yuyuko ([[Cute Ghost Girl]]); though this has been dealt with by the "Fate of 60 Years" timeframe, with Marisa having also turned into a Youkai Magician, Sakuya becoming a vampire, and Youmu being ''[[Death Is Cheap|another ghost]].''
* [[Mayfly-December Romance]]: Marisa with Alice ([[Witch Species|youkai-magician]]), as well as Sakuya with Meiling ([[Running Gag|totally a dragon]]) and Youmu with Yuyuko ([[Cute Ghost Girl]]); though this has been dealt with by the "Fate of 60 Years" timeframe, with Marisa having also turned into a Youkai Magician, Sakuya becoming a vampire, and Youmu being ''[[Death Is Cheap|another ghost]].''
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: Sometimes various memes are referenced to some extent or other (such as in the fanfic "[http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=aliceill Alice Illness]"); the [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic88 second "epic" comic] contains something of a [[Hurricane of Puns|Hurricane Of Memes]].
* [[Memetic Mutation]]: Sometimes various memes are referenced to some extent or other (such as in the fanfic "[http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=aliceill Alice Illness]"); the [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic88 second "epic" comic] contains something of a [[Hurricane of Puns|Hurricane Of Memes]].
* [[Mundane Utility]]: [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic74 Sakuya just needs a few minutes to calm down.]
* [[Mundane Utility]]: [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic74 Sakuya just needs a few minutes to calm down.]
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* [[Original Character]]: Mika and Midori, who form [[Those Two Guys]] for the Eientei crew; Tsumami and Tsukiyo, who more or less serve [[Expy|the same purpose]] as [[Discworld|Colon and Nobby]] for Kotohime's police force; Satsuki "Sacchin" Hakurei, Reimu's adopted granddaughter after the [[Time Skip]]; Carroll Kirisame, [[Shipping|Marisa and Alice's]] [[Homosexual Reproduction|daughter]]; and Masha Kinoko, a mushroom-youkai who comes into existence during Create.swf Adventures.
* [[Original Character]]: Mika and Midori, who form [[Those Two Guys]] for the Eientei crew; Tsumami and Tsukiyo, who more or less serve [[Expy|the same purpose]] as [[Discworld|Colon and Nobby]] for Kotohime's police force; Satsuki "Sacchin" Hakurei, Reimu's adopted granddaughter after the [[Time Skip]]; Carroll Kirisame, [[Shipping|Marisa and Alice's]] [[Homosexual Reproduction|daughter]]; and Masha Kinoko, a mushroom-youkai who comes into existence during Create.swf Adventures.
** [[OC Stand In]]: Marisa's father Daisuke, who doesn't have so much as a name in canon, and Rin Satsuki, who had a [[Dummied Out|name in canon]] and not much else.
** [[OC Stand In]]: Marisa's father Daisuke, who doesn't have so much as a name in canon, and Rin Satsuki, who had a [[Dummied Out|name in canon]] and not much else.
** Two particularly unusual examples are Meimu (AKA Kon Yakumo), who was ''already'' a sort of public-domain OC, but Muffin created an entirely new backstory for her which was only partially based on the "original" version; and Shanghai Margatroid, who was simply a magically-controlled puppet in canon until Alice and Marisa made her into an Independent Doll {{spoiler|in the ending to Create.swf Adventures}}. Then there's [[Super Powered Evil Side|EX-Rumia]], AKA Rumia Yagami ...
** Two particularly unusual examples are Meimu (AKA Kon Yakumo), who was ''already'' a sort of public-domain OC, but Muffin created an entirely new backstory for her which was only partially based on the "original" version; and Shanghai Margatroid, who was simply a magically-controlled puppet in canon until Alice and Marisa made her into an Independent Doll {{spoiler|in the ending to Create.swf Adventures}}. Then there's [[Super-Powered Evil Side|EX-Rumia]], AKA Rumia Yagami ...
** The Yatagarasu got introduced as Yasora Kojiwa in Create.swf Adventures ... and was then killed one strip later. (Her ghost remains, however.)
** The Yatagarasu got introduced as Yasora Kojiwa in Create.swf Adventures ... and was then killed one strip later. (Her ghost remains, however.)
** Character sheets for all of the above can now be found [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thorichara here].
** Character sheets for all of the above can now be found [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thorichara here].
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** "Act ⑥" (the ''fourth'' act): It is revealed that [[Framing Device|this is all]] an "[[Adventure Game|ADVENTURE-GAME]]/[[Role Playing Game|RPG]]/[[Bullet Hell|DANMAKU]] hybrid" being played by Muffin, and that KirbyM (who is a different individual from "Walfas") is the creator of it and ''Touhou Nekokayou'' as a series of adventure games, which were made with the aid of Create.swf. On the page in which Muffin becomes the "[[Player Character]]" ("<s>[[Persona|Thou art I, and I am thou]]</s> You are now [[Author Avatar|MUFFIN]]."), it alternates between first-person and second-person narration. Soon after, Muffin starts ''cheating'' at the game, giving the characters [[God Mode]], and wrestling with the game's [[No Fair Cheating|anti-cheat measures]].
