Farce of the Three Kingdoms

I’m exaggerating. Just a little.

Summary of Three Kingdoms in one image...

Chapter 1. In which the heroes swear eternal brotherhood (about thirty seconds after meeting) and spend half the war walking back and forth.

Chapter 2. In which Zhang Fei loses his temper a few more times, and literally everyone is corrupt.

Chapter 3. In which the court loses the eunuch problem and gains a massive Dong problem.

Chapter 4. In which we really get to know Cao Cao.

Chapter 5. In which Yuan Shao tries to herd cats.

Chapter 6. In which Yuan Shao continues to be a terrible boss, and Dong Zhuo gets his Caligula on.

Chapter 7. In which Sun Jian learns why foreshadowing your own death is a bad idea.

Chapter 8. In which Diao Chan plays Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo like fiddles.

Chapter 9: In which Dong Zhuo fails at reading obvious omens, and Lu Bu kills his father (again).

Chapter 10. In which Cao Cao conducts a bunch of job interviews.

Chapter 11. In which everyone calls in favours and it gets convoluted.

Chapter 12. In which there are more Cao Cao Yakety Sax scenes.

Chapter 13. In which there are several awkward dinner parties, and the Emperor becomes a political football more literally than usual.

Chapter 14. In which Zhang Fei catches the idiot ball.

Chapter 15. In which we take a break from our regularly scheduled programming.

Chapter 16. In which Lu Bu finally shows evidence of multiple brain cells, and Cao Cao’s sex comedy goes horribly wrong.

Chapter 17. In which Cao Cao gets a really bad haircut.

Chapter 18. In which Xiahou Dun manages to make everything even weirder, somehow.

Chapter 19. In which Liu Bei loses the moral high ground in every conceivable way and several inconceivable ones.

Chapter 20. In which Dong Cheng accidentally sets his clothes on fire, and finds out that he is part of a government conspiracy.

Chapter 21. In which Liu Bei takes up gardening, to everyone’s horror.

Chapter 22. In which Zhang Fei finally manages to calm his tits, sorta.

Chapter 23. In which the Girdle conspiracy comes undone; butt first, Cao Cao deals with a protester in a surprising way.

Chapter 24. In which Cao Cao is unpleasant, Yuan Shao is unintelligent, and Liu Bei is unlucky.

Chapter 25. In which Guan Yu tries out the city life.

Chapter 26. In which Guan Yu learns how out of the loop he is.

Chapter 27. In which Guan Yu murders a bunch of TSA agents.

Chapter 28. In which the band gets back together for some more pointless wandering around.

Chapter 29. In which Sun Ce is a bigot, and Sun Quan gets a new boyfriend.

Chapter 30. In which Yuan Shao displays his usual intelligence and strong leadership (none).

Chapter 31. In which Liu Bei gets his ass handed to him, again.

Chapter 32. In which we play Keeping Up With The Yuans.

Chapter 33. In which Cao Cao goes off on a sidequest.

Chapter 34. In which Liu Bei has truly appalling manners.

Chapter 35. In which Liu Bei is scolded by a wizard, and hears a really catchy advertising jingle.

Chapter 36. In which Cao Cao gets beaned by an old lady.

Chapter 37. In which the story randomly turns into a musical.

Chapter 38. In which Liu Bei continues to be a creepy stalker.

Chapter 39. In which Zhuge Liang is enraged by a silly hat.

Chapter 40. In which Zhuge Liang ingeniously burns down his own city.

Chapter 41. In which Cao Ren’s life is saved by a lucky continuity error.

Chapter 42. In which Liu Bei shows off his A+ parenting skills.

Chapter 43. In which Zhuge Liang puts the “Ass” in “Ambassador.”

Chapter 44. In which Zhuge Liang makes a rather naughty pun.

Chapter 45. In which Zhou Yu overacts and overreacts.

Chapter 46. In which there are nonstop mind games.

Chapter 47. In which Cao Cao turns into a drooling fanboy.

Chapter 48. In which Cao Cao throws a dangerously good party.

Chapter 49. In which Zhuge Liang casually reveals that he is a wizard, no big deal.

Chapter 50. In which Cao Cao really doesn’t know when to stop jinxing himself.

Chapter 51. In which everyone plays Musical Cities.

Chapter 52. In which Zhao Yun is terrified of sex.

Chapter 53. In which Wei Yan does all the work and gets none of the credit, not for the first or last time.

Chapter 54. In which Liu Bei impresses his in-laws, using only his good looks (and a few well-placed sheep).

Chapter 55. In which Lady Sun >> Liu Bei.

Chapter 56. In which Cao Cao goes on an emotional rollercoaster.

Chapter 57. In which Zhuge Liang achieves new pinnacles of douchebaggery.

Chapter 58. In which Cao Cao gets another really bad haircut.

