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* [[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 (Animation)|Animaniacs]]''.
* [[Literal Split Personality]]: Ally spent most of "Splitting Hares" divided into two versions of herself, one loyally staying by Peter's side while they other half commits to Sheila and Reece. Both claimed to be the "true" Ally and fought it out, [[Me's a Crowd|each accusing the other of being inferior and making irresponsible choices]]. {{spoiler|It took the threat of [[Ret
* [[Literally Shattered Lives]]: Happens to the Death Raptor.
* [[A Load of Bull]]: Dagg the Fierce, a would-be pillager minotaur, runs afoul of Kaige and Kiley.
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* [[The Masquerade Will Kill Your Dating Life]]: See above.
* [[Missing Mom]]: Sheila's mother has so far been a no-show, and unlike most examples this hasn't been portrayed positively, more along the lines of a female [[Disappeared Dad]]. Sheila's father on the other hand, while immature and a womanizer, has been there for his daughter when she needed him.
* [[Mix
** Ginger, Geoffrey and Xodiac are half furry, half dragon hybrids.
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Stories bounce back and forth between magical adventures and slice of life moments in a mundane setting.
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* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: Kaige and Kiley work for a private security firm run by dragons.
** Dragons run a full gamut of various species and moralities, with Kaige and Kiley being good members, Krassus being an [[Evil Overlord]]-type and various large, seemingly non-sentient ones showing up in "Splitting Hares."
* [[Pegasus]]: Meet Alexander, [http://atarmslength.smackjeeves.com/comics/1295995/games-monsters-play-42/ a fast-talking winged horse desperate to close a deal]. His sad sack, pathetic salesmen persona is a [[Shout
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Temujin—evil dictator and warlord, really thinks peasants are cute.
* [[Seers|Precognition]]: Reece has limited psychic abilities to see the future or sense danger.
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* [[Sensible Heroes, Skimpy Villains]]: The main characters wear reasonable shirt and pants combos into battle, but their arch nemesis Temujin looks like she bought her outfit from the barbarian section of Victoria's Secret.
** Averted with Kiley, who wears a tube top.
* [[Shout
** Ally’s stage magician garb is a nod to DC Comics’ [[Zatanna]].
* [[Starfish Aliens]]: The death raptor resembles a demonic flying manta ray.
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* [[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.
* [[Wham! Episode]]: "Called On The Carpet." {{spoiler|The main trio learn their own race's council is in cahoots with the evil conspiracy.}}
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Despite her plan being a success, Sheila called Ally out on keeping her plan in “The Deer Witch Project” to overcome Ceryn’s transformation spell a secret, even from Sheila and Reece. Ally’s good mood is noticeably dashed once she realizes her friends didn’t like being left out of the loop.
** The adventurer hybrids, particularly Ginger, get called out for their prejudiced views of other beings. Somewhat justified in that they fit the ancient definition of hero, that being people who set out to accomplish larger than life goals, without being necessarily decent people.
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