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It all began at [[Two Thousand AD (Comic Book)|The Galaxy's Greatest Comic]] where a young, budding [[Alan Moore]] was frequently tasked with writing for the ''Tharg's Future Shocks'' and ''Time Twisters'' strips. These would always be brief, self-contained stories that are rarely over five pages long and would usually end with a [[Twist Ending]] of sorts (often of the [[Cruel Twist Ending]] variety).
 
Somewhat breaking the trend, a young Moore decided to write up a [[Totally Radical|Totally Amazing]] [[Black Comedy]] adventure [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/comics/2000adstrips/drandquinch/drandquinch01.shtml comic strip] about two teenage alien miscreants who steal a [[Time Travel|time machine]] and head out to a little planet way out in the boondocks that no one else in the galaxy would ever care about called "Earth," all in part of an elaborate revenge scheme on their college dean for [[Disproportionate Retribution|suspending them after he found stolen goods and laser guns in their locker]]. Originally intended to appear only once in the pages of ''[[Two Thousand AD (Comic Book)|Two Thousand AD]]'', the two characters became so popular with readers that they would [[Spin -Off|get their own series]].
 
In what can best be described as "[[Rule of Funny]] [[X Meets Y|meets]] [[For the Evulz]]," ''D.R. & Quinch'' tells the [[Rule of Three|totally amazing]] story of one [[Magnificent Bastard|Waldo "D.R." Dobbs]] (the "D.R." stands for "Diminished Responsibility"), a skinny, lanky, teenage [[Delinquents|delinquent]] who boasts a genius IQ, enjoys acts of extreme violence and destruction, and looks like a cross between [[Gremlins|a gremlin]] [[X Meets Y|and]] [[Marvel Universe|a skrull]] with a [[Good Hair, Evil Hair|pompadour]], and Dobbs' best friend [[Dumb Muscle|Ernest Erroll Quinch]], a large, purple-skinned [[The Brute|brute]] who is [[The Quiet One|much, much quieter than Dobbs]] as he prefers writing to talking. Together, these two [[Comedic Sociopathy|deeply sociopathic]], [[Faux Affably Evil|evilly affable]], [[Omnicidal Maniac|omnicidal maniacs]] do as they please, and what pleases them usually involves death and destruction on a tremendous scale; it helps that, in their part of the Milky Way, [[Nuke 'Em|nuclear warheads]] are [[Talks Like a Simile|as easily obtainable as a handgun in the]] [[Deep South]].
 
Along with their two occasional companions (and, presumably, only other friends in the galaxy, besides each other) Crazy Chryssie (D.R.'s equally violent girlfriend) and Pulger (a [[Shell -Shocked Veteran|war veteran]] who is always prepared for combat, just in case [[The Vietnam War|Charlie]] launches a sneak attack), the [[Delinquents|delinquent]] duo have been on a handful of adventures in which they influence all of human evolution (including, very fittingly, the Survival of the Fittest) and a lot of Earth's history, get drafted by the army to fight in a war similar to [[The Vietnam War]], and even making a [[Cult Classic|cult film]].
 