** "Act ⑥" (the ''fourth'' act): It is revealed that [[Framing Device|this is all]] an "[[Adventure Game|ADVENTURE-GAME]]/[[Role Playing Game|RPG]]/[[Bullet Hell|DANMAKU]] hybrid" being played by Muffin, and that KirbyM (who is a different individual from "Walfas") is the creator of it and ''Touhou Nekokayou'' as a series of adventure games, which were made with the aid of Create.swf. On the page in which Muffin becomes the "[[Player Character]]" ("<s>[[Persona|Thou art I, and I am thou]]</s> You are now [[Author Avatar|MUFFIN]]."), it alternates between first-person and second-person narration. Soon after, Muffin starts ''cheating'' at the game, giving the characters [[God Mode]], and wrestling with the game's [[No Fair Cheating|anti-cheat measures]].
* [[Phrase Catcher]]: DAMNIT YUKARI!
* [[Phrase Catcher]]: DAMNIT YUKARI!
* [[Plot Relevant Age Up]]: Alice, who became a [[Witch Species|youkai]] and stopped aging when she was fifteen, is using a spell so that she grows up along with Marisa (who was, of course, [[Mayfly December Romance|still aging nine years later]]). Remilia and Flandre have since gotten Patchouli to create a similar spell that works on vampires, though they both usually stay in their younger forms.
* [[Plot Relevant Age Up]]: Alice, who became a [[Witch Species|youkai]] and stopped aging when she was fifteen, is using a spell so that she grows up along with Marisa (who was, of course, [[Mayfly-December Romance|still aging nine years later]]). Remilia and Flandre have since gotten Patchouli to create a similar spell that works on vampires, though they both usually stay in their younger forms.
* [[Pre Ass Kicking One Liner]]:
* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]:
{{quote| '''Sakuya (with [[Slasher Smile]]):''' "Hello. You have committed a fatal exception error."<br />
{{quote| '''Sakuya (with [[Slasher Smile]]):''' "Hello. You have committed a fatal exception error."<br />
'''Meimu ([[Sweat Drop|sweatdropping]]):''' "W-what!? Isn't that a computer thing?"<br />
'''Meimu ([[Sweat Drop|sweatdropping]]):''' "W-what!? Isn't that a computer thing?"<br />
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* [[Screw Yourself]]: Oh [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=yukalove Yuka.]
* [[Screw Yourself]]: Oh [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=yukalove Yuka.]
* [[Seinfeldian Conversation]]: Mika and Midori tend to have these while fleeing in terror.
* [[Seinfeldian Conversation]]: Mika and Midori tend to have these while fleeing in terror.
* [[Self Deprecation]]: In "Ask Masha":
* [[Self-Deprecation]]: In "Ask Masha":
{{quote| '''Anonymous asked:''' Do you read Seihou Nekokayou? If so, what do you think of it?<br />
{{quote| '''Anonymous asked:''' Do you read Seihou Nekokayou? If so, what do you think of it?<br />
'''Masha:''' Eh, it seemed to me to be kind of overrated when I went through it. It wasn't always that original, it kept using the "[[Death Note (Manga)|just as planned]]" joke, and it used [[Original Character|OCs]] a little too much... }}
'''Masha:''' Eh, it seemed to me to be kind of overrated when I went through it. It wasn't always that original, it kept using the "[[Death Note (Manga)|just as planned]]" joke, and it used [[Original Character|OCs]] a little too much... }}
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* [[Shout Out]]
* [[Shout Out]]
** In addition to [[Metal Gear Solid]] [[Parody Episode|parody episodes]], the "Time Paradox" gag from MGS3 is often used, not to mention that Nitori has developed a knockoff CODEC technology which has seen use outside the direct parodies.
** In addition to [[Metal Gear Solid]] [[Parody Episode|parody episodes]], the "Time Paradox" gag from MGS3 is often used, not to mention that Nitori has developed a knockoff CODEC technology which has seen use outside the direct parodies.
** Sakuya is a walking [[Shout Out]] to [[Jo Jos Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Dio Brando]]. This is in Touhou canon. The trope is present ''here'' by way of the fact that when she uses her [[Time Stop]] ability, the declared spell card is always (the technically [[Canon]]) "[[Memetic Mutation|ZA WARUDO]]" and the fact that Muffin is responsible for KirbyM including Dio-Sakuya poses in create.swf.
