Walkyverse: Difference between revisions

* [[Irony]]: Ruth learned her "act with integrity" motto from her adulterous father.

* [[Info Dump]]: From this scene in ''Roomies!'' issue two, for those unfamiliar with the comic:

'''Danny:''' That was...[[Lampshade Hanging|informative]]. But yes. Joyce. }}

* [[Kavorka Man]]: Joe - to the point that later [[Fanon]] would speculate that part of his Abductee powers was [[Love Is in the Air|enhanced pheromones]]

* [[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.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Well, a ''lot'' of them, but honourable mention to Dina, who had been steadily falling into despairing over her own uselessness when one of the Britjas pressed it when he was setting up a bomb to destroy S.E.M.M.E.'s intelligence and research files.

* [[BFG]]: Joyce's cannon.

* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]: Mike. It's a [[Comedic Sociopath|funny kind of evil]], though.

* [[Destructo-Nookie]]: When Walky and Joyce finally resolve their [[UST]], motel room furniture [http://www.itswalky.com/d/20040418.html pays the price]

* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Before [http://www.itswalky.com/d/20040206.html coming to the main universe] Dargon Chesterfield {{spoiler|condemned his home universe to eventual heat death by intentionally refusing to evenly trade energy from the universe he and the rest of his organization were traveling to. All because The Wanderer didn't leave him enough time for Jason to be born there, thus making him detectable by the other universe's version of The Wanderer.}}

{{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:

* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]: Walky, especially in the gender-bending reality-warping storyline.

* Everythings Better With Monkeys: Monkey Master, who ''hates'' being called a monkey - he's a giant robot ''ape'', after all; also, Walky's obsession with monkeys, and especially his favorite childhood toy, Mister Monkey.

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

* [[Killed Mid-Sentence]]: {{spoiler|Mike Warner.}} Also doubles as both a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] and a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].

* [[Klingon Promotion]]: {{spoiler|Penny's assassination of Dargon.}}

* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: The Wanderer, in his first full appearance. He even provides the page quote.

* [[Take That]]: A story takes place in a [[Comic Book Time|time-frozen]] small town in Canada, taking place in large part in a high school, where a fish can be seen floating in midair. c.f. ''[[Avalon (webcomic)|Avalon]]''.

** Another take that to ''[[Avalon (webcomic)|Avalon]]'' in the announcement of ''Dumbing of Age'':

* [[The Artifact]]: ''The Sound of Music'', early sexual [[Aesop|Aesops]].

* [[The Atoner]]: Sal. Somewhat subverted, since this is usually defined as wanting to go out and do something to atone. Sal sits in prison when it is implied she could break out, and is forced to escape by circumstances.

* [[There Are No Therapists]]: Lampshaded at least once. After the series ended, Willis even did a storyline about it.

* [[There Was a Door]]: Sal. It became a [[Running Gag]] with her. She even Lampshades it while using a door ''as a blunt instrument'' on Billie.

* [[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.

* [[Totem Pole Trench]]: In [http://www.itswalky.com/d/20020210.html this] '' strip, Joyce and Dina use a more specific version to pretend to be Jason.

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

* [[Tsundere]]: Sal, towards both Tony and Jason.

* [[Two Words: Obvious Trope]]: "Four words...{{spoiler|[[Luke, I Am Your Father|your twin sister, Sal]]}}."

* [[Unpredictable Results]]: The Head Alien's time-freezing ray, which at first seems to just cause [[Gender Bender]] but makes reality gradually more wibbly the longer it lasts. The fact that the ray was used to freeze the Cheese, who is functionally if not literally God in the Walkyverse, may have had something to do with this.

* [[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.

* [[Unbroken Vigil]]: [http://itswalky.com/d/20010409.html Seen here.] (''[[The Sound of Music]]'' lyrics he's singing are what brought her out of it last time she was comatose.)

* [[Unrobotic Reveal]]: Alan.

* [[You Say Tomato]]: Walky cracks up because of how a British character pronounces his name.

* [[Your Approval Fills Me with Shame]]: After Danny asks if he, Joe, Rachel and uber-nerd Howard are on a suicide mission, Joe outlines why it's not and explains intangibility by bringing up [[X-Men|Kitty Pryde.]]

''' Joe:''' ''Now'' I want it to be a suicide mission. }}

 

* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: Monkey Master disbelieves Head Alien II's existance and exploits. Head Alien II assumes this is the reason [[Subverted Trope|until Monkey Master tells him it's because]] "that would mean you actually ''succeeded'' at something."

** Played straight later: even after all he's seen and done, Joe ''still'' denies the existance of Danny's alt-future kid DJ.

* [[Back to School]]: [[Played Straight]]. Joyce was abducted by SEMME before she could finish college and Walky never started, so both start taking courses once the war's over. [[One-Hour Work Week|The plot never focuses on it, granted...]]

