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* [[Anti-Hero]]: K. On the [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Sliding Scale]], she's somewhere between Type I and Type II.
* [[Apocalypse Maiden]]: K via [[Ascended Fridge Horror]]; her interactions with people and her creative projects have altered the cosmic scheme and the cosmic powers that do exist have absolutely no idea what is going on.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070643/http://www.blipcomic.com/41/ This puts it best].
* [[Art Evolution]]: Compare [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070904/http://blipcomic.com/8/ this] to [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070737/http://blipcomic.com/568/ this].
** The style of the faces and bodies have become less [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405072037/http://blipcomic.com/14/ realistic] and much more [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070645/http://blipcomic.com/610/ cartoon-like and stylized].
* [[Art Shift]]: When Bang draws some silly comic strips.
* [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]]: Between K and Bang.
* [[Ax Crazy]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070844/http://blipcomic.com/632/ K's inner child].
* [[Beard of Sorrow]]: Bishop {{spoiler|grows one as he takes care of Terry and later mourns her death.}}
* [[Berserk Button]]: Don't say the H-word to Hester. Girl might have been called {{spoiler|[[Never Heard That One Before|"Hermione"]]}} one too many times in the past.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070809/http://blipcomic.com/730/ Angela].
* [[Big Ol' Unibrow]]: Atlantes.
* [[Bishonen]]: Lucifer {{spoiler|and his non-fallen double}}.
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** K seems to be brunette now, so it's played straight.
* [[Blue Eyes]]: Hester.
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070917/http://blipcomic.com/729 Comic 729] is nothing but an excuse to do this.
* [[The Cameo]]: Fellow webcomicker [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405072242/http://blipcomic.com/155/ Allan] shows up as himself. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070742/http://blipcomic.com/105/ Myst] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405072218/http://www.blipcomic.com/353/ the unnamed vampire hunter] are modeled after people who posted on the forum.
** Who's that young man in the college library stocking books in [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070858/http://blipcomic.com/1016/ this strip?] If you read [[Questionable Content]] I think you know the answer to this already.
* [[Casanova Wannabe]]: Stephen.
* [[Character Development]]: ''Very'' good development.
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: Used by K. A lot.
** About 100 strips in, [https://web.archive.org/web/20121012154543/http://blipcomic.com/114/ she begins making a conscious effort to tone down her language.]
* [[Cosmic Plaything]]: K.
* [[Creepy Child]]: K's inner child is pretty much insane.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070801/http://www.blipcomic.com/668/ This evil being (antichrist?)]
** The recently introduced set of angels.
* [[Creepy Twins]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070704/http://blipcomic.com/757/ The two little blond angel boys] that replaced the cherubs.
* [[Cute Witch]]: Hester.
* [[Cyborg]]: Mary is described as one early in the strip, but later (and especially once her full back-story is revealed) it becomes clear that she was always [[Robot Girl|entirely robotic]].
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** {{spoiler|Truly subverted with Liz building a coalition of monsters to support K}}
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: K.
* [[Deliberately Monochrome]]: Most of the strips are in color, however there are several done in black and white due to [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405072346/http://blipcomic.com/152/ "budget cuts"].
** Also done in the [[Flash Back]] that entails Mary and K's original falling out.
* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: {{spoiler|K goes through one when she thinks that Bishop is cheating on her with Terry.}}
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405072227/http://blipcomic.com/325/ here]
* [[Double Entendre]]: Many brands of food and restaurants are given names that resemble swear words. Examples: "Pho King", "Fuku Sushi", and "Chitos."
* [[Fainting]]: Bach faints multiple time at the sight of his own blood.
* [[Erotic Dream]]: K's dream about making it [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070849/http://blipcomic.com/832/ into the Mile High Club].
* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: K underwent a rather [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070925/http://blipcomic.com/1019/ interesting rection] upon getting a good look at Mary for the first time.
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070834/http://blipcomic.com/584/ The] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070618/http://blipcomic.com/81/ prostitute] Stephen talks to is only referred to as "Whore."
** Until she made good on her [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070640/http://blipcomic.com/695/ promise], then he calls her by her real name.
* [[Evil Twin]]: Inverted ([[Alternate Character Interpretation|Maybe]]) with {{spoiler|Camael, an angel who looks exactly like Lucifer.}}
** He seems at least good enough to be outraged at the [[Creepy Twins]]' deeds.
* [[Expressive Hair]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070631/http://blipcomic.com/447/ Oh, Bang.]
* [[Fire and Brimstone Hell]]: As seen [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070908/http://blipcomic.com/26/ here.]
