Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!

Brewster Rockit: Space Guy! is a newspaper comic by Tim Rickard. It chronicles the crazy antics of the crew of the space station R.U. Sirius, led by Cloudcuckoolander Captain Brewster Rockit.

Current strips can be found here. Older strips can be read at the Wayback Machine.

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Tropes used in Brewster Rockit: Space Guy! include:

• Action Mom: Pam. She's a divorced mother of two.
• Applied Phlebotinum / Misapplied Phlebotinum / Just Think of the Potential: Benevolent aliens decide to give humans an unlimited energy source. Dr. Mel's first thought is how to weaponize it.
• Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny
• Awesome McCoolname: Tim Rickard, the name sounds like Picard
• Big Bad: Dirk Raider
• Butt Monkey: Winky. Also Ensign Ted, but less frequently.
• Catch Phrase: "Aaah! My Spleen!"
• Cloudcuckoolander: Brewster
• Companion Cube: Bucky the Robot, a bucket on a coat rack who nonetheless managed to win an election.
• Dead TV Remote Gag: Ended in a Stable Time Loop
• Fat Bastard: Cliff Clewless
• Heroic Sacrifice: Why Pam remains loyal to Brewster. He was a highly competent space captain who sacrificed his brain to save her from aliens.
• Hypercompetent Sidekick: Pam
• Idiot Hero: Brewster
• Ice Cream Koan: Toada
• Leaning on the Fourth Wall: Brewster (I think) once had a dream where he and other newspaper comics were being threatened by a dangerous ink spill.
• The Masquerade: No one on Earth knows about the aliens... somehow.
• The Men in Black: Agent X
• Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate: Dr. Mel has one. Doubles as a Mad Scientist
• Noodle Implements: The strips for September 18 and 19 of 2007.
• Only Sane Employee: Pam
• Only Sane Man: Pam and occasionally Brewster.
• Planet of Hats: Planet of the donut people, anyone?
• Punny Name: Just about everyone who doesn't have a Meaningful Name. Pamela Mae Snap, Dr. Mel Practice, Cliff Clewless, etc
• Too Dumb to Live
• Red Shirt: Ensign Kenny
• Right-Hand-Cat: In several comics you see Dr. Mel with a cat.
• Shout-Out: Numberous Science Fiction References. Dozens of Star Trek shout outs.
• Shown Their Work: Sunday strips will often focus on Dr. Mel a lecture on the planets and stars, often ending in a Genius Bonus joke. Not surprising since Tim Rickard is a MENSA member.
• Uranus Is Showing: Comes up pretty much whenever the unfortunately named O-Dor of Uranus appears. Certain members of the R.U. Sirius still haven't gotten over it.
• Useless Spleen: Winky appears to have an endless supply of replacement spleens.