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=== ''Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures'' provides examples of: ===
 
* [[Adorkable]]: Jyrras.
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* [[All Part of the Show]]
* [[All There in the Manual]]: The Demonology 101 pages.
* [[Always ChaoticExclusively Evil]]: Mostly averted by [[Word of God]].
* [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents]]
** Kria hands down, as she demonstrates [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1043.php here] and [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_961.php here.] And she outdoes herself [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_945.php here.]
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* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]
** While retaining its comical roots, the strip has become... darker.
** In-universe, this is actually an aversion -- theaversion—the secondary arc in chapter 24, likely the darkest one thus far, is actually a ''flashback'' to Dan's first outing as an adventurer.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]
** Practically called out by name by {{spoiler|Mab [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1174.php here]. See [[The Chessmaster]] below.}}
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* [[Correspondence Course]]
* [[Costume Test Montage]]: Dan's, courtesy of Abel, starts [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_512.php here].
* [[Crap Saccharine World]]: While fuzzy, comedic and with pastel colors (see image above), the world is flat out one of the most brutal, depressive, unfair settings you will ever find. 9/10 of the [[Complete Monster|Complete Monsters]]s are free to rape and torture as they please, casual murder is routine and is treated as comedic, an entire race of [[Jerkass God|Jerkass Gods]]s run around creating havoc with impunity and the Demons roam Furrae unchecked to torment mortals for eons. [[Winterweir]] is freaking [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|Equestria]] in comparison. [http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1298.php This strip] states that the vast majority of races don't live to die of old age because Furrae is such a tough world.
* [[Cuddle Bug]]
** Mab loves hugging. She keeps a list of things she has not hugged yet so that she doesn't miss a single one.
** Mink [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1238.php introduces himself to Dan] this way.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: [http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_589.php Dan vs. Falina], [[Played for Laughs]].
* [[Cursed with Awesome]]: Dan seems to think Fae curses of vengeance fit this. Makes sense, since a Fae curse discourages anyone ''else'' from harming the target -- Faetarget—Fae ''really'' don't like kill-stealing. Fae are also capricious enough that they tend to forget about their targets for years, and the eventual "revenge" is usually little more than a harmless prank. [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_846.php Dan once had such a curse.] [[Dangerously Genre Savvy|He abused the hell out of it.]] But then the Fae called in their revenge. {{spoiler|So now he loses all his feathers whenever he eats shellfish.}}
* [[Cute Little Fangs]]: They sneak in from time to time. Mostly on cats.
** Amber has now proven that [[Cute Little Fangs]] [http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1030.php do not belong on a horse.]
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* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]
** Dark Pegasus towards unknown opponents, including such fun tricks as attacking mid-monologue, because "they always expect you to finish talking."
** Also [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_590.php Fa'Lina], who [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_592.php "prefers cliche arrangements which are in [[her]] favour".]
** Even Dan has shown ''some'' skill with this trope: He has to fake being somebody's boyfriend? He tells his ''real'' girlfriend all about it, [[Not What It Looks Like|preventing possible misunderstandings.]]
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Abel's Story is much darker than the main comic.
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* [[The Empath]]: Cubi.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]
** A two-fer in this comic, [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_339.php while Kria talks to Jyrras' mother] -- a—a lawyer, and thus [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_337.php more evil than she is].
** Fa'Lina, while not voicing any objections to a whole class around torture, squelched Destania's plan to get children involved. There was also a memorable moment where she [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Ab_008.php punched Aniz] [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Ab_010.php repeatedly] for his bad, bad parenting.
* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: Less an in-story development than a local [[Memetic Mutation|meme]]: Everyone is gay for Abel. Everyone. And now [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1038.php everyone] [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1040.php is] [[Fetish Fuel|straight]] for Abel. Well, except girls, who are all gay now. Fugit. Everyone is now Bi for Abel.
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* [[Gag Boobs]]: Fa'Lina. It's a rather subtle progression, but Fa'Lina's breasts gain a noticeable size increase between her [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_424.php first appearance] and [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1279.php present day.]
* [[Gag Penis]]: Implied that this is how [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_128.php Dan once took out a horde of Ice-Orcs with one slip of his loin cloth.] (Also the implied reason for Dan's [[Brown Note]] effect.) Mind, this can also be interpreted as "no one wants to see Dan's junk, period".
* [[Gambit Pileup]]: Several factions -- mostfactions—most of them with nebulous motives -- aremotives—are known to be making plots involving the main cast, including {{spoiler|Destania and Biggs, the Creature Council, Fa'Lina, Mab and possibly Kria and Pyroduck.}} {{spoiler|And Dark Pegasus, [[Death Is Cheap|while he's alive anyway...]] }}
* [[Gender Bender]]
** A few times, most importantly when Dan was pretending to be his sister. The characters treat it no differently from crossdressing, even though the art makes it clear it's..."total".
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* [[Gravity Is a Harsh Mistress]]
** This is a problem when the scientific-minded Jyrras ends up in an [[Another Dimension|Alternate Dimension]] that runs on [[Clap Your Hands If You Believe]]. As soon as he thinks that he should by all rights fall, he does.
** Averted -- briefly -- byAverted—briefly—by Dan, only to have the levitating Fi "discover" gravity [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_939.php here].
* [[Great Gazoo]]: The Fae are an entire ''race'' of them.