** Sakuya is a walking [[Shout Out]] to [[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure (Manga)|Dio Brando]]. This is in Touhou canon. The trope is present ''here'' by way of the fact that when she uses her [[Time Stop]] ability, the declared spell card is always (the technically [[Canon]]) "[[Memetic Mutation|ZA WARUDO]]" and the fact that Muffin is responsible for KirbyM including Dio-Sakuya poses in create.swf.
** ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'': Remilia's fate-manipulation has [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic1 similar requirements and effects]; Komachi even [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic17 has a Death Note] at one point (and can see your name and "lifespan in Shinigami time" [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic45 by looking at your face]), in addition to overuse of "JUST AS PLANNED."
** ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'': Remilia's fate-manipulation has [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic1 similar requirements and effects]; Komachi even [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic17 has a Death Note] at one point (and can see your name and "lifespan in Shinigami time" [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic45 by looking at your face]), in addition to overuse of "JUST AS PLANNED."
** Marisa's "[[This Cannot Be|NO WAY! THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!]]" line is borrowed from KirbyM's ouvre, as is the punchline for [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic84 #84] ... though the line in KirbyM's flash is said for ''entirely different reasons.''
** Marisa's "[[This Cannot Be!|NO WAY! THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!]]" line is borrowed from KirbyM's ouvre, as is the punchline for [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic84 #84] ... though the line in KirbyM's flash is said for ''entirely different reasons.''
** The entirety of "Create.swf Adventures" is a shout out to [[MS Paint Adventures]], using many of the running jokes established therein (the pumpkin, the retrieval of arms, the [[Added Alliterative Appeal]] of the Strife Modus screen...), with Rumia's "Team ❽" forming a parody of the Midnight Crew.
** The entirety of "Create.swf Adventures" is a shout out to [[MS Paint Adventures]], using many of the running jokes established therein (the pumpkin, the retrieval of arms, the [[Added Alliterative Appeal]] of the Strife Modus screen...), with Rumia's "Team ❽" forming a parody of the Midnight Crew.
*** [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa01marisa0363 CSA0363] references the "[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Ongoing_Gags#Homestuck_Gags Huge Bitch]" running joke. [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004824 Not even a week later...]
*** [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa01marisa0363 CSA0363] references the "[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Ongoing_Gags#Homestuck_Gags Huge Bitch]" running joke. [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=004824 Not even a week later...]
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** {{spoiler|The real [[Stealth Pun]] is the two words left out in the mashup}}
** {{spoiler|The real [[Stealth Pun]] is the two words left out in the mashup}}
* [[Story Arc]]: AKA "the dreaded continuity" due to the fact that the comic is usually a gag-a-day strip.
* [[Story Arc]]: AKA "the dreaded continuity" due to the fact that the comic is usually a gag-a-day strip.
* [[Super Powered Evil Side]]: EX-Rumia, AKA Rumia Yagami, who acted like a [[Sealed Evil in A Can|Sealed]] [[Large Ham]] [[I'm a Humanitarian|In A Humanitarian]] [[Cheerful Child]] in her [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic4 first appearance], [[Axe Crazy]] the [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic85 second time], and just plain cartoonishly evil [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic111 the third time]. She has formed a [[Shout Out]] to [[MS Paint Adventures|the Midnight Crew]] [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic114 during the next 60 years].
* [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]: EX-Rumia, AKA Rumia Yagami, who acted like a [[Sealed Evil in A Can|Sealed]] [[Large Ham]] [[I'm a Humanitarian|In A Humanitarian]] [[Cheerful Child]] in her [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic4 first appearance], [[Axe Crazy]] the [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic85 second time], and just plain cartoonishly evil [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic111 the third time]. She has formed a [[Shout Out]] to [[MS Paint Adventures|the Midnight Crew]] [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic114 during the next 60 years].
