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** [http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1032/1032_01.asp "Bad boys had mean plans for Betsy's kitty."]
* [[Anvilicious]]: A deliberate hallmark of his tracts.
* [[Broken Base]]: It should go without saying, but ''lots'' of Christians -- even lots of [[The Fundamentalist|fundamentalist]] Christians -- consider many of Chick's views to be, at best, [[Insane Troll Logic|a bit out there]]. Fred Sanders (a Christian theologian and cartoonist) [https://web.archive.org/web/20130313120228/http://www.scriptoriumdaily.com/2009/02/19/top-five-christian-comic-books/ remarks]:
{{quote|"In the heyday of the Christian bookstore, you could gauge how far to the right a store was by which Chick tracts they would stock. His worst stuff embarrasses even people who would be [[Stop Helping Me!|inclined to agree with him]]. You can hear them saying, 'Well, heck, I’m an [[The Fundamentalist|anti-Catholic KJV-only separatist fundamentalist]] just like the next guy, but [[Everyone Has Standards|some of that Chick stuff is just crazy!]]'”}}
* [[Critical Research Failure]]: "Dark Dungeons" is similar to the film ''[[Mazes and Monsters]]'' in that it bears little resemblance to how [[Role Playing Games]] are actually played. For example, Marcie is instantly declared dead and does not even get to make a saving throw to see if she survives. Generally, instant deaths in role-playing are reserved for important non-player characters. She is also treated as though she "no longer exists"; it's not like she could take her character and go to ''another'' gaming group, or even have someone here pay for a resurrection! Or, y'know, ''roll up a new character'' instead of getting booted from the gaming group.
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* [[Snark Bait]]: [http://chickdissections.blogspot.com/2007_07_01_archive.html Oooooohhhh yeeeeaaaah].
* [[Straw Man Has a Point]]: See that trope's page for examples.
* [[Ugly Cute]]: Demons in general are portrayed as crankily incompetent [[Card-Carrying Villain|Card-Carrying Villains]] who look like grotesque Muppets. The gay demons in [http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1052/1052_01.asp "Birds and the Bees"], though, cross the line from goofy and non-threatening to downright adorable. Seriously, look at [http://media.chick.com/tractimages52764/1052/1052_04.gif panel six]{{Dead link}}.
* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: The tract [http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1064/1064_01.asp "The Little Sneak"] of the "Black Tract" series is said to be for "older children". The whole story revolves around a family living in a straw-and-mud hut, where the boy steals the family savings and buries it in the backyard for no apparent reason. The entire tract is told with NO WORDS WHATSOEVER. (Except "No!")
** One could argue that the very fact that there is a separate tract series just for black people is this trope.
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