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[[File:AGirlandHerFed_4574.png|frame| Yes, that is a glowing clownfish. It makes sense in context]]
[[File:AGirlandHerFed_4574.png|frame| Yes, that is a glowing clownfish. It makes sense in context]]


'''''A Girl and Her Fed''''' is a web comic.


An unnamed woman who works as a journalism intern finds she is on a terrorist watchlist. When she confronts the Fed who is set to watch her, things get seriously, fantastically weird. There's a good deal of humor thrown in. And did we mention the forty billion undead pixies? And the talking super-genius koala? Once the fantastic elements are accepted by the reader, we then see [[Government Conspiracy|how deep the rabbit hole goes]]. Much, much better than it sounds.
An unnamed woman who works as a journalism intern finds she is on a terrorist watchlist. When she confronts the Fed who is set to watch her, things get seriously, fantastically weird. There's a good deal of humor thrown in. And did we mention the forty billion undead pixies? And the talking super-genius koala? Once the fantastic elements are accepted by the reader, we then see [[Government Conspiracy|how deep the rabbit hole goes]]. Much, much better than it sounds.



[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/ Read. Enjoy. Conspire.]
[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/ Read. Enjoy. Conspire.]

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{{tropelist}}
'''Contains these tropes:'''
* [[A Boy and His X]]
* [[A Boy and His X]]
* [[Action Girl]]: The girl. She's one of the best in the world at judo.
* [[Action Girl]]: The girl. She's one of the best in the world at judo.
* [[A God Am I]]: Clarice's eventual goal.
* [[A God Am I]]: Clarice's eventual goal.
* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: Agent 146/Clarice deals with ghosts on a near-daily basis, but refuses to believe that {{spoiler|The Girl is an [[The Empath|empath]]}}.
* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: Agent 146/Clarice deals with ghosts on a near-daily basis, but refuses to believe that {{spoiler|The Girl is an [[The Empath|empath]]}}.
** Also [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.593.html averted], sort of.
** Also [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.593.html averted], sort of.
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** The '[[Eyes Always Shut]]' bit was broken at various different points - the meeting with Mike, the flashbacks with the Fed and {{spoiler|Dixon's wife}}, et cetera. The real art style change happened when the artist decided to do so for one reason or another...and the fact that she's bringing the whole strip into a more realistic style makes one wonder what it'll look like regarding those flashbacks.
** The '[[Eyes Always Shut]]' bit was broken at various different points - the meeting with Mike, the flashbacks with the Fed and {{spoiler|Dixon's wife}}, et cetera. The real art style change happened when the artist decided to do so for one reason or another...and the fact that she's bringing the whole strip into a more realistic style makes one wonder what it'll look like regarding those flashbacks.
* [[Artificial Limbs]]: {{spoiler|Clarice}} has a [[Super Strength|super strong]] cybernetic arm and has apparently similar reinforcements planted to {{spoiler|her}} spine to supports its weight and lift capability. {{spoiler|However, apparently it's not designed to resist being ripped apart from her shoulder socket.}}
* [[Artificial Limbs]]: {{spoiler|Clarice}} has a [[Super Strength|super strong]] cybernetic arm and has apparently similar reinforcements planted to {{spoiler|her}} spine to supports its weight and lift capability. {{spoiler|However, apparently it's not designed to resist being ripped apart from her shoulder socket.}}
* [[Back From the Dead]]: Ben gives a pretty good and short [[Motive Rant]] about it too.
* [[Back from the Dead]]: Ben gives a pretty good and short [[Motive Rant]] about it too.
{{quote| Ben: "I came back from the dead for this Country. I will not sit passively by while what I fought to forge is CORRUPTED and DESTROYED!"}}
{{quote|Ben: "I came back from the dead for this Country. I will not sit passively by while what I fought to forge is CORRUPTED and DESTROYED!"}}
* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]: The Girl, in spades.
* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]: The Girl, in spades.
* [[Badass Abnormal]]: The Fed upgraded from [[Badass Normal]] once he {{spoiler|gains control of the chip}}
* [[Badass Abnormal]]: The Fed upgraded from [[Badass Normal]] once he {{spoiler|gains control of the chip}}
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* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Planning an all-out assault really does make a difference, doesn't it?