** Yasora, who pretty much set herself up as an evil side of Utsuho the moment she comes out.
** Yasora, who pretty much set herself up as an evil side of Utsuho the moment she comes out.
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: from [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic95 this comic]:
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: from [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic95 this comic]:
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** Meimu's real name is Kon Yakumo. Kon means "navy-blue" to put her in with Yukari (violet), Ran (indigo), and Chen (orange).
** Meimu's real name is Kon Yakumo. Kon means "navy-blue" to put her in with Yukari (violet), Ran (indigo), and Chen (orange).
** The titles of the members of Team ❽, in addition to having the same initials as [[MS Paint Adventures|The Midnight Crew]], are all darkness-themed.
** The titles of the members of Team ❽, in addition to having the same initials as [[MS Paint Adventures|The Midnight Crew]], are all darkness-themed.
* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]: Well, it ''is'' [[Touhou]], [[Frickin Laser Beams|so]] [[Beam Spam|obviously]] [[Kamehame Hadoken|it]] [[Bullet Hell|counts]]. Special mention, though, must go to [[Canon Sue|Reimu's]] [[God Mode Sue|Hax Sign]] "[[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|You Just Plain F***ing Lose]]" and Koishi's [[Ditto Fighter|Recollection "RED THE NIGHTLESS MOTHERF***ER"]].
* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]: Well, it ''is'' [[Touhou]], [[Frickin' Laser Beams|so]] [[Beam Spam|obviously]] [[Kamehame Hadoken|it]] [[Bullet Hell|counts]]. Special mention, though, must go to [[Canon Sue|Reimu's]] [[God Mode Sue|Hax Sign]] "[[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|You Just Plain F***ing Lose]]" and Koishi's [[Ditto Fighter|Recollection "RED THE NIGHTLESS MOTHERF***ER"]].
** Also when all the heroines team up to fight Tenshi at the end of [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic80 Catness].
** Also when all the heroines team up to fight Tenshi at the end of [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic80 Catness].
** Reimu's [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa01marisa0487 Unlimited Fantasy Heaven]. {{spoiler|1=Which then [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa01marisa0489 results] in a [[Heroic RROD]].}}
** Reimu's [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa01marisa0487 Unlimited Fantasy Heaven]. {{spoiler|1=Which then [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa01marisa0489 results] in a [[Heroic RROD]].}}
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* [[Translation Convention]]: The characters are presumably speaking Japanese, except when otherwise specified, with a [[Lampshade Hanging]] from Remilia at one point ("Speak English! -- or ... Japanese. Whichever." in response to a [[Wall of Text|Wall Of]] [[Magi Babble]] from [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic64 Patchouli]).
* [[Translation Convention]]: The characters are presumably speaking Japanese, except when otherwise specified, with a [[Lampshade Hanging]] from Remilia at one point ("Speak English! -- or ... Japanese. Whichever." in response to a [[Wall of Text|Wall Of]] [[Magi Babble]] from [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic64 Patchouli]).
{{quote| '''[http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic8 Marisa:]''' "Looks more like ... uh ... I can't think of a good comeback that makes sense in English."}}
{{quote| '''[http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic8 Marisa:]''' "Looks more like ... uh ... I can't think of a good comeback that makes sense in English."}}
* [[TV Tropes Will Ruin Your Life]]: Muffin has created a short bit of code which generates links to [[TV Tropes]] and appends a disclaimer to that effect, and uses it whenever linking to [[TV Tropes]].
* [[Tropes Will Ruin Your Life]]: Muffin has created a short bit of code which generates links to [[TV Tropes]] and appends a disclaimer to that effect, and uses it whenever linking to [[TV Tropes]].
* [[Unsound Effect]]: to compensate for the [[Virtual Paper Doll]] limitations, and sometimes for exposition. But mostly they're rather silly in general.
* [[Unsound Effect]]: to compensate for the [[Virtual Paper Doll]] limitations, and sometimes for exposition. But mostly they're rather silly in general.
