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Ellen. She's a chaotic-good half-celestial half-dragon half-nymph half-elf ninja-artificer-psion-paladin-of-freedom.

Leftover Soup is a Web Comic produced by Mason "Tailsteak" Williams. It is a Slice of Life web comic based on the life of Jamie the Supreme Chef, Ellen the Geek and her best friend Maxine the Lovable Sex Maniac. Other characters have appeared -- for example, Lily, Ellen's boss, who Does Not Like Men -- but the primary focus is on those three.

Leftover Soup ran for 1000 strips, plus thirty epilogue strips. It is now complete.

You can read it here.

Tropes used in Leftover Soup include:

• Author Appeal: Jamie shares his creator's hobby of making homemade board games. His expertise in the kitchen is also inspired by Williams' interest in experimental cooking.
• The Bechdel Test: The author notes in The Rant that Ellen and Maxine playing "Spambot!" qualifies.
• Black Comedy Rape: When Ellen and Jamie first meet.

Ellen: I'm technically not supposed to let people in I don't know, but you don't look too creepy. Jamie: Um... thanks, I guess. I promise not to rape you or anything. Ellen: Yes, that's very comforting.

• The joke is extended a couple times in the same storyline.

• Does Not Like Men: Ellen refers to Lily as a real-life "feminazi" -- which is not true, as Lily denies being a feminist.
• Drinking Game: Ellen and Maxine make one in-universe from one of Jamie's homemade board games.
• Eats Babies

Best roleplaying moment: Ate a baby, managed to convince GM she was still neutral good.

• Extreme Omnivore: Ellen's palate is ... less refined than Jamie's.
• Gender Blender Name: Exploited by Jamie (Benjamin) to gain a chance to rent a room from Ellen, despite her "Female Roommates Only" requirement.
  • Max(ine) also uses a Gender Blender Name because she goes by Max.
• Grievous Harm with a Body: The Best Roleplaying Moment for Ellen's character.
• If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...: Jamie gets one and then another. It's not his first, though.
• I Like My X Like I Like My Y: The cast page describes everyone's taste in partners via this. Best so far, for the misandric Lily: "Likes her men like she likes her coffee: Roasted, ground up and soaked in boiling water."
• Improbable Weapon User: Jamie Halligan's weapon is, appropriately enough, a Halligan bar.

Tailsteak: In terms of D&D stats, the Halligan bar would be considered an improvised weapon for anyone else (-4 penalty), but Jamie is considered proficient in its use. It does d6 damage, which can be bludgeoning, slashing or piercing. Jamie's particular copy is considered masterwork.

• Instant Web Hit: Ellen is Answering Machine Bitch.
• Let Us Never Speak of This Again: Jamie and Max's first meeting.
• Major Injury Underreaction: "Okay, well NOW I need medical attention..."
• Mistaken for Racist: When Jamie meets Wallace.
• Mood Whiplash: From goofy Pulp Fiction take-off to critically injured pet in two pages.
• Never Tell Me the Odds: Inverted in this page's author notes.
• Nobody Poops: Lampshaded in The Rant.
• No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup: ...no documentation, no original creator, no sense...
• Polyamory: Max is currently in an open ... fivesome?
• Rules Lawyer: Ellen. (For those in the audience not familiar with AD&D 3.5, The Rant contains a helpful analogy.)
• Running Gag: The profusion of things abbreviated as "TP". The aforementioned coffee gags on the cast page also count.
• Shout-Out: To Homestuck, when Ellen wears some of The Merch in a few strips.
  • Also this. "I AM CORNHOLIO!"
• Status Quo Is God: Double Subverted.

Tailsteak: ALL PROBLEMS ARE NOW SOLVED FOREVER.

• Supreme Chef: Jamie can turn Rice Krispies back into rice, and make bread pudding without bread or eggs.
• Suspiciously Specific Denial: Discussed Trope early on in the context of the Black Comedy Rape joke.
• Total Party Kill: Orchestrated by Lily to force the gaming group to update to 4th edition D&D.
• What Is This Thing You Call Love?: Apparently, Max's half-fey thri-kreen bard in their 3.5e D&D character has found this to be a great pickup line. Twelve times and counting.
• Will They or Won't They?: Ellen and Jamie. Ellen says, "Absolutely not, never, no way." Max has twenty bucks on "will". Odds may or may not be in Max's favor.