Chapter 59. In which Xu Chu really messes with Ma Chao’s head.

Chapter 60. In which we reach the halfway point, and still don’t have three kingdoms.

Chapter 61. In which there is an extremely tense dance party.

Chapter 62. In which hypocrisy reigns supreme.

Chapter 63. In which Pang Tong takes the high road, for the first and last time.

Chapter 64. In which Ma Chao is just awful.

Chapter 65. In which Jian Yong very briefly becomes an attention whore.

Chapter 66. In which Guan Yu goes full Zhang Fei.

Chapter 67. In which Sun Quan finally gets his counties back.

Chapter 68. In which Sun Quan throws a party with a very unusual stripper, and Cao Cao is pursued by an army of zombies.

Chapter 69. In which we see the stupidest conspiracy yet, which is a high bar.

Chapter 70. In which Zhang He and Zhang Fei have an unusually aggressive drinking contest.

Chapter 71. In which Cao Cao does a crossword puzzle, and his redshirts do the math.

Chapter 72. In which Cao Cao has a thoroughly miserable time.

Chapter 73. In which Guan Yu is a dick.

Chapter 74. In which Cao Ren is entirely surrounded by water.

Chapter 75. In which Guan Yu has a doctor’s appointment, and Lu Meng doesn’t.

Chapter 76. In which 75 chapters of dickery bite Guan Yu in the ass, who could have predicted that?

Chapter 77. In which Guan Yu achieves enlightenment (by murdering people).

Chapter 78. In which Cao Cao exits stage left, due to: a) a conspiracy going right; b) a Yakety Sax scene going wrong; or, c) a random tree stabbing him in the head.

Chapter 79. In which the Cao brothers have a bizarre succession non-crisis.

Chapter 80. In which political correctness goes stark raving mad.

Chapter 81. In which Zhang Fei dies before the attempt even starts.

Chapter 82. In which very little is accomplished.

Chapter 83. In which things get incredibly dark, holy shit.

Chapter 84. In which Liu Bei fails even more badly than usual, and Zhuge Liang makes himself useful by building Stonehenge and inventing hotboxing.

Chapter 85. In which Shu meets the new boss, same as the old boss (literally).

Chapter 86. In which Sun Quan attempts to play bad cop.

Chapter 87. In which Zhuge Liang goes to the ‘Nam.

Chapter 88. In which Zhuge Liang continues with his catch-and-release policy.

Chapter 89. In which a couple of convenient old men save the day.

Chapter 90. In which Zhuge Liang wins hearts and minds.

Chapter 91. In which Zhuge Liang performs an exorcism, using nothing but a plate of tortellini.

Chapter 92. In which the mail must go through numerous ordeals.

Chapter 93. In which there is a very literal war of words.

Chapter 94. In which the Sima strikes back.

Chapter 95. In which Zhuge Liang harnesses the power of rock’n’roll.

Chapter 96. In which Zhuge Liang gets demoted (but not really), and someone besides Cao Cao gets a bad haircut for once.

Chapter 97. In which everyone drops about 20 IQ points, oh and by the way Zhao Yun dies.

Chapter 98. In which the title finally becomes accurate, as Sun Quan joins the Emperor Club.

Chapter 99. In which the cat-and-mouse game begins in earnest.

Chapter 100. In which the war comes to a thrilling anticlimax.

Chapter 101. In which Zhuge Liang unleashes some grim reapers.

Chapter 102. In which Zhuge Liang builds an army of robot cows (yes, really.)

Chapter 103. In which Zhuge Liang sets fire to the rain.

Chapter 104. In which Zhuge Liang’s death scene drags on and on, and on, and on…

Chapter 105. In which everyone else backstabs Wei Yan, the filthy traitor.

Chapter 106. In which Sima Yi takes a sick decade.

Chapter 107. In which Sima Yi is revolting.

Chapter 108. In which Zhuge Ke gets his dying wishes, but no one else does.

Chapter 109. In which Jiang Wei fights Wei to a draw (read: a loss), and the conspiracy bar is lowered yet again.

Chapter 110. In which Sima Shi’s head explodes.

Chapter 111. In which Jiang Wei gets his ass kicked again, seriously, you’d think he’d learn at some point.

Chapter 112. In which Zhuge Dan carries on his family tradition of self-destructivess.

Chapter 113. In which Sun Chen is killed off, by popular demand.

Chapter 114. In which there are some truly magnificent death scenes.

Chapter 115. In which Jiang Wei’s screws come even looser.

Chapter 116. In which Zhuge Liang makes a ghastly guest appearance.

Chapter 117. In which several Zhuges of varying authenticity cause headaches for Deng Ai.

Chapter 118. In which Deng Ai climbs another mountain (of paperwork).

Chapter 119. In which practically everybody dies.

Chapter 120. In which everyone who didn’t die in the last chapter dies. The end.

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