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* [[Beast and Beauty]]: [http://nonadventures.com/2011/07/30/beauty-and-the-beatdown/ Here.]
* [[Beast and Beauty]]: [http://nonadventures.com/2011/07/30/beauty-and-the-beatdown/ Here.]
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: And here you thought Rita's only personality trait was being [[The Ditz]]. [http://nonadventures.com/2010/09/18/sidekick-effects/ Think again]!
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: And here you thought Rita's only personality trait was being [[The Ditz]]. [http://nonadventures.com/2010/09/18/sidekick-effects/ Think again]!
* [[Big No]]: Wonderella [https://nonadventures.com/2007/03/10/daylight-savings-crime/ after] her abuse of the Order of Prodigious Noblewomen's [[Time Machine]] to try to avoid losing an hour with the switch to daylight saving time earns her the ''[[Planet of the Apes]]'' ending, with the Statue of Liberty half-buried in a beach.
* [[Blasphemous Boast]]: "God answers [http://nonadventures.com/2007/10/13/the-wrong-arm-of-the-law/ to ME!]"
* [[Blasphemous Boast]]: "God answers [http://nonadventures.com/2007/10/13/the-wrong-arm-of-the-law/ to ME!]"
* [[Blessed with Suck]]: [http://nonadventures.com/2009/01/31/animus-complex/ Animating touch.]
* [[Blessed with Suck]]: [http://nonadventures.com/2009/01/31/animus-complex/ Animating touch.]
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* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: The short-lived [[Sentai]] team [http://nonadventures.com/2014/04/26/flags-of-our-fodder/ Semaphorce]'s Pink member declares "Pink for VENGEANCE!"
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: The short-lived [[Sentai]] team [http://nonadventures.com/2014/04/26/flags-of-our-fodder/ Semaphorce]'s Pink member declares "Pink for VENGEANCE!"
* [[Reckless Gun Usage]]: [https://nonadventures.com/2006/12/23/jesus-christ-super-hero/ On Christmas Eve], Wonderella wants to have fun shooting clay pigeons, which she has Wonderita throw into the air — in a city, with nothing to stop her shots from hitting passers-by. Wonderella immediately accidentally shoots down Santa Claus in his flying sleigh, which crashes and [[Every Car Is a Pinto|burns]] on the roof of a church, [[From Bad to Worse|setting the church on fire]], after which Jesus teleports in to [[What the Hell, Hero?|admonish them]] and to recruit them for [[Saving Christmas]].
* [[Reckless Gun Usage]]: [https://nonadventures.com/2006/12/23/jesus-christ-super-hero/ On Christmas Eve], Wonderella wants to have fun shooting clay pigeons, which she has Wonderita throw into the air — in a city, with nothing to stop her shots from hitting passers-by. Wonderella immediately accidentally shoots down Santa Claus in his flying sleigh, which crashes and [[Every Car Is a Pinto|burns]] on the roof of a church, [[From Bad to Worse|setting the church on fire]], after which Jesus teleports in to [[What the Hell, Hero?|admonish them]] and to recruit them for [[Saving Christmas]].
* [[Reduced to Ratburgers]]: After the leprechaun teleports Wonderella and Wonderita to [https://nonadventures.com/2007/03/17/shamrock-shake-up/ somewhere high up in snowy mountains], Wonderella [[The Lord of the Rings (film)|releases a moth, summoning a giant eagle]], but instead of properly rescuing them it just takes them to its nest, where it regurgitates food into its babies' mouths. Wonderella closes her eyes and angles to get some of the food, while Rita looks [[Squick|unsure she wants to go along with this]]. Given that they don't seem to have tried any ''other'' way to get back to civilization, Wonderella was maybe being premature in being willing to eat ''that''.
* [[Refuge in Vulgarity]]
* [[Refuge in Vulgarity]]
* [[Retro Gaming]]: Wonderella [https://nonadventures.com/2007/01/20/show-us-your-wiiness/ goes to buy] a [[Wii]] because "everyone else wants" one, but she finds it too complex and prefers playing ''[[Bad Dudes]]'' on an [[Wikipedia:arcade machine|arcade machine]].
* [[Retro Gaming]]: Wonderella [https://nonadventures.com/2007/01/20/show-us-your-wiiness/ goes to buy] a [[Wii]] because "everyone else wants" one, but she finds it too complex and prefers playing ''[[Bad Dudes]]'' on an [[Wikipedia:arcade machine|arcade machine]].
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** And [http://nonadventures.com/2011/05/28/bullet-with-butterfly-stings/ here] is a whole strip [[Lampshading]] this trope. Also, [[It Got Worse|it gets worse]] when, after shooting failed, you try [[Throw-Away Guns|tossing the empty gun at her]]...
** And [http://nonadventures.com/2011/05/28/bullet-with-butterfly-stings/ here] is a whole strip [[Lampshading]] this trope. Also, [[It Got Worse|it gets worse]] when, after shooting failed, you try [[Throw-Away Guns|tossing the empty gun at her]]...
* [[Shout-Out]]
* [[Shout-Out]]
** After the leprechaun teleports Wonderella and Wonderita to [https://nonadventures.com/2007/03/17/shamrock-shake-up/ somewhere high up in snowy mountains], Wonderella releases a moth to summon a giant eagle to rescue them, like [[The Lord of the Rings (film)|Gandalf]].
** [http://nonadventures.com/2008/07/19/moms-the-word/ To] the Joker's [[Have a Gay Old Time|"boner,"]] as popularized by [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209085538/http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=303:batmans-boner&catid=32:seduction-index&Itemid=36#content Superdickery.]
** [http://nonadventures.com/2008/07/19/moms-the-word/ To] the Joker's [[Have a Gay Old Time|"boner,"]] as popularized by [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209085538/http://superdickery.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=303:batmans-boner&catid=32:seduction-index&Itemid=36#content Superdickery.]
** To the ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' [[Expository Theme Tune]]. [http://nonadventures.com/2008/08/23/the-da-vinci-load/]
** To the ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' [[Expository Theme Tune]]. [http://nonadventures.com/2008/08/23/the-da-vinci-load/]
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* [[Skyward Scream]]: [http://nonadventures.com/2011/08/27/quakey-breakey-heart/ Really brings out] Wonderella's [[Skewed Priorities]]
* [[Skyward Scream]]: [http://nonadventures.com/2011/08/27/quakey-breakey-heart/ Really brings out] Wonderella's [[Skewed Priorities]]
* [[Slash Fic]]: [http://nonadventures.com/2008/06/07/what-would-doobie-doobie-do/ With Ronald McDonald]
* [[Slash Fic]]: [http://nonadventures.com/2008/06/07/what-would-doobie-doobie-do/ With Ronald McDonald]
* [[Smoke Out]]: [http://nonadventures.com/2007/03/03/pale-to-the-queen/ Parodied.]
* [[Smoke Out]]: Wonderella tries [https://nonadventures.com/2007/03/03/pale-to-the-queen/ after] she offends Queen Beetle in a bookshop, but she doesn't know what to do after throwing down a smoke bomb, so she just stands there in a cloud of smoke.
{{quote|'''Wonderella:''' gotta learn part two of this.}}
* [[Snap Back]]
* [[Snap Back]]
* [[Spanner in the Works]]: [http://nonadventures.com/2008/11/15/diamonds-are-whatever/]
* [[Spanner in the Works]]: [http://nonadventures.com/2008/11/15/diamonds-are-whatever/]

Revision as of 09:01, 16 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!"

Wonderella: gotta learn part two of this.

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

Wonderella: Not gettin' paid by the word here