Megaton Man is a biting satire of superheroes comics from artist Don Simpson that started in 1984. The series (and its sister title, Bizarre Heroes) has been published by several companies over the years, including Kitchen Sink Press, Image Comics, Simpson’s own company Fiasco, and had a stint as a webcomic and even appeared in […]
That’s one awesome organization. And launching a massive, coordinated attack on the entire universe in the In Space finale. So. throwing parties for themselves and nearly conquering the entire universe. Still pretty cool. Cerebus Rollercoaster: A cycle drifting between serious and silly; undoubtedly helped by the fact that things start from scratch each season: Cerebus […]
The only question is which gender’s fantasy is being indulged. In the first episode, as he was about to be rescued from the desert island where he found her bottle, Tony explicitly freed Jeannie from his service. She followed him back to Florida entirely of her own volition, and when Tony took the most logical […]
All Women Are Prudes: Amy in the first half of the film. Though certainly averted with Daphne. Artistic License Military: Nick salutes his sergeant, and apparently didn’t get a regulation haircut at boot camp. Auto Erotica: With a side order of Squick. Nothing happens in the car, mind you, it’s just that the fantasy woman […]
Meganekko: Male example: Karasawa plays this trope fairly straight. He is often nervous and shy to the point of stuttering, making Chouko feel badly for him at first. Once they know each other better, he’s still nervous, but incredibly sweet and considerate of her; for instance, by taking her lunchbox to her house when she’d […]
In May of the 2nd year of Tokimeki Memorial 2, one of the protagonists’ best friends, Junichiro Hokari, will phone him to confess he’s in love with one of the girls of the cast. You, as the protagonist, can, with the help of your childhood friend Hikari, can then set up a double date between […]
J remarks there is a reason they don’t use them in the future. Jail Bake: Though the thing inside the cake is an alien symbiont (nicknamed “Weasel” in the Blu ray disc commentary) which helps Boris escape. Large Ham: Boris the Animal. Laser Guided Amnesia: Two prototypes of the Neuralyzer exist in 1969: the giant […]
Rolf and his party eventually have to destroy Mother Brain to save what’s left of Algolian humanity, ending the technological Golden Age that she made possible and knocking technology back to a lower level than it had been in the PSI era. PSIV reveals that this event became known as the “Great Collapse”, where roughly […]
Aki is eventually revealed to be having nightmares that play it straight. Not Brainwashed: Reversed in Chapter 14, when Yusei and the reader learn that “the real Jack” is actually in there somewhere and doesn’t actually want to destroy the world. Oh, Crap!: Any card savvy readers in the audience will get a bit of […]
In September 2009, in an effort to cut costs, NBC gave Jay Leno, recently retired from The Tonight Show, a Monday through Friday, Prime Time slot for a new Variety Show, The Jay Leno Show note (basically his The Tonight Show at 10:00 PM with a segment that copies one from a certain British automotive […]