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'''Wonderella''': '''Superhero''' dead, guys.
'''Wonderella''': '''Superhero''' dead, guys.
'''Crowd''': "Ohhhhh." }}
'''Crowd''': "Ohhhhh." }}
* [[Continuity Nod]]:
* [[Continuity Nod]]: [http://nonadventures.com/2008/06/07/what-would-doobie-doobie-do/ "The Easter Bunny doesn't exist!"] "Gasp! What about Santa?" [http://nonadventures.com/2006/12/23/jesus-christ-super-hero/ "Sure, 'til I killed him!"]
** [http://nonadventures.com/2008/06/07/what-would-doobie-doobie-do/ "The Easter Bunny doesn't exist!"] "Gasp! What about Santa?" [http://nonadventures.com/2006/12/23/jesus-christ-super-hero/ "Sure, 'til I killed him!"]
** Santa, of course, [http://nonadventures.com/2012/12/29/ill-be-doom-for-xmas/ returned]. And then [[It Got Worse]].
*** Santa, of course, [http://nonadventures.com/2012/12/29/ill-be-doom-for-xmas/ returned]. And then [[It Got Worse]].
** The virtual reality headset that Wonderella bought on [https://nonadventures.com/2006/10/14/enter-the-dragon-slayer/ 2006/10/14] to play a video game shows up again on [https://nonadventures.com/2007/11/17/melanin-colleague-and-the-infinite-sadness/ 2007/11/17] when she uses it to [[Inside a Computer System|enter the Internet]] (over Queen Beetle's [[Lampshade Hanging|objection]] that "There's no plausible reason why that should ever work") to stop an Internet entity's plan "to remove all color from reality itself".
* [[Crossover Cosmology]]: Lampshaded in [http://nonadventures.com/2006/12/25/jesus-christ-super-hero-part-2/ the end] of the [[Saving Christmas]] two-parter; then later, with [http://nonadventures.com/2007/06/30/fjord-escape/ the Norse.]
* [[Crossover Cosmology]]: Lampshaded in [http://nonadventures.com/2006/12/25/jesus-christ-super-hero-part-2/ the end] of the [[Saving Christmas]] two-parter; then later, with [http://nonadventures.com/2007/06/30/fjord-escape/ the Norse.]
* [[Cursed with Awesome]]: [http://nonadventures.com/2008/05/17/asp-hat/]
* [[Cursed with Awesome]]: [http://nonadventures.com/2008/05/17/asp-hat/]
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* [[I Love Nuclear Power]]: [http://nonadventures.com/2009/02/14/monster-mashup/ Parodied, subverted,] with one-third [[Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke]].
* [[I Love Nuclear Power]]: [http://nonadventures.com/2009/02/14/monster-mashup/ Parodied, subverted,] with one-third [[Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke]].
* [[Imagine Spot]]: [http://nonadventures.com/2008/05/10/ballooner-landing/]
* [[Imagine Spot]]: [http://nonadventures.com/2008/05/10/ballooner-landing/]
* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: In a variation, after [https://nonadventures.com/2006/10/21/in-the-cold-kentucky-reign-of-blood/ staking some vampires], [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath|Wonderella]] takes their bones — i.e., presumably human bones — to make soup stock.
* [[Incredibly Obvious Bomb]]: [http://nonadventures.com/2007/07/28/chicken-of-the-seamen/ Lampshaded in the alt text.] Then Wonderella [http://nonadventures.com/2007/12/29/baby-new-fear/ leaves one of her own.]
* [[Incredibly Obvious Bomb]]: [http://nonadventures.com/2007/07/28/chicken-of-the-seamen/ Lampshaded in the alt text.] Then Wonderella [http://nonadventures.com/2007/12/29/baby-new-fear/ leaves one of her own.]
* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]: Jokerella, although many of the other villains have their moments.
* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]: Jokerella, although many of the other villains have their moments.
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* [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist]]: Wonderella
* [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist]]: Wonderella
* [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]: [http://nonadventures.com/2007/11/17/melanin-colleague-and-the-infinite-sadness/ So does clutter-free web design.]
* [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]: [http://nonadventures.com/2007/11/17/melanin-colleague-and-the-infinite-sadness/ So does clutter-free web design.]
* [[Vegetarian Vampire]]: Wonderella [https://nonadventures.com/2006/10/21/in-the-cold-kentucky-reign-of-blood/ meets some vampires] who say that, instead of killing innocent people, they intend to organize a blood donation drive and split the donated blood with the Red Cross. [[Deadly Change-of-Heart|Wonderella kills them all anyway]] — she wants their bones [[I'm a Humanitarian|to make soup stock]].
* [[Video Will]]: [http://nonadventures.com/2009/08/08/big-will-style/ "Oh! Hello there! I am dead."]
* [[Video Will]]: [http://nonadventures.com/2009/08/08/big-will-style/ "Oh! Hello there! I am dead."]
* [[Villainous Harlequin]]: Jokerella, skimping on the "villainous". Her mother Pirouette was a much straighter example.
* [[Villainous Harlequin]]: Jokerella, skimping on the "villainous". Her mother Pirouette was a much straighter example.