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Planning an all-out assault really does make a difference, doesn't it?
* [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul]]
* [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul]]
* [[Don't Explain the Joke]]: During a showdown with Clarice, Hope makes a joke about juggling [[Mac Guffins]], and how they are high calorie. She then explains "muffin? macguffin? geddit?"
* [[Don't Explain the Joke]]: During a showdown with Clarice, Hope makes a joke about juggling [[MacGuffin]]s, and how they are high calorie. She then explains "muffin? macguffin? geddit?"
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: The Fed, whom The Girl [[Only Known By Their Nickname|refers to as "Sparky"]]
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: The Fed, whom The Girl [[Only Known by Their Nickname|refers to as "Sparky"]]
** {{spoiler|His real name is eventually revealed to be Agent Patrick "Pat" Mulcahy.}}
** {{spoiler|His real name is eventually revealed to be Agent Patrick "Pat" Mulcahy.}}
* [[Everything Is Online]]: Averted [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.547.html here].
* [[Everything Is Online]]: Averted [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.547.html here].
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* [[Genius Bruiser]]: The eponymous battle couple, who are a doctor and a lawyer, respectively.
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: The eponymous battle couple, who are a doctor and a lawyer, respectively.
* [[Ghostly Goals]]: Some are more malevolent than others.
* [[Ghostly Goals]]: Some are more malevolent than others.
* [[Gods Need Prayer Badly]]: Ghosts gain power from how well and widely they are remembered.
* [[Gods Need Prayer Badly]]: Ghosts gain power from how well and widely they are remembered.
* [[Government Conspiracy]]: involving {{spoiler|brain implants and ghosts}}.
* [[Government Conspiracy]]: involving {{spoiler|brain implants and ghosts}}.
* [[Grievous Harm With a Body]]
* [[Grievous Harm with a Body]]
* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]: But the Girl is a Judo master, and can handle him easily.
* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]: But the Girl is a Judo master, and can handle him easily.
** [[I Let You Win]]: ...But then again, it's revealed that he held back in their sparring matches.
** [[I Let You Win]]: ...But then again, it's revealed that he held back in their sparring matches.
*** He states outright that he knows its stupid, because she is still much, much better than him.
*** He states outright that he knows its stupid, because she is still much, much better than him.
* [[I'm Taking Her Home With Me]]: The Girl says this about one of the ''[[Mooks|henchmen]]''. The Fed [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.638.html vetoes the idea], though. After all, [[Deadpan Snarker|raising a villain is a big responsibility]].
* [[I'm Taking Her Home with Me]]: The Girl says this about one of the ''[[Mooks|henchmen]]''. The Fed [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.638.html vetoes the idea], though. After all, [[Deadpan Snarker|raising a villain is a big responsibility]].
* [[I See Them, Too]]: Originally [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/2.747.html Twice simultaneously], since [[Retcon|RetConned]] to once, nonverbally, [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.748.html when The Girl meets The Fed.]
* [[I See Them, Too]]: Originally [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/2.747.html Twice simultaneously], since [[Retcon|RetConned]] to once, nonverbally, [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.748.html when The Girl meets The Fed.]
* [[Insufferable Genius]]/[[Intellectual Animal]]: Speedy
* [[Insufferable Genius]]/[[Intellectual Animal]]: Speedy
* [[In Vino Veritas]]: the Girl gets a lot less cynical after a fair amount of vodka.
* [[In Vino Veritas]]: the Girl gets a lot less cynical after a fair amount of vodka.
* [[I See Dead People]]: But only if they want you to.
* [[I See Dead People]]: But only if they want you to.
* [[It Seemed Like a Good Idea At The Time]]: [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.459.html Verbatim.]
* [[It Seemed Like a Good Idea At the Time]]: [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.459.html Verbatim.]
* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]: [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.585.html Rose]
* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]: [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.585.html Rose]
* [[Kryptonite Factor]]: [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.639.html Lampshaded here.] See [[Weaksauce Weakness]] below.
