Zap: Difference between revisions

← Older edit

Zap (view source)

Revision as of 20:24, 28 December 2016

26 bytes removed , 7 years ago

m

removed Category:Webcomic; added Category:Web Comics using HotCat

Automoderated users, Autopatrolled users, Bureaucrats, Comment administrators, Confirmed users, Moderators, Rollbackers, Administrators

213,561

edits

Revision as of 21:27, 1 November 2013 (view source) prefix>Import Bot (Import from TV Tropes TVT:Webcomic.Zap 2012-07-01, editor history TVTH:Webcomic.Zap, CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported license)		Latest revision as of 20:24, 28 December 2016 (view source) Robkelk (talk \| contribs) m (removed Category:Webcomic; added Category:Web Comics using HotCat)
(4 intermediate revisions by one other user not shown)
Line 2: ''[http://www.zapcomic.com/ Zap!]'' (not to be confused with the classic Underground ''Zap Comix'' by [[Robert Crumb]], or [[Z Zap]]! the Commodore 64 magazine) is a science fiction webcomic centering around the eponymous main character Zap Vexler. Started in 2003, the already written story is about halfway through being drawn and released. Chris Layfield is the writer, and Pascalle is the artist. In the story so far, [[Laser -Guided Amnesia\|amnesiac]] Zap finds himself the captain of a [[Cool Starship]] called the ''Excelsior''. He discovers that he is [[Psychic Powers\|psychic]] and falls for the first officer, Reona, who is still heartbroken over the previous captain, Efrem. He had been apparently killed by an enemy, Naveed. Reona and the ship's mechanic, Grontar, and navigation droid, Robot, aren't too thrilled about Zap being picked as the captain. This is mostly because Zap is a doofus and far from captain material. They fight their way through the [[The Empire\|GEF]], crash land, fight their way through the GEF again, take off, and pick up an ally: Kasey. Another Resistance member, Kasey is infatuated with Robot and helps repair Reona's artificial arm. Zap runs into a stranger (to him at this point), Gunner that claims to be a friend from his forgotten past. Gunner retrains him to use his powers, helps them fight off a nasty blob, then {{spoiler\|reveals his true intentions, shoots Zap, and absconds with a nearly dead Zap, a never dead Efrem, and Naveed.}} At this point in the story there are about five separate plot threads, one involving space pirates, one involving a government conspiracy, and some others following the now split up crew of the ''Excelsior''. {{tropelist}} ~~----~~ ~~=== This webcomic provides examples of: ===~~ * [[Air Vent Passageway]]: Zap uses this {{spoiler\|right into the enemy's midst}}. * [[Amnesia Danger]]: Zap has to figure out how to work the [[Faster -Than -Light Travel\|hyperjump]] with his forgotten powers. * [[Amnesiacs Are Innocent]]: Zap * [[Amusement Park]]: Scene of the biggest fight so far. * [[An Ice Person]] / [[Making a Splash]]: the Aquarians and Callisto. * [[Animated Actors]]: Not animated, but [http://www.zapcomic.com/2003/09/20040102a/ one filler comic] portrayed the characters as actors playing parts. It even included a [[Classically -Trained Extra]]. ** The concept has since been revisited two or three times, making it a [[Running Gag]]. * [[Art Evolution]]: Pascalle's art noticeably improves over the years. Line 21 ⟶ 20: * [[Blank White Eyes]]: A few times. Here's an [http://www.zapcomic.com/2004/09/20060529/ example]. * [[Blood From the Mouth]]: Zap, after a [http://www.zapcomic.com/2004/11/20061012/ nasty gut shot]. * [[Blue ~~With~~with Shock]]: [http://www.zapcomic.com/2004/03/20050119-4/ This] comic. Complete with [[Ocular Gushers]]. * [[Body Horror]]: The creature that kills the bounty hunters. * [[Borrowed Biometric Bypass]]: Naveed uses a guard's severed hand to retrieve her sword. Line 28 ⟶ 27: * [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: The three main psychics so far have different colored [[Battle Aura\|Battle Auras]] and [[Power Glows\|eye glows]]. * [[Contest Winner Cameo]]: An archive search contest winner was inserted into a comic as a speaking character. * [[Cross -Popping Veins]] * [[Deflector Shields]], psychic controlled. * [[Deliberately Monochrome]]: Sepia flashbacks. Line 37 ⟶ 36: * [[The Empire]]: The Galactic Earth Federation * [[Evil Versus Evil]]: The GEF against the Serpent's rebellion (which is different from the Resistance). * [[Five -Man Band/Other\|Five Man Band]]: fits, for the most part. * [[Flash Back]]: [[Lampshaded]] in [http://www.zapcomic.com/2004/03/20050107-4/ this] comic. * [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]] are an indication of often dangerous psychic powers. Line 58 ⟶ 57: * [[Non Sequitur Thud]]: [http://www.zapcomic.com/2003/08/20031020/ This comic]. * [[Not What It Looks Like]]: [http://www.zapcomic.com/2004/08/20060116/ The title and the dialog.] * [[Numbered Homeworld]]: Sticklebat 7. The [[Bungling Inventor]] Stickle race found their previous six planets "[[Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds\|too]] [http://www.zapcomic.com/2003/12/20040625/ flamable]". * [[Ominous Multiple Screens]]: During the computer failure scene. * [[Outrun the Fireball]]: Zap does this in the second comic. * [[Pimped -Out Dress]]: Reona's [http://www.zapcomic.com/2004/09/20060508/ space dress] * [[President Evil]] - Not ''competent'', but evil. * [[Pstandard Psychic Pstance]]: [http://www.zapcomic.com/2004/06/20050831/ here.] Line 70 ⟶ 69: * [[Scenery Censor]]: [http://www.zapcomic.com/2004/09/20060417/ Here] Zap is naked, with Robot's head "tastefully" interposed. * [[Schedule Slip]]: This hasn't happened for some time, as Pascalle has a [[Strip Buffer]]. * [[Science -Related Memetic Disorder]]: The Stickle race. * [[Shirtless Scene]]: Zap, [http://www.zapcomic.com/2004/09/20060417/ trying out tuxedos] going [[Peek a Boo\|stark naked]]. * [[Slow Motion Fall]]: [http://www.zapcomic.com/2005/01/20070924/ here.] * [[Some Call Me... Tim]]: Robot's renaming. * [[Space Is Noisy]]: There are some sound effects during the space battle. * [[Space Whale]]: Space Squid, actually. Line 84 ⟶ 83: * [[Thrown Out the Airlock]]: Zap, who was mistaken for a stowaway at first, is almost dumped with the trash into space (or so he thought). * [[Webcomic Time]]: A few years of comics following a few weeks of plot. * [[Wig, Dress, Accent]]: Robot gets by a security checkpoint with pants, a wig and a sign the says "I am human". (The costume really didn't work, though, it was Zap doing a [[Jedi Mind Trick]] type thing on the guards.) * [[Word of God]]: You can get some spoilers and have some of your [[Epileptic Trees\|wild speculation]] quashed on the forum by the creators. * [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: Zap's fear of space squid is played as a [[Running Gag]]. * [[You Didn't Ask]] Line 93 ⟶ 92: [[Category:Sci Fi Webcomics]] [[Category:Zap]] [[Category:~~Webcomic~~Web Comics]]