** "[http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic92 Baboon]" almost sounds like the SFX for an explosion. "[http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic93 Gorilla]," not so much.
** "[http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic92 Baboon]" almost sounds like the SFX for an explosion. "[http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic93 Gorilla]," not so much.
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** [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa01marisa0104 There was actually some] [[Foreshadowing]] [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa01marisa0321 towards that]
** [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa01marisa0104 There was actually some] [[Foreshadowing]] [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa01marisa0321 towards that]
* [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart Anyway]]: Among the original characters, Mika has the ability to manipulate wind in leaves, and Midori can manipulate flavors. Although Tewi was clever enough to come up with a simple prank using them ...
* [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart Anyway]]: Among the original characters, Mika has the ability to manipulate wind in leaves, and Midori can manipulate flavors. Although Tewi was clever enough to come up with a simple prank using them ...
* [[The Worf Effect]]: Parodied in the out-of-continuity "it's really epic!" comics, which are a reaction to several fanfics Muffin read which, in order to take on an "[[What Do You Mean Its Not Awesome|epic scale]]," killed off major characters ''just to show they mean business!''
* [[The Worf Effect]]: Parodied in the out-of-continuity "it's really epic!" comics, which are a reaction to several fanfics Muffin read which, in order to take on an "[[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|epic scale]]," killed off major characters ''just to show they mean business!''
* [[Yandere]]: [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] when Yukari and Tewi tried to pull a prank that involved manipulating the Border of [[Tsundere]] and Yandere, only to discover that Alice wasn't an actual tsundere anymore - she was all out of "tsun".
* [[Yandere]]: [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] when Yukari and Tewi tried to pull a prank that involved manipulating the Border of [[Tsundere]] and Yandere, only to discover that Alice wasn't an actual tsundere anymore - she was all out of "tsun".
** The prank was supposed to work like this:
** The prank was supposed to work like this:
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*** Step 3: "Border of Situation where Yandere Would Go Nuts"
*** Step 3: "Border of Situation where Yandere Would Go Nuts"
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Pretty much all canon; [[Justified Trope|explained]] for the human characters by way of Gensokyo's naturally-high magical energies (i.e. Sanae had black hair before, but entering Gensokyo turned her hair green), and for the youkai characters by the fact that, well, they aren't human, so obviously the rules are different. Muffin also created a version of KirbyM's [[Life Embellished|Daily Flash]] characters with [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=art-realwalfas more realistic Japanese hair colors] after previously depicting them and Sanae straight-up in an [[Original Flavor]] comic as a [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic110 birthday present] for KirbyM.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Pretty much all canon; [[Justified Trope|explained]] for the human characters by way of Gensokyo's naturally-high magical energies (i.e. Sanae had black hair before, but entering Gensokyo turned her hair green), and for the youkai characters by the fact that, well, they aren't human, so obviously the rules are different. Muffin also created a version of KirbyM's [[Life Embellished|Daily Flash]] characters with [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=art-realwalfas more realistic Japanese hair colors] after previously depicting them and Sanae straight-up in an [[Original Flavor]] comic as a [http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=thcomic110 birthday present] for KirbyM.
* [[Yuri Genre]]: There is more emphasis placed on romance in this comic than the original games (which is to say, [[No Hugging No Kissing|there is some emphasis placed on romance in this comic]]), and so far all of it is female/female except for Rinnosuke/Tokiko.
* [[Yuri Genre]]: There is more emphasis placed on romance in this comic than the original games (which is to say, [[No Hugging, No Kissing|there is some emphasis placed on romance in this comic]]), and so far all of it is female/female except for Rinnosuke/Tokiko.
...[[Trope Overdosed|And a lot of other tropes present in the original material]].
...[[Trope Overdosed|And a lot of other tropes present in the original material]].