* [[Groin Attack]]
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* [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath]]: Pip, and, to a slightly lesser degree, Wildy.
* [[Hidden Agenda Villain]]: Fa'Lina's agenda is so well hidden we can't even be sure if she's a good guy or not. Of course, that all depends of whether you consider her actually evil or not.
* [[Horny Devils]]: Largely averted with the Cubi race despite the name -- theyname—they're not really demons, and while they feed on emotions their (clan-dependent) affinities for specific ones range all over the map. It's explained that the clan Nact'larn, who fit the trope much better, have a tendency to hog the spotlight. Kria Soulstealer on the other hand definitely plays with the trope every now and again, though mostly for laughs. Aaryana, who was introduced before the rules for Cubi were really developed, also plays it more-or-less straight.
* [[Hot Amazon]]: Dan's favorite type of person. Gets a bit disturbing in light of his half-sister being one.
* [[Humanity Ensues]]: Dan's [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_246.php brief stint] with one of Jyrras's patches.
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* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: The title of each strip is a humorous commentary on its events, of the type that [[Xkcd|certain other webcomics]] reserve for [[Alt Text]] punchlines.
* [[Idiot Hero]]: Dan, so very much.
* [[If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...]]: Before leaving for SAIA, Dan makes it clear that if anything happens to Alexsi, Pyroduck and Abel will die; he's not worried that ''they'' will do anything to Alexsi--PyroduckAlexsi—Pyroduck and her are already dating--itdating—it's that Dan is very protective of his sister, and with him gone for a month, is passing responsibility for her safety to them.
* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]
** One of the reasons Beings and Creatures don't get on so well is that Creatures are often quite willing to eat Beings. Lorenda and Kria Soulstealer both eat a number of Beings in the series. At least, during the early strips.
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* [[Large and In Charge]]: Fa'lina to a considerable extent. Then we have Cyra. [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1209.php Full Stop].
* [[Last of His Kind|Last of Her Kind]]
** Fa'Lina is the last of her clan -- andclan—and due to the [[Immortal Procreation Clause]], that's not changing any time soon.
** When attaining Tri-Wing clan leadership status, a Cubi loses the ability to bear children or change other Cubi to make them part of their clan. Lacking a regular Cubi to create more clan-affiliated Cubi usually drives clanless leaders insane, though Fa'Lina seems to have staved off madness by taking care of the SAIA students as her own clan and loving Pyroduck as her own son.
* [[Late Arrival Spoiler]]: It's difficult to talk about almost anything in later chapters -- includingchapters—including the ''existence'' of three or four major characters -- withoutcharacters—without giving away a major twist in Chapter 14. In fact, seeing pretty much any single strip since that so much as features {{spoiler|the main character}} will give it away.
* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: Dan got called out of retirement to vanquish Dark Pegasus, again.
* [[Likes Older Women]]: Dan, even if it ''is'' [[Older Than They Look|only]] [[Hot Mom|Kria]].
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* [[Noodle Implement]]: [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_616.php Mab's Brownies.]
* [[Noodle Incident]]
** Azlan saying "And that was the first and last time I took Neni to [place}]!" It has become a [[Running Gag]].
** Also, Abel's banishment from the SAIA library.
** It's never explained how Dan defeated a roomful of Deathknights with a spork.
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* [[Robo Speak]]: [http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1189.php Macy, Jyrras' robot daughter], who also acts like a [[TV Teen]].
{{quote|'''Macy:''' Initiating response three. ''But Daaaaaaad!''}}
* [[Rooting for the Empire]]: [[In-Universe]] -- Undead—Undead and Demons tend to do this when [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1251.php watching horror movies.]
* [[Rouge Angles of Satin]]: As show in the above image, the author appears simply incapable of using "have" after an auxiliary.
* [[Running Gag]]
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** ''[[Las Lindas]]'': [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1250.php the horror movie!]
** The next page has ''[[Code Name: Hunter]]''.
** The entire [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_512.php wardrobe montage]. With bonus allusion to tentacle rape and several [[Wholesome Crossdresser|Wholesome Crossdressers]]s.
* [[Show Within a Show]]: Wildy's... [[Yaoi Fangirl|interesting]] book.
* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Jyrras.
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* [[Unsettling Gender Reveal]]: Dan pulled one off on Biggs early on; apparently [[Noodle Incident|it wasn't the first time that happened to him.]]
* [[Van Helsing Hate Crimes]]
** In theory, adventurers like Dan et al. are [http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_287.php a necessity of a broken judiciary]; in practice, it's not uncommon for them to consider Creatures [[Always ChaoticExclusively Evil]], although Creatures' perception of this is exaggerated somewhat by their own [[Moral Myopia]] toward Beings. At the very least, SAIA, run by the relatively upright Fa'lina, openly has an [http://missmab.com/Comics/Vol_528.php adventurer-slaying department], and [http://missmab.com/Comics/Ab_093.php Mink's mother's death] seems to be a legitimate example.
** {{spoiler|Dan swears vengeance on Dark Pegasus after seeing him obliterate in cold blood an undead adventurer who had become his friend. This was the catalyst that drove Dan to kill him multiple times and try (unsuccessfully) to keep him dead.}}
* [[Verbal Tic]]: Fi's "Ch-ya!" Apparently it's a [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1276.php racial tic] among the Warp Aci.
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