Unfortunately, the strip, [[Short Runners|did not last long]] at ''[[Two Thousand AD (Comic Book)|Two Thousand AD]]'', as [[Alan Moore|Moore]] had a tumultuous falling out with illustrator Alan Davis after [[Creative Differences|a disagreement]] over the reprinting rights to other works the two had collaborated on in the past. Needless to say, Moore abandoned the characters in the aftermath of this, marking the end of D.R. & Quinch's appearances in ''2000 AD'' save for small collection of one-page-long strips known as "The Agony Pages," written by Jamie Delano and Alan Davis.
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* [[Faux Affably Evil]]: Our starring duo in a nutshell.
* [[For the Evulz]]
* [[Good Hair, Evil Hair]]: Waldo's pompadour would rightfully categorize him with the other [[Delinquents|delinquents]] and [[Anti -Hero|anti-heroes]].
* [[Great Escape]]: Pulger's master plan to escape from the penal stockade on Ghoyogia. The plan consists of {{spoiler|a bar of soap that was molded to look like a gun, half a pound of plastic explosive that was molded to look like a bar of soap, a hidden escape tunnel, and Pulger in drag. What's going to happen is Pulger will blow up the explosive, then after the guards come to investigate, they'll confuse Pulger in the dress for an actual woman and immediately fall in love with him at which time he'll brandish the "gun" and force the guards into the escape tunnel and hide them there and refuse to tell anyone where the guards went until they agree to let him go.}}
{{quote| '''Pulger:''' It's an old trick, but it just might work.}}
* [[Historical in In-Joke]]: D.R. & Quinch's first adventure ever is based entirely on how they influenced Earth's history and development as part of an elaborate revenge scheme against their college [[Dean Bitterman|dean]].
* [[Humans Are Morons]]: Plays a large role in "D.R. & Quinch Have Fun on Earth." When humans finally discover the alien life and society the title character's corner of the galaxy, they're given a civic reception at "The League of Disadvantaged Planets' Charity Hall" because everyone thinks they're "mindless lifeforms."
* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: Every single story is given a title along the lines of "D.R. & Quinch _______"
* [[I Don't Like the Sound of That Place]]: The duo's charity project for [[Shell -Shocked Veteran|war-torn veterans]] from the Ghoyogi Slime Wars, "Massacre House: A charitable institution caring for threatening ugly men with guns and unstable personalities."
* [[Insane Equals Violent]]: Pulger, [[Justified Trope|justified]] given his role as a [[Shell -Shocked Veteran]].
* [[I Take Offense to That Last One]]: Before being sent off to [[The Vietnam War|Ghoyogia]], D.R. isn't phased by his platoon-mates' fears about the planet ("Ghoyogia, where the saliva-trees digest you alive," "Ghoyogia, where even the terrible diseases have terrible diseases") until he learns that there aren't any expensive foreign restaurants there. He then describes this incident as his "first exposure to [[War Is Hell|the total insanity that is war]]."
* [[The Judge]]: Thorkwung.
* [[Karma Houdini]]: D.R. and Quinch.
* [[Killed Mid -Sentence]]: Former screenwriter-turned-[[Crazy Homeless People|crazy homeless person]] Torquetto "T.J." Jubbli, as he is explaining his plans to return to Hollywood with a new script; at which point D.R. & Quinch steal his script and head out to Hollywood to make the movie themselves. The trope is ultimately subverted, however, when {{spoiler|our two protagonists returned to the very spot where they first met the screenwriter four weeks later, who immediately [[Not Quite Dead|snaps back into consciousness]] and finishes the sentence he began a month earlier from the exact point where he left off.}}
* [[List of Transgressions]]: "D.R & Quinch Go Straight'' begins with Judge Thorkwung reading all the criminal charges the two [[Villain Protagonist|Villain Protagonists]] are being accused of.
{{quote| '''Judge Thorkwung:''' Ernest Errol Quinch and Waldo Dobbs, also known as "D.R." or "Diminished Responsibility", you are charged with arson, kidnapping, theft, grievous wounding, possession of unlawful atomic weapons, taking and driving away, conspiracy to overthrow the government, coveting thy neighbour's ox, graverobbing, torture, criminal libel, blackmail, polluting the environment, shoplifting, 714 separate driving offenses, forging sacred relics, [[Noodle Incident|transmuting]] base metal into gold, [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|genocide]], [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|spitting]], and thirty-two offenses [[Take Our Word for It|so unusual and horrible]] they do not have names.}}
* [[Love Makes You Crazy]]: While D.R. was romantically involved with Chrysoprasia {{spoiler|before she snapped}}, he was much less willing to commit acts of violence.
* [[Love Makes You Evil]]: Chrysoprasia's reaction upon finding out what the ''[[Omnicidal Maniac|real]]'' Waldo Dobbs is actually like, and thus {{spoiler|inspiring her transformation into Crazy Chryssie}}.
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* [[Noodle Incident]]: The beginning of "D.R. & Quinch Get Drafted!" This is immediately [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]].
{{quote| '''Waldo "D.R." Dobbs:''' I have no idea how I came to be in this incredibly strange, confusing situation. Actually, it has nothing to do with the following totally awesome story and I'd advise you to forget it, man.}}
* [[Nuke 'Em]]: For whatever reason, D.R. & Quinch have no problem acquiring these and have no qualms with using them for any purpose.
* [[Pen Name]]: For the first strip, [[Alan Moore]] gave the writing credit to one of his main characters, "E.E. Quinch."
* [[The Quiet One]]: Quinch. ''S'right!''
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{{quote| '''Waldo "D.R." Dobbs:''' A Hatchway in the craft opened with this sound which was just like, y'know, the sound of a hatchway opening."}}
** The {{spoiler|eventual, easily foreseeable, violent climax at Massacre House}} becomes known as {{spoiler|"The Massacre House Massacre"}} in the media.
* [[Shell -Shocked Veteran]]: Pulger. He did some fighting the Slime Jungle Wars on the planet Ghoyogia and is now completely crazy and beyond reform.
** ''Everyone'' admitted to Massacre House counts, really.
* [[Short Runners]]: Only six adventures were written by [[Alan Moore]] in the span of two years.
* [[Shout Out]]: The {{spoiler|oranges}} that {{spoiler|crush Marlon}} in "D.R. & Quinch Go to Hollywood" are a clear reference to ''[[The Godfather (Film)|The Godfather]]'' in how they always signify that {{spoiler|danger}} is looming a character. Both stories also include {{spoiler|[[Marlon Brando]]}}, cementing this as a clear movie reference.
* [[Spin -Off]]: Their first adventure was supposed to be a one-off for ''[[Two Thousand AD (Comic Book)|Two Thousand AD]]'''s ''Time Twisters'' strip. It proved popular enough for D.R. & Quinch to get their own strip.
* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]: Seeing how, Waldo Dobbs, has a a 280 I.Q., it doesn't come as much of a surprise that he says an occasional "sophisticated" word here and there mixed in with his more usual lexicon that's based around more [[Totally Radical]] words (i.e. Asking for [[The Judge|The Judge's]] '''appellation''', rather than his '''name''').
** His recitations of Shakespeare sound like something translated into a foreign language through Babblefish and then back into English.
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