Revision as of 16:24, 8 January 2014

Touhou Nekokayou: Scarlet Weather Archive in Japanese Red is a silly fancomic about Touhou Project, made using create.swf, a character creation tool, and created by Kimiko Muffin. It also has associated prose fiction, as well as Create.swf Adventures, an Interactive Comic heavily influenced by MS Paint Adventures.

Originally tried to follow the game continuity a minimum, but ended up throwing this idea out the border. This came to a head with the fanfic Redefined Fantastic Object and the Story Arc Rethinking the Natural Law, which respectively retell Undefined Fantastic Object and Touhou Hisoutensoku with readily-apparent changes.

Tropes used in Touhou Nekokayou include:

  Gengetsu: Mu... all of us know all that.

  She was tall, limber, and positively reeked of strength. Not power: strength. She wasn't very imposing as far as musculature went, nor did she radiate magical force, but she seemed to have nerves of steel, an iron will, a grip that could crush titanium, and a chest which, um, actually, let's stop that metaphor right there.

 Utsuho: Well, if you don't leave me alone, I'm gonna go and be cute with Cirno!

Yasora: ... I'm impressed. Not only is that the most ridiculous threat I've ever heard in my entire existence, it's also one of the most effective in my circumstances.

 It's good for two things: sacred rituals, and bapping supernatural heads. And you're all out of rituals! ... uh ... and heads.

Error: No text given for quotation (or equals sign used in the actual argument to an unnamed parameter)

 Meimu: Maybe you're the strongest fairy there is. Maybe. But you're still weaker than even a human, and all your opponents will still very easily outwit and curbstomp you, especially with that stupid "Icicle Fall" Spell Card.

Cirno: Hey, I haven't actually used Icicle Fall in like months.

Meimu: Oh, so you admit that the rest of...?

 Sakuya (with Slasher Smile): "Hello. You have committed a fatal exception error."

Meimu (sweatdropping): "W-what!? Isn't that a computer thing?"

Sakuya: "Well, I meant that my lady and I take exception to trying to kidnap Meiling like that. It was therefore a fatal error."

Error: No text given for quotation (or equals sign used in the actual argument to an unnamed parameter)

  • Schedule Slip: The comic's main page says "updates Sundays and a few Thursdays" but lately it's become (early Mondays, sometimes up to a day later). Actual missed updates are rare, but they do happen.
    • As of April 1st, 2010, Muffin's updated the comic's main page to this:

  ...updated whenever I feel like it (generally ends up being around Monday-ish, though the original intended time was Sundays and occasional Wednesdays or Thursdays, but ultimately "when I feel like it").

    • That's nothing compared to the prose fiction. Of the five multi-chapter fics, only one is finished and only two of the other four have been updated in the past 12 months.
    • As of October 2, 2010, the comic was officially on indefinite hiatus, although Muffin was still doing Create.swf Adventures. It came back on the 10th of April, just a few days after the end of CSA: Shenanigans in a Magical Forest.
  • Schizo Tech: They've been in Medieval Stasis since 1884, but the Moriya Shrine and Yukari have started bringing in electricity and computers (Yukari even brought in television and computers before Subterranean Animism), leading to this.
  • Schmuck Bait: Referenced by name in one of the supplemental fictions.
  • Screw Yourself: Oh Yuka.
  • Seinfeldian Conversation: Mika and Midori tend to have these while fleeing in terror.
  • Self-Deprecation: In "Ask Masha":

 Anonymous asked: Do you read Seihou Nekokayou? If so, what do you think of it?

