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[[File:sixyears 6267.jpg|frame|[[Loads and Loads of Characters|And this doesn't even include the cast of]] ''[[Shortpacked]]''...]]

 

 

''Roomies!'' began in 1997 as a [[Slice of Life]] webcomic concerning the adventures of Danny Wilcox, [[Ordinary High School Student|Ordinary College Student]], and his [[Kavorka Man]] roommate Joe Rosenthal. Other important characters included Danny's love interest Jennifer "Billie" Billingsworth, his mixed-race [[Broken Bird]] ex-girlfriend Sal Walters, and the [[Virginity Makes You Stupid|sheltered]], [[Yandere|semi-well-adjusted]] Joyce Brown. The strip gradually developed both [[Cerebus Syndrome]] and a love for theatrics, culminating in Joe and Joyce being kidnapped by aliens.

''Joyce & Walky!'' got taken out of mothballs on May 13, 2012, with three updates since then. Willis says he's unsure how long updates will keep up.

 

 

* '''Danny Wilcox''', an ordinary college student with a tendency for unbridled panic.

* '''Joe Rosenthal''', Danny's [[Kavorka Man|womanizing]] best friend and dorm roommate.

* '''Sal Walters''', Danny's moody, mysterious ex-girlfriend, who shows up just long enough to tell Danny goodbye because she's moving on to...

 

* '''David 'Walky' Walkerton''', a [[Keet|hyperactive]], bubble-headed medical lab attendant turned alien hunter who was once Billie's best childhood friend {{spoiler|and is actually Sal's long-lost twin brother}}.

* '''Steven 'Beef' Walkerton''', Walky's fraternal twin brother {{spoiler|secretly [[Switched At Birth]] with Sal}}.

Their main opponents are the Purple Aliens ('Alien' being the actual name of their homeworld), lead by Head Alien; the [[McNinja|British Ninjas]] from a secret organization led by {{spoiler|Jason's father Dargon Chesterfield and Jason's former lover Penny Worthington}}; and the Martian Empire.

 

* '''Becky''', Joyce's new best friend. She is generally more sane and easy-going than Joyce.

* '''Dorothy''', Walky's over-achieving ex-girlfriend who dumped him for not being studious enough. She's moved into Walky's neighborhood and is having second thoughts about her decision all those years ago.

* '''D.J.''', Danny and {{spoiler|Sal}}'s hypothetical kid from the future. Other universes sending help for other versions of him, only to end up in the mainline continuity, is the impetus for most of the plot.

 

 

See [[Dumbing of Age|here]] for info.

 

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== ''Roomies!'' ==

* [[Anything That Moves]]: Billie before Ruth's death.

* [[Arc Words]]: "Act with integrity... No regrets."

* [[Ascended Extra]]: Billie—started as a background character living with Ruth and was revealed to be both her childhood friend and the ''Roomies!'' cast's [[One Degree of Separation]] to Walky a year or so later.

* [[Book Ends]]: The comic begins and ends with Danny on the phone with his girlfriend and scolding Joe for climbing up out the window to the girls' dorms, trying to get him to think of the consequences. The first time, Joe's response shows his obliviousness to the concept of dealing with your actions; the second time, Joe [[Character Development|has actually considered the potential ramifications]] (if only the favorable ones) and decided to do it anyway.

* [[Can't Get Away with Nuthin']]': Drink one beer, and {{spoiler|you'll proceed to get totally drunk and a close friend of yours will GET KILLED saving you from your own stupidity}}.

* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: Ruth's {{spoiler|death}} brought the strip's consequence-free hijinks to a [[Incredibly Lame Pun|screeching halt]].

* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Joyce. Worth noting that she's jealous over someone that's not actually hers.

** The first of many. Willis make multiple background appearances throughout his comics, and later on becomes Ethan's [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]] in ''Shortpacked''.

* [[Disneyfication]]: Parodied with ''Roomies!'' issue two, which has Danny, Joe and Joyce watching "Disney's ''[[Hansel and Gretel]]''".

* [[Killed Off for Real]]: {{spoiler|Ruth.}}

* [[Meganekko]]: Billie

* [[Poorly-Disguised Pilot]]: Anything involving Joyce/Sal and SEMME.

* [[Punny Name]]: Whitney Howard Lesse, Ruth Lesse, Dick Lesse.

* [[Anyone Can Die]]: By the end of the strip, about a third of the major characters are dead.

