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A comedy-fantasy about three furries who combat magical threats to their adopted homeworld Earth, when they’re not passing off as mortals. Investigating a pending magical invasion of Earth, the main characters deal with pressure from their families to keep their status quiet, making alliances with other do-gooders and trying to keep from going crazy due to bad pop culture.

 

 

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* [[The Bechdel Test]]: Passes. The three main characters are women and they discuss many topics besides just their husbands.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Sheila when Ceryn threatens Will. {{spoiler|It takes the intervention of both Ally and Reece to keep the enraged 'roo from beating the deertaur witch to death}}.

* [[Beware My Stinger Tail]]: Sheila makes good use of her tail as a weapon. Temujin does as well, with her flail getting some damage on Sheila.

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Reece can be very polite. But you don’t want to arouse her angry side.

* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: "Revenge of the Cerv". {{spoiler|Sheila has successfully protected her husband's life from Ceryn's threats, but because [[The Masquerade Will Kill Your Dating Life|he is unaware of why she's been avoiding him]], he's left hurt and wondering what his wife is keeping from him}}.

* [[Breath Weapon]]: Kaige, Kiley and most dragons have stereotypical firebreathing capabilities.

** During the same arc, they also stumble in the ''[[Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures]]'' universe as well.

* [[Can't Argue with Elves]]: Pretty much the position most of the snobby magical beings take with both mundanes and also insubordinate members of their own race.

* [[Intrepid Reporter]]: Ixod Istanbul is determined to find out the truth about the magic going on behind the scenes in Houston.

* [[Ironic Birthday]]: Tazel is the recipient of one of these in "Light The Candles."

* [[Kangaroos Represent Australia]]: Sheila, a punk kangaroo at that.

* [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]]: The Fox Brothers (and sister) are a very obvious parody of Yakko, Wakko and Dot from ''[[Animaniacs]]''.

* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Stories bounce back and forth between magical adventures and slice of life moments in a mundane setting.

* [[Moral Myopia]]: Enchanters care deeply about their loved ones, but mortals are looked upon as disposable bugs.

* [[Mugging the Monster]]: A troupe of conquistador-like alien bugs choose Reece's house as the starting point of their invasion of Earth. They quickly regret this.

* [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous]]: Very much so for the girls. Tazel and Ian have moments where four arms come in handy in a battle too.

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Ally and Sheila have the closest friendship between the trio. Doesn't stop them from butting heads on occasion.

* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: The main characters can hide their lower arms when needed to fit in on Earth. Also, they were tricked into transforming themselves into deer. Ally’s [[Batman Gambit]] saved the day.

* [[We Help the Helpless]]: Kaige and Kiley operate on this level as part of their jobs (though they get personal satisfaction from helping others as well).

** Ally, Reece and Sheila view themselves as abiding by this concerning the entire planet Earth, but mostly restrict themselves to large supernatural threats as opposed to common mundane crimes, such as muggings. The rationale being mortals should be protected from threats they're not capable of dealing with, but should be expected to handle the problems they can solve on their own.