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* [[All Just a Dream]]
* [[All Just a Dream]]
* [[All Natural Snake Oil]]
* [[All-Natural Snake Oil]]
* [[Asleep for Days]]: [http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00613.html The effect of the medicine].
* [[Asleep for Days]]: [http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00613.html The effect of the medicine].
* [[Author Tract]]: Taken to great lengths with various [[Straw Character|strawman]] attacks on environmentalism, feminism and liberalism in general right from the first couple of pages. (see Straw Character section below)
* [[Author Tract]]: Taken to great lengths with various [[Straw Character|strawman]] attacks on environmentalism, feminism and liberalism in general right from the first couple of pages. (see Straw Character section below)
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{{quote|'''Tuck:''' Well, I s'pose you're learning all sorts o' new things... |'''Tagger:''' Yeah. I learned tofu gives you th' scoots.}}
{{quote|'''Tuck:''' Well, I s'pose you're learning all sorts o' new things... |'''Tagger:''' Yeah. I learned tofu gives you th' scoots.}}
* [[Determinator]]: Bandit during a boxing match against a pig a ''lot'' bigger than him. He gets beaten to a pulp and still refuses to drop for a while.
* [[Determinator]]: Bandit during a boxing match against a pig a ''lot'' bigger than him. He gets beaten to a pulp and still refuses to drop for a while.
** Believe it or not, [[Straw Liberal]] Gilly Gopher is also one. While others would have realized long ago that Malarkey County isn't too kind to [[Know Nothing Know It All|Know Nothing Know It Alls]], he just keeps on trying to convince his neighbors he has the right idea.
** Believe it or not, [[Straw Liberal]] Gilly Gopher is also one. While others would have realized long ago that Malarkey County isn't too kind to [[Know-Nothing Know-It-All|Know Nothing Know It Alls]], he just keeps on trying to convince his neighbors he has the right idea.
* [[Dramatic Wind]]
* [[Dramatic Wind]]
* [[Due to The Dead]]
* [[Due to The Dead]]
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* [[Good People Have Good Sex]]: Ma and Pa Todd. [[Primal Scene|Much to Tuck's displeasure.]]
* [[Good People Have Good Sex]]: Ma and Pa Todd. [[Primal Scene|Much to Tuck's displeasure.]]
* [[Gosh Dang It to Heck]]: Subverted on maybe [[Symbol Swearing|one or two occasions]], both times, surprisingly, by Nip Todd.
* [[Gosh Dang It to Heck]]: Subverted on maybe [[Symbol Swearing|one or two occasions]], both times, surprisingly, by Nip Todd.
* [[Green Skinned Space Babe]]
* [[Green-Skinned Space Babe]]
* [[Hand or Object Underwear]]: Found in the very first strip when Nip knocks his own and his brother's dress clothing in the river right after throwing their old clothes in.
* [[Hand or Object Underwear]]: Found in the very first strip when Nip knocks his own and his brother's dress clothing in the river right after throwing their old clothes in.
* [[Hostage Situation]]
* [[Hostage Situation]]
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* [[Motor Mouth]]: Thelma turns into this when she gets selected for the Top 20 in the beauty contest. [http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00517.html Third panel in].
* [[Motor Mouth]]: Thelma turns into this when she gets selected for the Top 20 in the beauty contest. [http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00517.html Third panel in].
* [[My Eyes Are Up Here]]: Why Hortence opted for the wig.
* [[My Eyes Are Up Here]]: Why Hortence opted for the wig.
* [[Non Mammalian Hair]]: Subverted with Hortence the lizard, who wears a wig.
* [[Non-Mammalian Hair]]: Subverted with Hortence the lizard, who wears a wig.
* [[Non Mammal Mammaries]]: Played straight for the most part, but averted for Hortence the lizard.
* [[Non-Mammal Mammaries]]: Played straight for the most part, but averted for Hortence the lizard.
* [[No OSHA Compliance]]
* [[No OSHA Compliance]]
* [[Not Quite Dead]]
* [[Not Quite Dead]]
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* [[Reality Is Unrealistic]]: [http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00599.html The solemn importance of trying to avoid this.]
* [[Reality Is Unrealistic]]: [http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00599.html The solemn importance of trying to avoid this.]
* [[Rebus Bubble]]
* [[Rebus Bubble]]
* [[Red Oni Blue Oni]]: The title characters, Nip and Tuck. While they're twin brothers, Nip is the rambunctious, loud one and Tuck is the cool, [[Tsundere|cynical]] one.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The title characters, Nip and Tuck. While they're twin brothers, Nip is the rambunctious, loud one and Tuck is the cool, [[Tsundere|cynical]] one.
* [[Right Behind Me]]: [http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00811.html Comic 811].
* [[Right Behind Me]]: [http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00811.html Comic 811].
** It was even lampshaded on the same page.
** It was even lampshaded on the same page.
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* [[Snipe Hunt]]
* [[Snipe Hunt]]
* [[Something About a Rose]]
* [[Something About a Rose]]