* [[Kryptonite Factor]]: [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.639.html Lampshaded here.] See [[Weaksauce Weakness]] below.
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** Then four pages later, [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.647.html yes].
** Then four pages later, [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.647.html yes].
* [[MacGuffin]]: [[Lampshaded]] though here's to hoping that they're not what we'd traditionally call a MacGuffin, as they had better explain some things. [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.657.html Unless this is a hint from the writer that they won't...]
* [[MacGuffin]]: [[Lampshaded]] though here's to hoping that they're not what we'd traditionally call a MacGuffin, as they had better explain some things. [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.657.html Unless this is a hint from the writer that they won't...]
{{quote| Girl: Damn, we're juggling a load of MacGuffins. And I've heard MacGuffins are insanely high in calories... [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Get it? Muffin? MacGuffin?]]}}
{{quote|Girl: Damn, we're juggling a load of MacGuffins. And I've heard MacGuffins are insanely high in calories... [[A Worldwide Punomenon|Get it? Muffin? MacGuffin?]]}}
* [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]: Zig-zagged all to hell. The Girl seems like a shoe-in for this, being spunky, violent, and spontaneous. But it ends up that she has to spend a lot more effort getting used to Sparky's convoluted conspiracy/spy shenanigans than any effort he'd have to take to get used to her being merely eccentric.
* [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]: Zig-zagged all to hell. The Girl seems like a shoe-in for this, being spunky, violent, and spontaneous. But it ends up that she has to spend a lot more effort getting used to Sparky's convoluted conspiracy/spy shenanigans than any effort he'd have to take to get used to her being merely eccentric.
* [[Masquerade]]: At least until {{spoiler|the chips are revealed to the public}} between parts one and two. The ghosts are probably going to remain hidden for a while, though.
* [[Masquerade]]: At least until {{spoiler|the chips are revealed to the public}} between parts one and two. The ghosts are probably going to remain hidden for a while, though.
* [[No Name Given]]: Both title characters, initially. [[Word of God]] had this was intentional. Their real names are eventually revealed as {{spoiler|Hope Blackwell and Patrick Mulcahey}} respectively.
* [[No Name Given]]: Both title characters, initially. [[Word of God]] had this was intentional. Their real names are eventually revealed as {{spoiler|Hope Blackwell and Patrick Mulcahey}} respectively.
*** [[Name's the Same]]: As {{spoiler|the priest in [[M*A*S*H (TV)|Mash]].}}
*** [[Name's the Same]]: As {{spoiler|the priest in [[M*A*S*H (television)|Mash]].}}
* [[Noodle Incident]]: The first time she made a serial killer cry.
* [[Noodle Incident]]: The first time she made a serial killer cry.
** Also, whatever happened in the Fed's college days with a walrus. Mentioned a few times, so it's a [[Brick Joke]].
** Also, whatever happened in the Fed's college days with a walrus. Mentioned a few times, so it's a [[Brick Joke]].
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* [[Planet Eris]]: After {{spoiler|the chips are revealed to the public.}} In the earlier comics it's the [[Masquerade]] (see above).
* [[Planet Eris]]: After {{spoiler|the chips are revealed to the public.}} In the earlier comics it's the [[Masquerade]] (see above).
** After? How about this qoute from the beggining of the strip.
** After? How about this qoute from the beggining of the strip.
{{quote| The Fed: "Oh good, the ghost of Benjamin Franklin has arrived. Now things can get back to normal. That's the sound of a mutant conservative koala bear in a screaming fight with an EXTREMELY pissed-off Liberal wanna-be journalist. To the best of my knowledge, it's a first for the record books."}}
{{quote|The Fed: "Oh good, the ghost of Benjamin Franklin has arrived. Now things can get back to normal. That's the sound of a mutant conservative koala bear in a screaming fight with an EXTREMELY pissed-off Liberal wanna-be journalist. To the best of my knowledge, it's a first for the record books."}}
* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: So, so much. A Girl, her Fed, the ghost of Ben Franklin, a talking koala....
* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: So, so much. A Girl, her Fed, the ghost of Ben Franklin, a talking koala....
* [[Ransacked Room]]: [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.41.html Here.]
* [[Ransacked Room]]: [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.41.html Here.]
* [[Red Right Hand]]: Clarice Finch with her arm.
* [[Red Right Hand]]: Clarice Finch with her arm.