* [[Anything That Moves]]: This time an entire ''squad'' of them, all female.

* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]: Walky.

* [[Badass Normal]]: Jason, {{spoiler|the only non-abductee member of Squad 128}}.

* [[Battle Trophy]]: After killing Dargon and [[Klingon Promotion|taking over his paramilitary organisation]], Penny takes to wearing his [[Eyepatch of Power|eyepatch]] as a personal affect.

* [[Can't Hold His Liquor]]: It takes a mere sip to get Sal and Walky passed out.

* [[Cat Fight]]: ''So'' many, most involving Sal.

* [[Cerebus Retcon]]: Pretty much ''everything''.

** Using ''[[The Sound of Music]]'' as torture goes from being just plain [[Suckiness Is Painful]] to having a subliminally-painful, ''[[Scanners]]''-like effect on abductees imprinted on them in youth, and Joyce's immunity becomes a plot point.

* [[Cloning Blues]]: Anti-Joyce, whose murder by the original would lead to severe repercussions.

* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]: [[Two Words: Obvious Trope|Four words]]:''The Sound of Music''

* [[Contractual Genre Blindness]]: Head Alien just enjoys playing the Villain too much for his own good.

* [[Crossover]]: With ''[[Melonpool]],'' twice, and both times it had a lasting effect on ''Walky'''s storylines.

** And another with ''[[Fans]]'', which seemed more concern with advancing both character sets' emotional arcs.

* [[Dark Action Girl]]: Sal, through much of the series.

* [[Death Is Cheap]]: Averted, despite the heroes having access to a Martian Resurrection Chamber by the end of the comic. Only one person can use it at a time, the process takes nine months, and you need a sample of DNA from the subject. {{spoiler|And the martians are very thorough when it comes to preventing their enemies from returning, so most of the SEMME agents who died in the finale are staying dead. It's very fortunate that Joyce happened to have...''acquired'' some of Walky's genetic material shortly before the battle}}.

{{quote|{{spoiler|'''The Wanderer''': No! Our ''universe'' will ''die'' a slow ''energy death''! What ''motive'' do you have against the ''countless'' innocents that inhabit your ''native world''?!}}

{{spoiler|'''Dargon Chesterfield''': You robbed me of my ''heir''. I will rob you of your ''future''.}} }}

* [[Ditto Aliens]]: Justified - we never see the Purple Aliens or Martians outside of their protective suits.

* [[Double Entendre]]: Especially in the storyline appropriately named 'Innuendo'.

* [[Dramatic Shattering]]: Subverted and promptly lampshaded:

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Toward {{spoiler|Alan}} and the law-abiding Martians; in the epilogue, toward now-assimilated aliens.

* [[Flight]]: Part of what makes Joyce special is that she can use the flying pack effectively.

* [[Fragile Speedster]]: Robin, though it's mostly emotional fragility rather than physical - she's about as strong as the others.

* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Sal.

* [[Funetik Aksent]]: Sal.

* [[Gambit Roulette]]: Britjas, just...Britjas.

* [[Genki Girl]]: Robin.

* [["Get Out of Jail Free" Card]]: Averted: when Sal was incarcerated, she could easily have broken out if she'd wanted to, but remained because she knows she deserved it, and eventually had to escape when swept up by circumstances.

* [[Gigantic Gulp]]: The "X-TREEEM MUG!" storyline.

* [[Godly Sidestep]]: The Big Cheese claims to know which religion is the correct one, but refuses to tell anyone, claiming that if you don't figure it out for yourself, you won't understand the answer.

* [[Glurge Addict]]

* [[Great Way to Go]]: Dying in a fire is bad, but also [[Stuff Blowing Up|sort of cool]]. If it's while in the middle of an orgy in which one is the only male<ref>and straight</ref>...

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Many, most notably Linda during the final fight with the Britjas.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Dina.

* [[Heroic Sociopath]]: Mike.

* [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him]]: But it doesn't work the last time Head Alien tries it.

* [[Indecisive Parody]]: It doesn't really know if it's a comedic series or a dramatic one. It's a mix of both.

* [[Is That What He Told You?]]: Another tactic Head Alien often used.

* [[Let's Wait a While]]: Though in Joyce and Walky, it's not so much "Wait until the time is right to have sex" as much as "Wait until Joyce can think about sex without going catatonic or psychotic."

* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: At least 90% of the characters on that page up there were introduced for or major players in this one. The [http://scorpius.spaceports.com/~carnildo/itswalky_all.html unofficial stats page] lists 247 named or otherwise identifiable characters.

* [[Loud of War]]: The aliens use ''The Sound Of Music'' as a form of mental torture.

* [[Love Martyr]]: Dina.

* [[Mysterious Parent]]

* [[Never Bareheaded]]: Dina is never seen without her trademark safari hat, even when sleeping or suspended upside down. In the entire series, she takes it off exactly once: {{spoiler|when she is about to die.}}

* [[Not-So-Harmless Villain]]: The Head Alien is a pretty funny guy... who also happens to singlehandedly ruin several characters' lives.

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] Dizzy and hyperactive as he is, Walky is not nearly as dumb as he acts, (he was a straight-A student) but he prefers to play the fool to avoid responsibility. (And he has trouble breaking the habit of a lifetime when responsibility is ultimately forced upon him.)

* [[Separated at Birth]]: {{spoiler|Sal and Walky.}}

* [[Shoot the Dog]]: Sal shooting Tony, in a [[Story Arc]] appropriately entitled "Kill Your Friends".

* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Dina, although {{spoiler|she sadly doesn't get a [[Beautiful All Along]] moment}}.

* [[Small Girl, Big Gun]]: Joyce, to the point where it becomes a [[Running Gag]].

* [[Sibling Rivalry]]: The ultimate source of Beef's tragic [[Face Heel Turn]].

* [[Spy Catsuit]]: Lampshaded.

* [[Throwaway Country]]: Invoked by the Head Alien, who figures no one would notice if he just froze Canada. "God''damn'' was I right!"

* [[Time Stands Still]]: The Head Alien creates a device that can do this and tests it on Canada.

* [[Translation Train Wreck]]: Translations of {{spoiler|Martian}} speech come out this way.

{{quote|'''''Excellent.''' They wish '''also''' do battle. This is satisfy.''}}

* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: Willis had way too much fun with Joyce and Walky's. By the time it was released it had the force of a small thermonuclear device.

{{quote|''[[Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex|Man of steel.]] [[Averted Trope|Woman of steel.]] [[Funny Moments|Bed of Kleenex.]]''}}

* [[Unrobotic Reveal]]: Alan.

* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Often - usually after Head Alien has pushed one of them a little ''too'' far.

* [[Upper Class Twit]]: Subverted: Jason is British and upper class, wears a bowtie almost all the time, and had a rich and powerful father, but is in fact more serious and competent than most of his squad.

* [[The Voiceless]]: Marcie. She ''may'' actually be mute, and [[Dumbing of Age|definitely is in another universe.]]

* [[We Named the Dog Indiana]]: Joyce's dogs, Walkies and Daniel. Both times, she had been mindwiped of the respective boy's existence, and it was unintentional. When introducing Walky to her parents, they believe Walky was named after the dog. He retorts with an Indiana Jones reference.

* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]: The Purple Aliens, whom the SEMME agents happily slaughter by the saucerful.

{{quote|'''Danny:''' I'm off the hook?

'''Walky:''' You're off the hook. }}

* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: How the {{spoiler|alt-universe future kids end up, for the most part.}}

* [[Burger Fool]]: Sal ends up as one when forced into the working world.

* [[Left for Dead]]: Head Alien II does this for Sal and D.J., in spite of Monkey Master's insistence that D.J. still has vital signs and he should finish the job.

* [[Married to the Job]]: Jason, kind of. While he ''does'' love his job, his issues are mostly unrelated to that and he considers his [[Secret Agent|career choice]] is a convenient scapegoat for said issues.

{{quote|'''DJ:''' I shouldn't be interacting with you to begin with. I only initiated it for my own selfish reasons. So I deserve any ire thrown my way. This was stupid, plain and simple. But hey, principals mean diddly squat without the experiences to back them up, right?}}

* [[No Dialogue Episode]]: Joyce and Walky's wedding ceremony.

* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: Sal gives Head Alien II a damn good thrashing {{spoiler|while having just undergone organ transplants.}}

* [[With This Ring]]: Joe fumbles it at Danny and Billie's wedding, sending Sal and Joyce scrambling to beat each other to get it, much to the irritation of the bride and groom. Sarah beats both of them to it.

{{quote|'''Sal and Joyce:''' [[Hypocritical Humor|Drama queen.]]}}

 

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