* [[Southern Fried Genius]]: While Nip is not entirely an idiot, in early strips he is quite reckless; on the other hand, Tuck is definitely displaying this trope.
* [[Southern-Fried Genius]]: While Nip is not entirely an idiot, in early strips he is quite reckless; on the other hand, Tuck is definitely displaying this trope.
* [[Speechbubbles Interruption]]
* [[Speechbubbles Interruption]]
* [[Splash of Color]]
* [[Splash of Color]]
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* [[We Need a Distraction]] / [[Wild Goose Chase]]: Upon hearing that Gus' buddies were gonna give Bandit a [[No Holds Barred Beatdown]] for him after the fight, Nip goes to the [[Wretched Hive|The Rusty Bucket]]... {{spoiler|and crashing the place with a 4x4 ATV.}} The thugs give chase ([http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00829.html and get chased in returned!]), before they manage to catch Nip. Unfortunately for '''''them''''', {{spoiler|Nip called the Indy Wrestling Foundation Ladies Division long}} ''{{spoiler|BEFORE}}'' {{spoiler|he went there...}} as '''''[[Time for Plan B|backup]]'''''.
* [[We Need a Distraction]] / [[Wild Goose Chase]]: Upon hearing that Gus' buddies were gonna give Bandit a [[No Holds Barred Beatdown]] for him after the fight, Nip goes to the [[Wretched Hive|The Rusty Bucket]]... {{spoiler|and crashing the place with a 4x4 ATV.}} The thugs give chase ([http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00829.html and get chased in returned!]), before they manage to catch Nip. Unfortunately for '''''them''''', {{spoiler|Nip called the Indy Wrestling Foundation Ladies Division long}} ''{{spoiler|BEFORE}}'' {{spoiler|he went there...}} as '''''[[Time for Plan B|backup]]'''''.
** '''RESULT:''' One [[Big Damn Heroes|Big Damn]] '''''[[Big Damn Heroes|HEROINES]]''''' [http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00830.html moment that those mental midgets won't soon forget].
** '''RESULT:''' One [[Big Damn Heroes|Big Damn]] '''''[[Big Damn Heroes|HEROINES]]''''' [http://www.rhjunior.com/NT/00830.html moment that those mental midgets won't soon forget].
* [[What Is Evil]]
* [[What Is Evil?]]
* [[What the Hell Hero]]: After Bandit's savage beating by Guss in a boxing match, his idol, Sierra, comes to visit him in the hospital wing. She pulls on his nose briefly, then gives him a scathing speech about how stupid the situation was, saying that not only did Bandit get into a fight unnecessarily, he also let his temper get the best of him and nearly got himself killed challenging a guy twice his height and weight to defend the honor of someone he'd never met in person. While Bandit cringes away from this, the scene turns out to be kind of sweet since Sierra then kisses him on the cheek for the thought.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: After Bandit's savage beating by Guss in a boxing match, his idol, Sierra, comes to visit him in the hospital wing. She pulls on his nose briefly, then gives him a scathing speech about how stupid the situation was, saying that not only did Bandit get into a fight unnecessarily, he also let his temper get the best of him and nearly got himself killed challenging a guy twice his height and weight to defend the honor of someone he'd never met in person. While Bandit cringes away from this, the scene turns out to be kind of sweet since Sierra then kisses him on the cheek for the thought.
* [[Where the Hell Is Springfield]]: Malarky County is somewhere in the [[Deep South]].
* [[Where the Hell Is Springfield?]]: Malarky County is somewhere in the [[Deep South]].
** Actually in a skit following the [[Straw Liberal]]'s rant and unsuccessful attempts to save face Texas is mentioned.
** Actually in a skit following the [[Straw Liberal]]'s rant and unsuccessful attempts to save face Texas is mentioned.
** Odd, since Hortence makes mention that it's cold nine months out of a year, and several strips (Especially during the Bandit arc) showed a pretty strong winter.
** Odd, since Hortence makes mention that it's cold nine months out of a year, and several strips (Especially during the Bandit arc) showed a pretty strong winter.

Revision as of 15:23, 8 January 2014

Nip And Tuck is another one of Ralph Hayes Jr's webcomics (Goblin Hollow and Tales of the Questor among his others).

The main focus is on Nip and Tuck Todd, two fox brothers of the somewhat loopy Malarky County, located somewhere (judging by the cast's accents) in the southern USA. Throughout the series, the brothers get mixed up in various hijinx, including babysitting a pair of rival budding evil geniuses, accidentally entering Tuck's girlfriend into a porno photoshoot, helping a rookie journalist try to prove the existence of the local lake monster to the world, training a junior boxer to fight the town bully, and even MST-ing Nip's movies.

You can find it here.

Tropes in the comic:
Tuck: Well, I s'pose you're learning all sorts o' new things...
—Tagger: Yeah. I learned tofu gives you th' scoots.

 Zelda's friend and assistant, Charlotte: "You put his clothes back on right this minute, young lady!---"

Zelda: "No. Go 'way."

 Hortence: I look like I should be singing Sweet Transvestite!

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