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[[File:wendy350px_5815.jpg|frame| Left to right: Wendy, Lucy, Yumi and Miki]]

 

 

''Wendy'' is a webcomic about Wendy and her three roommates. It’s also a webcomic about [[Talking Animal|a talking cat]], a squirrel car, an [[Unreliable Narrator|erroneous narrator]], an army of slutty gynoids, a talking bear, an obnoxious guy named Jack with [[Artificial Limbs|a sword for an arm]], and lots and lots of hours in front of the television. Sprinkle in generous amounts of [[Fan Service]], add plenty of wacky humor and you’ve got one of Josh Lesnick’s oldest and most elaborate webcomics.

A mostly silly and lighthearted comic that became just a little [[Darker and Edgier]] during its second act, ''Wendy'' followed the adventures of the title character a bespectacled [[Anything That Moves|hedonistic bisexual]] named Wendy, her deceptively sweet gal pal Yumi, her cheery goth genius friend Lucy and occasionally the [[Only Sane Man|reluctant fourth roommate]] Miki. At first glance this webcomic wouldn’t seem to have much of a plot and you’d generally be right but as the comic progressed it began to develop one that became [[Cerebus Syndrome|darker and more dramatic]] the more you went into it. ''Wendy'' was cancelled after the second part and was never really given a proper conclusion.

 

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* [[Eighties Hair]]: One of the defining characteristics of [[Hospital Hottie|Dr. Andrea]].

* [[Absolute Cleavage]]: By the third comic, even!

* [[Amusing Injuries]]: Inflicted on the three main characters a number of times, usually prompting a visit to [[Hospital Hottie|Dr. Andrea]].

** Yumi once set Lucy on ''fire'' just to get Lucy to take her clothes off.

** Then there was the time that Lucy and Yumi foolishly attacked a giant penguin…

* [[Angel Unaware]]: {{spoiler|Wendy.}}

** Yumi’s [[Rose-Haired Girl|puffy pink]] [[Peek-a-Bangs|peekaboo doo]] is pretty distinctive, as are Miki’s luxurious Blue Locks.

* [[Anything That Moves]]: Wendy, though we don’t actually see much of it in the comic we do hear about it.

* [[Art Evolution]]: Josh’s illustrations notably improved throughout Wendy’s run.

** Then there’s the so-called ending which has a ''completely'' different art style.

* [[Bandage Mummy]]: If the girls ever found themselves in Dr. Andrea’s examination room, chances are they would be covered in bandages.

* [[Bare Your Midriff]]

* [[Beauty, Brains, and Brawn]]:

** Wendy- Brawn

* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Yumi seems like the [[Cloudcuckoolander|last person on earth]] you should trust with a gun, but she’s actually a terrifically adept markswoman.

* [[Calling Your Attacks]]:

* [[Captain Obvious]]: After the girls discover the usually serious {{spoiler|Miki}} walking around in a penguin suit and acting completely insane, Yumi remarks that she’s acting strangely.

* [[Censor Steam]]: See the entry on [[Shower Scene]] below.

* [[Cat Fight]]: One of the few activities Wendy and Miki do together.

* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: Averted. According to the epilogue, part three was meant to be even darker and more dramatic than part two but the comic was cancelled before this ever happened.

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Most of part two.

* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Miki hurls the talking cat out of a window when it gets on her nerves in comic 42.

** So did the gentleman in comic 71.

* [[The Dragon]]: {{spoiler|The Combat Android}} and later {{spoiler|the Über Android}}.

* [[Easily-Detachable Robot Parts]]: The {{spoiler|Wendy}} androids were easily dismantled by gunshots. They could even be decapitated by a slap to the face.

* [[Erotic Eating]]: Yumi ''really'' enjoys potato chips.

* [[Evil Knockoff]]: {{spoiler|The combat android; for the rest of the androids, see [[Robot Me]].}}

* [[Fan Service]]: This comic was created by Josh Lesnick, [[Fan Service]] is pretty much a given!