Masha: Eh, it seemed to me to be kind of overrated when I went through it. It wasn't always that original, it kept using the "just as planned" joke, and it used OCs a little too much...

 Sanae: Excuse me...

Cirno: N-NO I DIDN'T SEE A DAIDARABOTCHI!

Sanae: (skeptical) A what?

Cirno: Um, n-nothing, I definitely didn't see any big shadows anywhere.

  Cirno: This is still gonna hurt so much I'm going to be feeling it next week, isn't it?

  • Time Skip: The "Fate of 60 Years" line, which takes place at the end of the 60-year cycle which began in Phantasmagoria of Flower View.
  • Tom Swifty: Create.swf Adventures has a triple-layered example without any actual dialogue:

 You quickly bring her up to speed, in the manner of Tom Swift.

Error: No text given for quotation (or equals sign used in the actual argument to an unnamed parameter)

  • Tropes Will Ruin Your Life: Muffin has created a short bit of code which generates links to TV Tropes and appends a disclaimer to that effect, and uses it whenever linking to TV Tropes.
  • Unsound Effect: to compensate for the Virtual Paper Doll limitations, and sometimes for exposition. But mostly they're rather silly in general.
    • "Baboon" almost sounds like the SFX for an explosion. "Gorilla," not so much.
    • As well as "BOOMIES" (for fire) and "SPOOOOOOON" (for the "death" SFX from the Windows games, plus in #95, when it is used for ... yeah).
    • "SFX: MAKEOUTS"
  • Unusual Euphemism: "SON OF A DUCK!"
  • Visual Pun: IT'S SPRING!
  • Watsonian Versus Doylist: Occasionally, Muffin explains discrepancies and plotholes ("How did Koishi immediately steal Red The Nightless Castle from Remilia? According to Grimoire of Marisa, Satori needs to use Terrifying Hypnotism first!") with both forms ("I haven't read all of Grimore of Marisa/she got it from Flandre earlier").
  • Webcomic of the Game: There was a Story Arc which parodied Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, as well as comic adaptations of each of the 12.X storylines.
  • Wham Episode: Create.swf Adventures had a relatively tame one: It takes place 10 years into the main comic's future.
  • What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart Anyway: Among the original characters, Mika has the ability to manipulate wind in leaves, and Midori can manipulate flavors. Although Tewi was clever enough to come up with a simple prank using them ...
  • The Worf Effect: Parodied in the out-of-continuity "it's really epic!" comics, which are a reaction to several fanfics Muffin read which, in order to take on an "epic scale," killed off major characters just to show they mean business!
  • Yandere: subverted when Yukari and Tewi tried to pull a prank that involved manipulating the Border of Tsundere and Yandere, only to discover that Alice wasn't an actual tsundere anymore - she was all out of "tsun".
    • The prank was supposed to work like this:
      • Step 1: "Manipulation of Luck" No matter how viciously Alice Margatroid attacks Marisa Kirisame, she will not be able to kill her or give her any injuries more severe than a light scratch.
      • Step 2: "Border of Tsundere and Yandere"
      • Step 3: "Border of Situation where Yandere Would Go Nuts"
  • You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Pretty much all canon; explained for the human characters by way of Gensokyo's naturally-high magical energies (i.e. Sanae had black hair before, but entering Gensokyo turned her hair green), and for the youkai characters by the fact that, well, they aren't human, so obviously the rules are different. Muffin also created a version of KirbyM's Daily Flash characters with more realistic Japanese hair colors after previously depicting them and Sanae straight-up in an Original Flavor comic as a birthday present for KirbyM.
  • Yuri Genre: There is more emphasis placed on romance in this comic than the original games (which is to say, there is some emphasis placed on romance in this comic), and so far all of it is female/female except for Rinnosuke/Tokiko.

...And a lot of other tropes present in the original material.