* [[Bad Job, Worse Uniform]]: Sal and her job at Pluto 9571.

'''Walky:''' Than we shall remain silent. }}

* [[Benevolent Boss]]: Joe, as head of Rosenthal Industries. Danny works for him.

* [[Best Woman]]: Danny implied he would've ended up Joyce's maid of honor if Becky hadn't popped up.

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

* [[Back From the Dead]] / [[Back for the Finale]]: {{spoiler|Head Alien ''I''. "That's right, I'm original recipe. Wanna dance?}}

* [[Crossover]]: With ''[[Shortpacked]]'' for the wedding. Robin is authenticating, and Mike is invited. They bring Leslie and Amber as their plus-ones and they all show up in Ultra-Car.

* [[Clue From Ed]]: The [[Rubber Band History]] version of [[The Unmasqued World]] arc comes with the following note from Willis.

''Hint: Things are different.'' }}

* [[Crack Pairing]]: Invoked with the alternate-reality kids for the future. Some of them have really bizarre parentage--[[Screw Yourself|the kid of Doc and Doc's clone]] and [[A Date with Rosie Palms|Harold and]] [[Cargo Ship|a tube sock]] are some of the ''less'' bizarre examples.

* [[Fainting]]: Happens to Danny and Billie when faced with the reality of D.J.'s existence for the first time.

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Lampshaded and subverted.

'''Head Alien II:''' Oh. Well. Point taken. }}

* [[Flash Back]]: An extended one happens early on, which introduces us to Dorothy and tells the story of how Walky became an honor student in high school.

* [[Friends with Benefits]]: Jason and Sal try this for a while after their relationship falls apart. It doesn't work out.

* [[Fourth Wall Portrait]]: Walky takes a life-drawing class and is critisized by his professor for "making up anatomy."

* [[The Fundamentalist]]: Becky's dad. [[The Niles|He's used to show]] [[Character Development|how far Joyce has come.]]

* [[Grand Theft Me]]: {{spoiler|HAII eventually pulls this on Dorothy as one last resort.}}

* [[Henpecked Husband]]: Danny. He doesn't seem to mind.

* [[Hope Spot]]: The multitude of alternate-future kids have been chained up by Head Alien II, but one (D.J. Wilcox) escaped. The others think he'll be of some help, until...

'''HAII:''' It should be fun. }}

* [[Hypocrite]]: Joyce edges into this territory when she has a mini-freakout over Walky and Dorothy hanging out. Walky points out that she pined after both Danny and Joe and he doesn't take issue with them being around.

* [[If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...]]: Walky threatens Jason with this when he finds out he and Sal have been sneaking around. Jason is unimpressed.

* [[I'm Not Here to Make Friends]]: Jason's excuse for his lack of social life.

* [[Insistent Terminology]]: Pluto 9571 isn't a theme restaurant, it's a ''dining experience.''

* [[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.

* [[Meaningful Echo]]: Back to [http://itswalky.com/d/19991219.html this Roomies! strip.] D.J. uses Danny's [[Anvilicious]] moralizing as his last words to his alt-universe father, and in doing so lends them a small bit of dignity.

* [[Milestone Redo]]: [http://itswalky.com/d/20070910.html Hey, Sal! Yeah, college is fine...]

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

* [[Revenge]]: Joyce and Walky are ready to flee HAII's army when Machete mentions he killed {{spoiler|Sal,}} at which point they charge back into battle. Jason is a little less rash but follows them when Machete says HAII recorded the killing and watches it over and over.

* [[Right Through the Wall]]: Joyce and Walky. It gets Becky's dad on their case and, well, Becky...

'''Joyce:''' [[Scrabble]]. [[Blatant Lies|We play very loud Scrabble]]. }}

* [[Rubber Band History]]: The [[Alternate Universe]] arc starts with a replay of the [[The Unmasqued World]] arc of ''It's Walky'', except Joe and Joyce are together now and Walky is nowhere in sight...and that's just the tip of the iceberg.

* [[Self-Serving Memory]]: Joyce has got a bit of a case of this with regards to her relationship with Danny in ''Roomies!''.

* [[Tempting Fate]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded.]]

'''Danny:''' Told you everything is different. }}

** And [[Played Straight]] a moment later--after Danny's big speech about how he feels ready for any challenge life lobs at him, D.J. shows up and claims to be his son.

* [[Wedding Day]]: Danny and Billie's wedding, though the duo are out of focus in favor of highlighting Sal and Joyce's hostility towards each other regarding how ''their'' relationships with Danny ended up. The comic also ends on one--[[Schedule Slip|or is about to, anyway]]--between Joyce and Walky themselves.

* [[Wedding Smashers]]: {{spoiler|Head Alien I in Dorothy's body.}} [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded.]]

* [[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.

 

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