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* [[Aerith and Bob]]: The main characters, named Bluey, Goldy, Brainy, Enigma, Lemuel, Corlis, Abijar and Cornelius.
* [[Apocalyptic Log]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20110227212819/http://www.dragon-tails.com/comics/archive.php?date=010428 Subverted.]
* [[Art Evolution]]: After the RPG arc [[Art Shift]], long-time readers would've been surprised to see the visual quality has improved a lot, such as that the author has seriously improved both the models and the characters' expressions, among other things.
* [[Art Shift]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20110227212824/http://www.dragon-tails.com/comics/archive.php?date=011226 The entire superhero arc was hand-drawn.]
** The [https://web.archive.org/web/20110227230042/http://www.dragon-tails.com/archive.php?date=2006-01-01 RPG arc] is another arc of this, the visual style was basically to look like a 3D RPG.
* [[Badass]]: Enigma.
* [[But Thou Must!]]: Beaten to death in [https://web.archive.org/web/20111223184304/http://www.dragon-tails.com/archive.php?date=2006-03-26 one strip] of the [[RPG Mechanics Verse]] storyline.
* [[Chainsaw Good]]: Blueu's weapon in the RPG arc is a chainsaw-toaster.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: {{spoiler|Abijar and Cornelius}} show up during the first Christmas storyline when {{spoiler|they're actually in the artic looking for Santa. The reason? The later [[Time Travel]] arc}}.
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* [[Gainax Ending]]: Spoofed. The dragons used the ending of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' as the only thing that could confuse an omniscient being.
* [[Genius Ditz]]: Bluey is, technically, intelligent, but his short attention span and passion for explosions renders everything he makes a potential threat.
* [[Henway]]: Subverted [https://web.archive.org/web/20110227201606/http://www.dragon-tails.com/comics/archive.php?date=030115 here.]
** And [https://web.archive.org/web/20110227230122/http://www.dragon-tails.com/comics/archive.php?date=040108 here] too.
* [[I Know You Know I Know]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20110227201715/http://www.dragon-tails.com/comics/archive.php?date=041019 Poor Norman...]
* [[Loads and Loads of Loading]]: Played straight with an Ion Cannon [https://web.archive.org/web/20071113221031/http://www.dragon-tails.com/comics/archive.php?date=991111 here]. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in the last panel and [https://web.archive.org/web/20071118023250/http://www.dragon-tails.com/comics/archive.php?date=991112 here]
* [[Locking MacGyver in the Store Cupboard]]: Colin can knit a nuclear warhead out of an old sack ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20061105082001/http://www.dragon-tails.com/comics/archive.php?date=000109 using his eyebrows]''.
* [[Meta Guy]]: [[Genre Savvy|Everyone]] in the [[RPG Mechanics Verse]] storyline, Enigma especially.
* [[Medium Awareness]]: Tim loves using this one.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20071118023114/http://www.dragon-tails.com/comics/archive.php?date=991204 They're not going to have a punchline in this one.]
** Combined with [[Genre Savvy]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20061105082427/http://www.dragon-tails.com/comics/archive.php?date=000124 here].
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20061105082934/http://www.dragon-tails.com/comics/archive.php?date=000229 Fools! This is a comic strip!]
* [[Noodle Incident]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20110610173232/http://www.dragon-tails.com/comics/archive.php?date=991120 It's going to be The Easter Bunny Incident all over again...]
* [[The Not-Secret]]: Lemuel was under the impression his crush on Firewing was subtle. It was not.
* [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome]]: What Bluey did with the [[Humongous Mecha|robot he hi-jacked]], afterwards it became a gag for the comic to rub how awesome it was in our faces.
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* [[Schedule Slip]]: Fully averted for a full 2000 strips. It went under multiple hiatuses after that, though.
* [[Shout-Out]]:
** To [[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20071113220430/http://www.dragon-tails.com/comics/archive.php?date=991216 here].
** Davey Crocket, which is the name of [[The Cynic|Corlis']] skinning knife.
* [[Super-Powered Robot Meter Maids]]: The janitor robots of the future are inexplicably well-armed.
* [[Tank Goodness]]: Pulled off [https://web.archive.org/web/20071114230829/http://www.dragon-tails.com/comics/archive.php?date=991116 here].
* [[Talking Animal]]: Norman and {{spoiler|Normeena}} are the main two.
** Played with [https://web.archive.org/web/20071116000420/http://www.dragon-tails.com/comics/archive.php?date=991213 here].
** Really played around with once {{spoiler|Moppy}} shows up.
*** And ''again'' with Luna, Colin's Pet Rock/Significant Other.
* [[Technical Pacifist]]: When not piloting [[Giant Robot|robots of destruction]] Lemuel is a huge pushover.
* [[This Means War]]!: A [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness|Verbose]] variation is done [https://web.archive.org/web/20110104084209/http://www.dragon-tails.com/comics/archive.php?date=991105 here].
* [[Unreliable Narrator|Unreliable Author]]: Many threads on the DT forums speculate about where the comic will go, or how a plot point will be resolved. Tim likes to jump into these himself and gleefully spread "[[Word of God]]" comments ranging from snark, to [[Blatant Lies]], to things you ''think'' are Blatant Lies but it turns out ''[[Mind Screw|aren't]].''
** "I'm thinking [[Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies]]."
** "I'm thinking once I've finished the RPG storyline I'll just turn the whole website into a tech blog to discuss motherboards and memory sticks. Should be pretty exciting stuff, I hope I don't lose too many readers."
** "Actually it's part of my [[Xanatos Gambit|elaborate 11 year setup]] to a Fight Club style twist - prepare to have your minds blown. "
* [[War for Fun and Profit]]: Bluey makes weapons for both [https://web.archive.org/web/20071113220825/http://www.dragon-tails.com/comics/archive.php?date=991117 Norman and Enigma]. It doesn't help that he enjoys making this stuff...
* [[Weapons Grade Vocabulary]]: Corlis typically make a cutting remark, witty retort or sarcasm in whatever events that's happened, but his attempt to use his jokes as this in [https://web.archive.org/web/20071211201450/http://www.dragon-tails.com/comics/archive.php?date=010511 this strip] resulted in a failure, as robots simply removed their speech recognition modules.
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