* [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]]: The girl. She has a day job, albeit a really sucky one.
* [[Rich Idiot With No Day Job]]: The girl. She has a day job, albeit a really sucky one.
{{quote| "Sometimes when we're bored, the ghost of Ben Franklin and I get hammered on old scotch and he goes five hours into the future to cherry-pick high-yield stocks for day trading."}}
{{quote|"Sometimes when we're bored, the ghost of Ben Franklin and I get hammered on old scotch and he goes five hours into the future to cherry-pick high-yield stocks for day trading."}}
* [[Stop Helping Me!]]: Bitty Bush. Played horribly, nightmarishly straight.
* [[Stop Helping Me!]]: Bitty Bush. Played horribly, nightmarishly straight.
* [[Sunglasses At Night]]: [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/comic/?177 They even wear them in their sleep.] See [[Weaksauce Weakness]] below.
* [[Sunglasses at Night]]: [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/comic/?177 They even wear them in their sleep.] See [[Weaksauce Weakness]] below.
* [[Take That]]: To the [[Star Wars]] prequels, when The Fed [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.346.html mentions that he wants to finally see them], as he loved the original trilogy.
* [[Take That]]: To the [[Star Wars]] prequels, when The Fed [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.346.html mentions that he wants to finally see them], as he loved the original trilogy.
* [[Talk About That Thing]]: [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.878.html Here.]
* [[Talk About That Thing]]: [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.878.html Here.]
{{quote| '''Girl''': ''We're gonna... go to the restroom and check on our drinks.''<br />
{{quote|'''Girl''': ''We're gonna... go to the restroom and check on our drinks.''
'''Mako''': ''Great! Get me a for god's sake, separate your sentences. [[Deadpan Snarker|With a twist of lime]].'' }}
'''Mako''': ''Great! Get me a for god's sake, separate your sentences. [[Deadpan Snarker|With a twist of lime]].'' }}
* [[Talk to The Fist]]: "[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.620.html Probably not what they mean when they say good manners make good opportunities...]"
* [[Talk to the Fist]]: "[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.620.html Probably not what they mean when they say good manners make good opportunities...]"
* {{spoiler|[[Technopath]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Technopath]]}}
* [[There Are No Therapists]]: Averted. Hope went to one and "blew twenty grand" when Ben first popped up. Also played straight and subverted with Abraham Lincoln. In the afterlife he has completely lost his mind due to stress from the Civil War, but no one has been able to help him- partially because he seals himself off from almost everyone, Frederick Douglass being one known exception. But apparently getting somebody in hasn't been tried, or if it has been tried, it has...not worked.
* [[There Are No Therapists]]: Averted. Hope went to one and "blew twenty grand" when Ben first popped up. Also played straight and subverted with Abraham Lincoln. In the afterlife he has completely lost his mind due to stress from the Civil War, but no one has been able to help him- partially because he seals himself off from almost everyone, Frederick Douglass being one known exception. But apparently getting somebody in hasn't been tried, or if it has been tried, it has...not worked.
* [[The Un-Reveal]]: The identity of the ghost who {{spoiler|set the Pocket President program in motion}}. Further plot developments suggest that 99% of the audience wouldn't have recognized him by name anyway.
* [[The Un-Reveal]]: The identity of the ghost who {{spoiler|set the Pocket President program in motion}}. Further plot developments suggest that 99% of the audience wouldn't have recognized him by name anyway.
* [[Time Skip]]
* [[Time Skip]]
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Lampshaded [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.894.html here].
* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: Lampshaded [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.894.html here].
* [[Verbal Backspace]]: [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.671.html Smithback talks about his nephew Mike.]
* [[Verbal Backspace]]: [http://www.agirlandherfed.com/1.671.html Smithback talks about his nephew Mike.]
* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: Agents in the program get instant, debilitating migraines when exposed to bright light.
* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: Agents in the program get instant, debilitating migraines when exposed to bright light.
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Latest revision as of 02:33, 24 December 2022