* [[Fish Out of Water]]: Atlantes when he comes to the city to visit Hester.
* [[Fluffy Cloud Heaven]]
* [[Funbag Airbag]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070850/http://www.blipcomic.com/328/ K trying to rescue Hester from a bad date].
* [[Funny Animal]]: Maggie, Hester's cat.
* [[Gender Blender Name]]: {{spoiler|[http://blipcomic.com/695/ The prostitute's name is revealed to be Quincy.]}}
* [[Genre Busting]]: [[Slice of Life]] about a girl [[Masquerade|unaware]] of the fact that she was never meant to exist, is central in the battle between heaven and hell, that her best friends are a [[Our Vampires Are Different|vampire]], a [[Cute Witch|witch]], and a [[Cyborg]], and that her {{spoiler|ex-boyfriend is apparently [[The Messiah]], which is something he is also unaware of}}. And that's not even addressing every story thread: a demon is now {{spoiler|[[All Love Is Unrequited|in love with the witch]] after she saved his life because the devil [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|tried to kill him]]}}, so now he and his sister are {{spoiler|[[La Résistance|recruiting for a war to rebel]] against hell}}, the protagonist's ex-boyfriend's ex-girlfriend ended up {{spoiler|[[Littlest Cancer Patient|having cancer]] then [[Tear Jerker|died]] so [[Values Dissonance|heaven could punish her parents]]}}...you know, let's just say that this comic can be full of amazing surprises.
* [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot]]: After K and Hester's [[Funbag Airbag]] moment, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070850/http://www.blipcomic.com/328/ Atlantes wonders if they will "kiss like in those moving pictures]".
* [[God Is Evil]]: Maybe... {{spoiler|Then again considering that an angel didn't know that people could go to heaven...}}
** It's been recently revealed that God {{spoiler|[http://blipcomic.com/808/ isn't exactly in the picture] at the moment}}.
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* [[Hidden Eyes]]: Liz.
** Also Bishop when {{spoiler|[http://blipcomic.com/122/ he thinks K is cheating on him]}}.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405072217/http://blipcomic.com/701/ In a flashback, Angela] is shown to have [[Blinding Bangs|bangs that obscured her eyes]], signifying her previously shy nature.
* [[Horny Devils]]: The Succubus and the Incubus.
* [[The Igor]]: Mary's inventor father [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070853/http://blipcomic.com/854/ has one as a servant.]
* [[Imagine Spot]]: Used quite frequently.
* [[Immune to Fate]]: K. The only way Heaven averts her completely toppling the order of destiny is by actively censoring and sabotaging her life.
** {{spoiler|With God being "away", this may not actually be the case.}}
* [[Indulgent Fantasy Segue]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070708/http://blipcomic.com/65/ K's reaction to Bishop asking for her phone number.]
* [[Last Het Romance]]: K to Bang.
* [[Light Is Not Good]]: The forces of "light" actively seek to ruin an innocent person's life.
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* [[Mind Rape]]: Hester, Liz, and Mary's plan for {{spoiler|punishing Bishop for {supposedly} cheating on K}}.
* [[Moment Killer]]: Deliberately invoked by Hester and K with "Operation Third Wheel", to prevent Hester's unwanted date from getting too awkward.
* [[Most Common Superpower]]: Parody in [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405072005/http://blipcomic.com/160/ Bang's drawings of superheroes].
* [[Medium Awareness]]: More common in the early strips. For example, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070758/http://blipcomic.com/31/ here] K complains about how she was drawn in a prior panel, and [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405072307/http://blipcomic.com/49/ here] she argues with the narrator.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070917/http://blipcomic.com/729 The entirety of comic #729.]
* [[Mugging the Monster]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405072332/http://blipcomic.com/276/ Here.]
* [[Multilayer Facade]]: The Adversary uses in-universe [[Pixellation]] to hide his face, and wears a mask underneath that.
* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: In her dreams, [http://blipcomic.com/index.php?strip_id=639 K fights a pirate rabbit transvestite robot.] While armed with weapons and powerups from ''[[Bleach]]'', ''[[Star Wars]]'', ''[[Dragonball Z]]'', and ''[[Sailor Moon]]''.
* [[Nosebleed]]: This happens when Bishop is [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070613/http://blipcomic.com/220/ with his ex Terry]. And when [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070726/http://blipcomic.com/434/ he gets a look down K's shirt].
* [[No Name Given]]: K's roommates.
** One roommate's name is [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070930/http://blipcomic.com/728/ Wilson Hollie].
* [[Not a Morning Person]]: K.
* [[Not That There's Anything Wrong with That]]: Used [https://web.archive.org/web/20130803041739/http://blipcomic.com/45/ here].
