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* [[Adult Child]]: Blonde Hair and Red Hair |
* [[Adult Child]]: Blonde Hair and Red Hair |
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* [[Anti-Hero]]: Ron is a Type II; all the other important characters fall under Type I. |
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* [[Berserk Button]]: Mentioning Tang around Dr. Eggleston |
* [[Berserk Button]]: Mentioning Tang around Dr. Eggleston |
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* [[Character Title]] |
* [[Character Title]] |
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* [[Don't Explain the Joke]]: "Ron Planet Astronauting: 'Cause planets are in space!" |
* [[Don't Explain the Joke]]: "Ron Planet Astronauting: 'Cause planets are in space!" |
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** "Those were the names of some famous satellites" |
** "Those were the names of some famous satellites" |
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* [[Everything's Better With Monkeys]]: While there's technically no actual ''monkey'', [http://www.ronplanet.com/screenplay.html the concept art] features a huge gorilla...[[Rule of Funny|and claims that the word, gorilla, can be used as an adjective.]] |
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* [[Greek Chorus]]: Blonde Hair and Red Hair |
* [[Greek Chorus]]: Blonde Hair and Red Hair |
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* [[He Knows Too Much]]: Ron's theory on how {{spoiler|the moon people}} feel about Eggleston. |
* [[He Knows Too Much]]: Ron's theory on how {{spoiler|the moon people}} feel about Eggleston. |
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** All astronauts; once space travel became too common, the once-romanticized career became a joke. |
** All astronauts; once space travel became too common, the once-romanticized career became a joke. |
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** NASA itself has been reduced to one guy and two on-loan government agents. |
** NASA itself has been reduced to one guy and two on-loan government agents. |
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* [[In-Series Nickname]]: Carlos, aka "Sidecar". |
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* [[Jaded Washout]]: Ron fits all the criteria, with the exception of laziness. |
* [[Jaded Washout]]: Ron fits all the criteria, with the exception of laziness. |
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* [[Jumped At the Call]]: Sidecar. |
* [[Jumped At the Call]]: Sidecar. |
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* [[Refusal of the Call]]: Ron. |
* [[Refusal of the Call]]: Ron. |
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* [[Schedule Slip]] |
* [[Schedule Slip]] |
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* [[Self-Deprecation]]: Ron, sometimes. |
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* [[Squeaky Eyes]]: Dr. Eggleston. His blinks are audible. |
* [[Squeaky Eyes]]: Dr. Eggleston. His blinks are audible. |
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* [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]] |
* [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]] |
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Revision as of 12:37, 8 January 2014
Created by Craig Zobel and Matt Chapman (of Homestar Runner fame), Ron Planet is a webcomic that takes place circa 2040. It centers on Ron Planet, the last astronaut on Earth, and his lame life (i.e., cleaning up vomit in space). However, everything changes when a now dirt-poor NASA approaches him to solve a problem related to microwave popcorn.
This webcomic provides examples of:
- Adult Child: Blonde Hair and Red Hair
- Anti-Hero: Ron is a Type II; all the other important characters fall under Type I.
- Berserk Button: Mentioning Tang around Dr. Eggleston
- Character Title
- The Chew Toy: Ron.
- Cloudcuckoolander: Blonde Hair and Red Hair.
- Crapsack World: The most realistic one ever.
- Deadpan Snarker: Ron
- Determinator: Sidecar
- Don't Explain the Joke: "Ron Planet Astronauting: 'Cause planets are in space!"
- "Those were the names of some famous satellites"
- Everything's Better With Monkeys: While there's technically no actual monkey, the concept art features a huge gorilla...and claims that the word, gorilla, can be used as an adjective.
- Greek Chorus: Blonde Hair and Red Hair
- He Knows Too Much: Ron's theory on how the moon people feel about Eggleston.
- How the Mighty Have Fallen:
- All astronauts; once space travel became too common, the once-romanticized career became a joke.
- NASA itself has been reduced to one guy and two on-loan government agents.
- In-Series Nickname: Carlos, aka "Sidecar".
- Jaded Washout: Ron fits all the criteria, with the exception of laziness.
- Jumped At the Call: Sidecar.
- Meaningful Name: "'Cause planets are in space!"
- Ms. Exposition: The old lady who explains the strip's concept of an astronaut to the little boy.
- Only Sane Man: While definitely not normal [1], Ron seems to have a much better grasp on the world around him than his colleagues.
- Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: Seems to be going in this direction
- Refusal of the Call: Ron.
- Schedule Slip
- Self-Deprecation: Ron, sometimes.
- Squeaky Eyes: Dr. Eggleston. His blinks are audible.
- Twenty Minutes Into the Future
- What Could Have Been: It was originally going to be a movie, and came this close to being produced; then, the financiers backed out, so Matt and Craig decided to revive it as a webcomic...in the hopes that it gets popular enough to do the movie after all.
- X Meets Y: Space Cowboys meets Invader Zim meets Homestar Runner.
- ↑ the man agreed to a dangerous mission, provided they paid him in space ice cream!