8-Bit Theater
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8-bit Theater is a sprite-based webcomic created by Brian Clevinger in early 2001 as part of a high school project. After seeing it become mildly popular, he decided to continue with it. It follows the misadventures of four deranged individuals as they revive the Orbs of Light and save the world from Chaos.
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[edit] Characters
- Fighter McWarrior, a childish, sword-loving Fighter who often gets the group into bad situations. The most naive of the group.
- Black Mage Evilwizardington, the evil, Fighter-hating Black Mage who uses his Hadoken to "make things fall down".
- Red Mage Statscowski, the self proclaimed "Fractactical Genus" of the Light Warriors.
- Thief, the contractual leader of the Light Warriors.
- Garland, the kind, cookie loving, leader of the Dark Warriors (for most of the comic).
- Bikke, the pirate with two fully functional hands, but desires to be called "The Claw".
- Vilbert von Vampire, the nerdy Goth son of Lich von Vampire.
- Drizz'l, the smartest of the Dark Warriors, and is their current leader.
- Generic Half-Elven Dual-Class Ranger, the master marksman, but somewhat gullible.
- Berserker Axinhed, the split personality Berserker.
- Cleric, the only atheist cleric, as he doesn't like to play favorites with gods.
- Rogue, a Thief rip-off.
- Other Characters
- White Mage, who tries to lead the Light Warriors on the right path, and is Black Mage's love interest, but that interest is totally one way.
- Black Belt, White Mage's late bodyguard.
- Dragoon, last of a line of dragon knights.
- Sarda, the wizard who did it and who sent the Light Warriors on their quest for the four orbs.
- Princess Sara, Garland's captive who tutored him to become a proper villain and has aspirations of villainy herself.
- Fiends, four elemental monsters that the Light Warriors have defeated to rescue the four orbs.
[edit] Premise
The comic roughly follows the basic premise of the first Final Fantasy game. Four Light Warriors are recruited by the King of Corneria to rescue his daughter from Garland, after which they are sent to slay the Four Fiends and defeat the demon lord Chaos to restore light to the Crystals and save the world.
Beyond this, 8-Bit Theater is a parody of the Final Fantasy series itself, and of the very RPG genre to an extent. The Light Warriors are portrayed as maniacal, dim-witted, prideful and selfish, with little regard for the safety of the world. They are dysfunctional and frequently fight amongst themselves, having to rely on luck and the help of others to actually make any progress towards their goal of world salvation. The villains they face, with a few notable exceptions, are similarly incompetent and inept.
Beyond following the basic idea of the game, the comic makes countless pop-culture references and has many long-established running gags and original characters. Several new subplots, including patron gods to each Light Warrior and rival groups of adventurers, are also key plot points. To date, the comic has over 1000 strips, not including side-comics unrelated to the main comic itself.
[edit] See Also
[edit] External Links
- 8-Bit Theater Comic Home Page
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