Yes, that is a glowing clownfish. It makes sense in context

A Girl and Her Fed is a web comic.

An unnamed woman who works as a journalism intern finds she is on a terrorist watchlist. When she confronts the Fed who is set to watch her, things get seriously, fantastically weird. There's a good deal of humor thrown in. And did we mention the forty billion undead pixies? And the talking super-genius koala? Once the fantastic elements are accepted by the reader, we then see how deep the rabbit hole goes. Much, much better than it sounds.

Read. Enjoy. Conspire.

Tropes used in A Girl and Her Fed include:
  • A Boy and His X
  • Action Girl: The girl. She's one of the best in the world at judo.
  • A God Am I: Clarice's eventual goal.
  • Arbitrary Skepticism: Agent 146/Clarice deals with ghosts on a near-daily basis, but refuses to believe that The Girl is an empath.
  • Art Evolution: Downright noddy at the start, until the occasional Art Shift shows the artist's potential. The comic is getting redrawn in colour and a brand new style.
    • Notably, the first dramatic art shift happened after a significant meditation event undertaken by the girl. She opened her eyes and from that point on, the world is drawn in full color and with more details (including characters having visible eyes whereas before, it was a case of Eyes Always Shut). Slightly undermined by the art style reboot...
    • The 'Eyes Always Shut' bit was broken at various different points - the meeting with Mike, the flashbacks with the Fed and Dixon's wife, et cetera. The real art style change happened when the artist decided to do so for one reason or another...and the fact that she's bringing the whole strip into a more realistic style makes one wonder what it'll look like regarding those flashbacks.
  • Artificial Limbs: Clarice has a super strong cybernetic arm and has apparently similar reinforcements planted to her spine to supports its weight and lift capability. However, apparently it's not designed to resist being ripped apart from her shoulder socket.
  • Back from the Dead: Ben gives a pretty good and short Motive Rant about it too.

Ben: "I came back from the dead for this Country. I will not sit passively by while what I fought to forge is CORRUPTED and DESTROYED!"

Girl: Damn, we're juggling a load of MacGuffins. And I've heard MacGuffins are insanely high in calories... Get it? Muffin? MacGuffin?

  • Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Zig-zagged all to hell. The Girl seems like a shoe-in for this, being spunky, violent, and spontaneous. But it ends up that she has to spend a lot more effort getting used to Sparky's convoluted conspiracy/spy shenanigans than any effort he'd have to take to get used to her being merely eccentric.
  • Masquerade: At least until the chips are revealed to the public between parts one and two. The ghosts are probably going to remain hidden for a while, though.
  • No Name Given: Both title characters, initially. Word of God had this was intentional. Their real names are eventually revealed as Hope Blackwell and Patrick Mulcahey respectively.
  • Noodle Incident: The first time she made a serial killer cry.
    • Also, whatever happened in the Fed's college days with a walrus. Mentioned a few times, so it's a Brick Joke.
  • Our Ghosts Are Different
  • Planet Eris: After the chips are revealed to the public. In the earlier comics it's the Masquerade (see above).
    • After? How about this qoute from the beggining of the strip.

The Fed: "Oh good, the ghost of Benjamin Franklin has arrived. Now things can get back to normal. That's the sound of a mutant conservative koala bear in a screaming fight with an EXTREMELY pissed-off Liberal wanna-be journalist. To the best of my knowledge, it's a first for the record books."

"Sometimes when we're bored, the ghost of Ben Franklin and I get hammered on old scotch and he goes five hours into the future to cherry-pick high-yield stocks for day trading."

Girl: We're gonna... go to the restroom and check on our drinks.
Mako: Great! Get me a for god's sake, separate your sentences. With a twist of lime.

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