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What do you get if you watch ''[[Kung Fu Hustle]]'', [[X Meets Y|followed by]] four seasons of ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' while in bed with a 102 degree fever, [[This Is Your Premise On Drugs|blasted on cold meds]]? Apparently, a slice-of-life webcomic where [[Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting]]. [[Idiot Hero|Zac Hershey]], [[Deadpan Snarker|Kitti Sorensen]] and [[Large Ham|Dries van de Sloot]] live in a sort of [[Alternate Universe]] that is ruled by the [[Rule of Funny]] and the [[MST3K Mantra]], and where office workers are occasionally devoured by giant, flying anglerfish.
What do you get if you watch ''[[Kung Fu Hustle]]'', [[X Meets Y|followed by]] four seasons of ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' while in bed with a 102 degree fever, [[This Is Your Premise on Drugs|blasted on cold meds]]? Apparently, a slice-of-life webcomic where [[Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting]]. [[Idiot Hero|Zac Hershey]], [[Deadpan Snarker|Kitti Sorensen]] and [[Large Ham|Dries van de Sloot]] live in a sort of [[Alternate Universe]] that is ruled by the [[Rule of Funny]] and the [[MST3K Mantra]], and where office workers are occasionally devoured by giant, flying anglerfish.


The comic can be read [http://www.wtfcomic.net here]. Updates are [[Stealth Pun|Wednesday, Thursday and Friday]].
The comic can be read [https://web.archive.org/web/20111013212225/http://www.wtfcomic.net/ here]. Updates are [[Stealth Pun|Wednesday, Thursday and Friday]].


Not to be confused with [[What the Fu Are You Doing?]]
=== Tropes ===


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* [[Alas Poor Villain]]: Dougie suffers a breakdown from the revelation that {{spoiler|he's not actually Scottish}}. Zac almost feels sorry for him, except he's "still a murderous psychotic bastard".
* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]: Dougie suffers a breakdown from the revelation that {{spoiler|he's not actually Scottish}}. Zac almost feels sorry for him, except he's "still a murderous psychotic bastard".
* [[Bob From Accounting]]: Mentioned among the victims of the anglerfish.
* [[Bob From Accounting]]: Mentioned among the victims of the anglerfish.
* [[Casual Danger Dialogue]]
* [[Casual Danger Dialogue]]
* [[Crouching Moron Hidden Badass]]: Zac's amount of clues may be negligible, but he's a pretty competent fighter.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Zac's amount of clues may be negligible, but he's a pretty competent fighter.
* [[Hand Wave]]: The comic's preferred way of explaining things. The characters just roll with it.
* [[Hand Wave]]: The comic's preferred way of explaining things. The characters just roll with it.
* [[How We Got Here]]: Subverted inasmuch as the anglerfish attack comes just as much out of nowhere in the "explanation" as it does in the opening narration.
* [[How We Got Here]]: Subverted inasmuch as the anglerfish attack comes just as much out of nowhere in the "explanation" as it does in the opening narration.
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* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: Dougie, the Scottish cowboy.
* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: Dougie, the Scottish cowboy.
* [[Noodle Incident]]: The "potato juice incident of 2005", Kitti and Dries's "legendary" anniversary, and everything that happened to Zac on the Fleischmann Account.
* [[Noodle Incident]]: The "potato juice incident of 2005", Kitti and Dries's "legendary" anniversary, and everything that happened to Zac on the Fleischmann Account.
* [[Pre Ass Kicking One Liner]]
* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]
* [[Oireland]]: {{spoiler|Dougie's father.}} Worth noting though that it's only [[Unreliable Narrator|Zac]] trying to imagine what may be going through {{spoiler|Dougie's head}}.
* [[Oireland]]: {{spoiler|Dougie's father.}} Worth noting though that it's only [[Unreliable Narrator|Zac]] trying to imagine what may be going through {{spoiler|Dougie's head}}.
* [[One Hour Work Week]]: Lampshaded by Zac, who explains the he never really understood what Dries does for a living.
* [[One-Hour Work Week]]: Lampshaded by Zac, who explains the he never really understood what Dries does for a living.
* [[Unlimited Wardrobe]]: Dries's "bleeding-edge fashion sense" takes this trope [[Beyond the Impossible]] by wearing different clothes on every page.
* [[Unlimited Wardrobe]]: Dries's "bleeding-edge fashion sense" takes this trope [[Beyond the Impossible]] by wearing different clothes on every page.
* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: Zac pads out blind spots in the story with imaginary scenes.
* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: Zac pads out blind spots in the story with imaginary scenes.
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Latest revision as of 16:38, 21 September 2023

What do you get if you watch Kung Fu Hustle, followed by four seasons of How I Met Your Mother while in bed with a 102 degree fever, blasted on cold meds? Apparently, a slice-of-life webcomic where Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting. Zac Hershey, Kitti Sorensen and Dries van de Sloot live in a sort of Alternate Universe that is ruled by the Rule of Funny and the MST3K Mantra, and where office workers are occasionally devoured by giant, flying anglerfish.

The comic can be read here. Updates are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Not to be confused with What the Fu Are You Doing?

Tropes used in What the Fu (webcomic) include:
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