Revision as of 06:18, 15 March 2024

"I started out Wonderella to make an off-the-clock superhero who was an average woman instead of some 24/7 warrior... though somewhere along the line, 'average woman' became a cross between Elaine Benes and Zelda Fitzgerald."

—Justin Pierce

The Non-Adventures of Wonderella is a parody web comic of the DC Comics character Wonder Woman, and many superhero tropes in general. It focuses mainly on the mundane parts of the life of Wonderella, a somewhat air-headed and lazy Valley Girl-ish superheroine who demonstrates little interest in being a hero... or, in fact, doing anything much outside of partying, getting completely wasted, violence, and shopping. She is super-strong, super-durable, and she can't fly but she can "totally jump hella high", and when tied up she can hork up a giant octopus, tell plants to die, or curl up in a perfect ball when traumatized. She also has a rarely used invisible blimp.

Better Than It Sounds, honest!

The Non-Adventures of Wonderella began on September 9th, 2006. It was formerly hosted on Webcomics Nation, and now has its own website. Wonderella seems to be on hiatus, with the most recent comic posted in August 2019.

Tropes used in The Non-Adventures of Wonderella include:

Like all good comic book scientists, Dr. Shark is willing to ignore massive swaths of his inexplicable universe.

"Just seems like there are risks in altering the past, ya know?"
"Risks like everything going exactly perfectly, maybe."

Wonderella: "...that's like the worst comeback ever uttered by the human mouth."

"Don't you hate when lazy sitcoms reuse old material in clip shows?"

Wonderella: "Apparently a lot of 'em are dead now."
Crowd: *GASP!*
Wonderella: Superhero dead, guys.
Crowd: "Ohhhhh."

"Generally speaking, most online comics get by with no editorial management, but in this case I made a couple of Greek jokes regarding Pompeii, a Roman city nowhere near Greece. I will leave the comic unchanged for the weekend as a shameful reminder to do better fact-checking, then replace it on Monday with a version that addresses my Carmen Sandiego dilemma."

"Like all good comic book scientists, Doctor Shark is willing to ignore massive swaths of his own inexplicable universe."

"What does M.A.L.I.C.E. stand for?"
"It stands for evil, darling."

"You just pulled yourself a boner so big, you're all wet!"

Wonderella (to Hitlerella): You know who else did monologues all day? Hamlet.

Due to overwhelming reader response, I have added breasts to the space dinosaur cowboy.
This was not a statement I was expecting to make today (or ever), but your logic is irrefutable and I am not above admitting my own mistakes.

*POP* "Aw bitches!"

Look, I just have this naming convention. If you wanna be my villain, you might as well have a name that rhymes.

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