* [[Flash Back]]: Lucy gets one in Comic 72.

* [[Interactive Narrator]]: Wendy and her friends were usually aware of the narrator’s presence when he made his occasional appearances.

* [[I Remember It Like It Was Yesterday]]: In the very first (revised) comic Wendy does some reminiscing about sharing chicken salad sandwiches with Yumi. Comes complete with the obligatory [[Analogy Backfire]].

'''Lucy:''' Wendy… that’s the eighth time you’ve remembered that… knock it off! }}

** And of course she {{spoiler|reprograms the Combat Android}} to help Wendy towards the end of the comic.

* [[Kids Are Cruel]]: They were certainly cruel to Lucy when she was a child.

* [[Lack of Empathy]]: Wendy’s three overbearing, hypercritical detractors: The Angry Lesbian, the [[Beehive Hairdo|Beehive Lady]] and the Blowhard Critic.

* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: The three main characters become [[Action Girl|Action Girls]] when an army of slutty androids start messing with their lives.

* [[MacGyvering]]: Lucy is able to inexplicably craft complex objects out of scraps and debris.

** {{spoiler|Miki}} turns out to be just as adept at this as Lucy, and she’s even better with electronics!

* [[Megaton Punch]]: Jack winds up on the receiving end of a sucker punch that sends him flying high up into the air. He creates a sizeable impact crater when he lands.

** {{spoiler|Yuki}} certainly qualifies as well.

* [[My Sister Is Off-Limits]]: Miki is extremely protective of her sister Yuki. Corrupting Yuki would be a [[Berserk Button|very bad idea]].

* [[Narrator]]: ''Wendy'' had a recurring character that was literally called [[Narrator|the Narrator]].

** The [[Talking Animal|talking cat]] once took this role in a [[Recap Episode|recap]] between parts one and two.

* [[Non Sequitur]]: They’re freaking ''everywhere''.

* [[Not What It Looks Like]]: Miki catches her sister Yuki and Wendy exiting the bedroom looking disheveled and worn, turns out that they were just jumping on the bed.

* [[Only Sane Man|Only Sane Woman]]: Miki.

* [[Our Angels Are Different]]: {{spoiler|Assuming the original plot of part three is canon, a sex-crazed bisexual is not exactly how you would describe a typical angel.}}

* [[Painted-On Pants]]: Lampshaded.

* [[Punched Across the Room]]: Wendy gets punted clear across a room, ''through'' a door and into the hallway by Miki.

* [[Pyromaniac]]: Didn’t we mention that incident where Yumi set Lucy ''on fire''?

** It’s a fair bet Yumi tossed the match that torched Jack’s car, too.

* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: Can be said of all four main characters, but especially Lucy.

* [[Raven Hair, Ivory Skin]]: Lucy.

* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Wendy delivers a doozy to her enemies in part two.

* [[Ridiculously-Human Robots]]:

* [[Robot Master]]: {{spoiler|The Angry Lesbian.}}

* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]]: {{spoiler|The Combat Android}} and especially {{spoiler|the Über Android}} frequently invoked this trope.

* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: Lucy.

* [[Tempting Fate]]: In Comic 53, Wendy repeatedly invites disaster by saying "''Now'' things can’t get any worse", causing her to be hit by ever larger calamities.

* [[Terrible Trio]]: The domineering Angry Lesbian and her bumbling cohorts: the [[Beehive Hairdo|Beehive Lady]] and the Blowhard Critic.

* [[The Three Faces of Eve]]:

** The seductress: Wendy

* [[This Means War]]:

'''Lucy:''' Okay, Wendy. We got it… }}

* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: The narrator character was always invariably proved to be either wrong or just making stuff up.

** {{spoiler|The Angry Lesbian, Blowhard Critic and the [[Beehive Hairdo|Beehive Lady]]}} were disabled by a hug from a giant teddy bear.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: The main characters in ''Wendy'' all have Technicolor hair.

** Wendy herself has green-cyan hair.

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