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Line 2: [[File:LOS_5873.png\|frame\|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]] ~~currently being~~ produced by Mason "[[Tailsteak]]" Williams. It is a [[Slice of Life]] ~~webcomic~~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 [http://www.leftoversoup.com here]. ~~----~~ ~~=== This series provides examples of: ===~~ {{tropelist}} * [[Author Appeal]]: Jamie shares his creator's hobby of making homemade board games. His expertise in the kitchen is also inspired by Williams' [http://www.tailsteak.com/archive.php?num=404 interest in experimental cooking]. * [[The Bechdel Test]]: The author notes in [[The Rant]] that [http://www.leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=50 Ellen and Maxine playing "Spambot!"] qualifies. * [[Black Comedy Rape]]: When [http://leftoversoup.com/first.php Ellen and Jamie first meet]. {{quote\| '''Ellen''': I'm technically not supposed to let people in I don't know, but you don't look too creepy.~~<br />~~ '''Jamie''': Um... thanks, I guess. I promise not to rape you or anything.~~<br />~~ '''Ellen''': Yes, that's very comforting. }} : The joke is extended a [http://leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=9 couple] [http://leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=12 times] in the same storyline. * [[Does Not Like Men]]: Ellen refers to Lily as a real-life [[Straw Feminist\|"feminazi"]] -- which is not true, as Lily denies being a feminist. * [[Drinking Game]]: [http://leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=50 Ellen and Maxine make one] in-universe from one of Jamie's homemade board games. * [[Eats Babies]] {{quote\| Best roleplaying moment: Ate a baby, managed to convince GM she was still neutral good.}} * [[Extreme Omnivore]]: Ellen's palate is ... [http://leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=80 less refined than Jamie's.] * [[Gender Blender Name]]: [[Exploited Trope\|Exploited]] by Jamie (Benjamin) to gain a chance to rent a room from Ellen, despite her "[[Gender -Restricted Ability\|Female Roommates Only]]" requirement. ** Max(ine) also uses a [[Gender Blender Name]] because she goes by Max. * [[Grievous Harm ~~With~~with a Body]]: The [http://leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=71 Best Roleplaying Moment] for Ellen's character. * [[If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...]]: Jamie gets [http://leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=55 one] and then [http://leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=56 another]. [http://www.leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=23 It's not his first, though.] ** [http://www.leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=23 It's not his first, though.] * [[I Like My X Like I Like My Y]]: [http://leftoversoup.com/cast.html 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]]: [http://www.leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=22 Jamie Halligan's weapon] is, appropriately enough, a [~~http://en.~~[wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Halligan_bar~~:Halligan bar\|Halligan bar]]. {{quote\| '''[[Word of God\|Tailsteak]]''': [http://www.leftoversoup.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f{{=}}2&t{{=}}398&start{{=}}10#p4424 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]]: [http://www.leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=209 Ellen is Answering Machine Bitch.] * [[Let Us Never Speak of This Again]]: [http://www.leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=24 Jamie and Max's first meeting.] Line 35: * [[Never Tell Me the Odds]]: [[Inverted]] in [http://leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=201 this page's] author notes. * [[Nobody Poops]]: [http://leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=27 Lampshaded in] [[The Rant]]. * [[No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup]]: ...[http://leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=18 no documentation, no original creator, no sense]... * [[Polyamory]]: Max is currently in an open ... [http://leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=45 fivesome?] * [[Rules Lawyer]]: [http://leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=72 Ellen.] (For those in the audience not familiar with AD&D 3.5, [[The Rant]] contains [[~~Laymans~~Layman's Terms\|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 [http://leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=25 a] [http://leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=26 few] [http://leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=27 strips]. The aforementioned coffee gags on the cast page also count. ~~[[Shout Out]]: To [[Homestuck]], when Ellen wears some of [[The Merch]] in~~Also [http://www.leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=25138 athis]. "[~~http://leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=26~~[Beavis ~~few]~~and ~~[http://leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=27~~Butt-Head\|I ~~strips~~AM CORNHOLIO!].]" ** Also [http://www.leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=138 this]. "[[Beavis and Butthead\|I AM CORNHOLIO!]]" * [[Status Quo Is God]]: [[Double Subverted]]. {{quote\| '''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]] [http://leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=9 early on] in the context of the [[Black Comedy Rape]] joke. * [[Total Party Kill]]: [http://leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=169 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. [http://leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=74 Twelve times and counting.] * [[Will They or Won't They?]]: Ellen and Jamie. [http://www.leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=12 Ellen says, "Absolutely not, never, no way."] [http://leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=25 Max has twenty bucks on "will".] [http://leftoversoup.com/archive.php?num=28 Odds may or may not be in Max's favor.] {{reflist}} [[Category:Slice of Life Webcomics]] [[Category:Leftover Soup]] [[Category:~~Webcomic~~Web Comics]] [[Category:Completed Web Comics]]