* [[Occidental Otaku]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070746/http://blipcomic.com/687/ Angela].
* [[Oedipus Complex]]: Atlantes is very... ''fond'' of talking about his mother.
* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: K.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Bishop. So far, the only real weirdness he's really shown is when he [[Berserk Button|"unleashes the dragon."]]
* [[Open the Iris]]: Hester's default state. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070717/http://blipcomic.com/22/ "Goodness! My eyes are huge!"] So [[Wide Eyes and Shrunken Irises|when they shrink]], you know she's ''really'' freaking out.
* [[Our Angels Are Different]]: They're chibi. And are apparently mass-produced.
* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: {{spoiler|Liz (finally confirmed in comic #356)}}. Also a [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampire]], but she wasn't always so nice.
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* [[Power Limiter]] - Stated recently to be the reason why people like Hester have magic, and others do not. In K's case, this is apparently a good thing because she has a vast reservoir of magic within her.
* [[Power Perversion Potential]]: Deliberately exploited by Liz.
* [[Pretender Diss]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405072259/http://www.blipcomic.com/252/ Here] the girls watch a marathon of ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'', ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'', and ''[[Terminator]] Salvation''. The girls in question are a witch, a vampire, and a cyborg. Their reactions are priceless ([http://harmful.cat-v.org/journalism/gell-mann-amnesia-effect Gell-Mann amnesia] is at work).
** Liz does like ''[[Let the Right One In]]'', though.
* [[Psycho for Hire]]: The chibi-devils.
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* [[Schedule Slip]]: After managing to go one strip per day for ''ages'', the comic eventually dropped to a strip every few days, and then stopped altogether. Apparently, [[Justified Trope|the author was in a car accident, and was unable to draw for two months.]] After two months, the comic resumed on December 15, although updates have slowed down to almost a monthly basis now, as of March.
* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: Bishop and Mohag respectively.
* [[Sexy Santa Dress]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070838/http://blipcomic.com/125/ This strip].
* [[Shadow Discretion Shot]] - Lucifer, before [[The Reveal]].
* [[Shaggy Dog Story]]: K and Mohag driving several hours to help {{spoiler|Bang}} who they thought had been brutally attacked. {{spoiler|He was OK, he only got stabbed in the arm and broke his phone. His attacker ended up much worse, possibly dead.}}
* [[Shout-Out]] - To several different [[Anime|animes]], notably ''[[Bleach]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070654/http://blipcomic.com/348/ here], and ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070622/http://blipcomic.com/347/ here]. There are several to movies and TV shows as well.
* [["Shut Up" Kiss]]: {{spoiler|[http://blipcomic.com/80/ Between K and Bishop].}}
* [[Slice of Life]]: Surprisingly, while the strip does focus on the fantastic plot, K's daily life and relationships are cataloged quite a bit.
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* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: Hester has one.
* [[Stoic Spectacles]]: Liz.
* [[Sugar Bowl]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070822/http://www.blipcomic.com/310/ Heaven].
* [[Super-Deformed]]: The angels and minion's of the devil.
** Also [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405072339/http://www.blipcomic.com/266/ K and Mary] arguing and cursing each other out. They are quite adorable.
* [[Super Smoke]]: Another of Liz's powers.
* [[Squee]]: During a long car ride {{spoiler|to save Bang}}, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070721/http://blipcomic.com/482/ K lets one out upon discovering there is food in the car].
* [[The Stoic]]: {{spoiler|[http://blipcomic.com/580/ The angel who gets attacked by an oni doesn't even flinch.]}}
* [[Take That]]: Hester and Maggie laugh over [https://web.archive.org/web/20131219105627/http://blipcomic.com/131/ a copy of Harry Potter and its "incorrect" interpretation of magic].
** Many comics feature some character mocking a movie or band they dislike, only for [[The Rant]] below the strip to say something to the effect of, [[I Just Write the Thing|"They're crazy, that movie or band is awesome."]]
* [[Talking Animal]]: Maggie the cat.
* [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]]: Kei.
* [[Title Drop]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070824/http://blipcomic.com/39/ Strip #39.]
* [[Urban Fantasy]]
* [[The Unchosen One]]: K herself. She has no idea.
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* [[With Friends Like These...]]/[[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: K and Bang.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Liz. Also the Succubus.
* [[You Need to Get Laid]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405070650/http://blipcomic.com/117/ Bang to K].
* [[Your Cheating Heart]]: {{spoiler|Subverted. K believes Bishop is cheating on her, but he is actually helping and consoling his ex-girlfriend who has found out she has cancer.}}