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Lots of these.

• Even the banner ad is hilarious. "Click or all these girls will cry!" "I won't". "Click or 80% of these girls will cry!"
• I'M A MOMMY!
• The comic immediately after the Didn't See That Coming example. Note Raven's expression in panel seven, and the little "tnk" sound. It's clear he's just distracting Abraham, but the way he does it just strikes this troper as hilarious.
• From the alternate comic, EGS:NP: RELEASE THE OTTOMANS!
• THE PLASTIC! IT HURTS!
• "He's fine".
• The girls summarizing their adventures to an Immortal—who can't believe his ears—in the Hammerchlorians arc. And then Grace tries to top it off.

Jerry: <speechless> Grace: Have I mentioned I'm part space alien?

• Diane shock scene.

Grace: Did the curse involve her outfit?

• • And afterwards, when Ellen is texting Susan:

Susan: I don't care! Stop texting me! It costs both of us money every time! BZZ BZZ Ellen: My bad.

• This comic, before reading this one. The observant will laugh, indeed.
• For some reason, the third panel from this strip is just hilarious to this troper

Why are you crying, Dr. Physics Professor? I... I'm not sure...

• • And, a few comics later...

The professor's crying again. He must be passionate about physics. I'm inspired!

• "How is THAT keeping a low profile?!"
• "I am an ENDLESS BARREL of exposition!"
  • But yeah, I'm done. It's also become a meme!
• "KITTY!!" Soon followed by "There is no God!!!"
• Justin makes a rather humorous Shout-Out to Yu-Gi-Oh! in this comic.
• Raven as a pimp.
  • Panel 6 Say it with me now...

Ellen: E-eh-ugh...

• Mrs. Kitsune catches Ellen and Nanase together.
  • WE'RE REHEARSING A PLAY ABOUT CPR!!
• Tedd's back, baby!
• The entire race between Elliot and Noah in Swedekea. "Giant Bean Bag Chairs!"
• This comic from Grace's birthday party.
• The Demonic Duck's biggest distraction yet.
• Elliot fails at perversion, which is funny enough (especially the self-inflicted What the Hell, Hero? moment - "I'm someone's daughter, you bastard!"). Ellen's Manic Pixie Dream smile is what sells it though.

Elliot: I fail at perversion. Ellen: Need some tips?

• The Dimension-Hopping walrus...

"No, Agent Wolf, I have somehow forgotten that there was a dimension-hopping walrus!" "Right. Well, there was this dimension-hopping walrus..." <Face Palm>

• "Et tu, Yoda t-shirt?"
• I'm not on your crew?
• First and last panels. SLAPPITY SLAPPITY SLAPPITY SLAPPITY
• The Child Left Behind (AKA Noah)'s reaction to Grace's code name.

Greg: Are you okay? CLB: I'm fine! I tripped! Grace: But you were sitting. CLB: Yes I was. Sorry, mistress. Ma'am. Shade Tail.

• Super heroes are bouncy.
  • Really, any scene with Heidi. Genki Girl!Elliot FTW.
  • For example, her introduction.

Melissa: (as Heidi rants in the background) Personality shift? Justin: Um, yeah. Melissa: So which is the real-- Justin: Not this one.

• • Getting ready to go to a job interview, Elliot rapidly shifts forms to burn up any excess energy.

Heidi: Ooh! I should interview for the job in this form! It has so much energy and can-do spirit! Ellen: It also has the judgement of a chipmunk. Heidi: Chipmunks have excellent judgement! They prepare for winter and everything.

• Q&A #5. Amanda hitting on Raven, Chika, "This is exactly what it looks like", EXTRAPOLATE!
• So to answer your question about charts, hair fairies might be real.
• Susan doesn't get vampire romance novels. (And followup.)
  • Less funny when you realize why.
• WE'RE GOING OUT!!!
• The last three panels.

Girl3: I can't believe he's gay! Not that there's anything wrong with that. I'm just upset that I can't ask him out. Girl1: Don't you already have a boyfriend? Girl3: Of course I do. He's right here. Boyfriend: I am less than happy right now.

• Remember that always, Random Classmate!
• *Insert graphic adult images here*
• Susan's confrontation with Principal Verrukt over the sexist dress code.

Verrukt: This is serious, young lady. This Rebel Without a Cause routine can only end badly for you. Susan: I have a cause! Verrukt: That's beside the point. If you keep up this hooliganism all you'll have to show for it is greased up hair, a motorcycle gang and a leather jacket with an emblem on the back that looks cool but completely contradicts your beliefs without your even realising it because you'll be too busy being a hooligan to comprehend its actual meaning! Susan: What the hell are you talking about? Verrukt: And that's another demerit for swearing. You'll never become a productive member of society at this rate. And with that, I'm off to save more students from themselves! Susan: Classes ended at least twenty minutes ago. Verrukt: Then I'm off to enjoy wholesome late afternoon sitcoms on cable! Susan: ...How has that man not been fired yet?

• "I'M TOO YOUNG AND TOO MALE TO BE THE MOTHER OF A SEVENTEEN-YEAR-OLD FEMALE ME!!!"
• Elliot discovering his goth female Alter Ego.
• "The Princess Bride sucked." Just look at the reaction they have and the expression Susan's got at the same time.
• Faces made after the Pancake Mount Doom.
  • Plus, look at the pictures near Grace's. They're all chubby people.
• MINE..
• Arthur apparently tried to deport Raven to Russia.

Mr. Verres: To be fair, you did enter the country on falsified information. Raven: The only thing I lied about was my age, and I'm not from Russia.

• GRACE! Raven's expression in the fifth panel is priceless. Plus, in the commentary, "Grace has a knack for these sort of revelations, doesn't she?"
• The following... screaming conversation:

Random student: So, like, these two guys like me, and one of them is really nice, and the other's kind of a jerk, but they're both hot- Raven: Out! To your next class! Classroom temporarily closed, date the nice one, out! Random student: But the jerk is so hot...

• Grace "explaining" that Raven knew she was different.

Raven: That is not how it went. Grace: And then I like to pretend you bought us apology ice cream, but you totally didn't.

• When Noah is told that Grace is on her way over to his and Raven's house, he manages to go from sitting on the couch in a stable position to... this. "I tripped!"
  • Which is a Call Back to his Secret Identity doing the same thing here.
    • And in reference to the above strip, see also his last line of dialogue.
  • Even more Noah Hilarity in this strip.

Noah: I have been told I could make straight men see rainbows.

• Nanase's little sister is excited about her relationship with Ellen, and declares that she'll date girls when she's older too. Nanase says that's not something someone can just decide, and when Akiko presses the issue, she can't think of a good way to explain to her eight-year-old sister. Then this happens:

Akiko: "Am I going to have to look this up on the internet?" *Dramatic Thunder* Nanase: "NO! HECK NO!"

• The return of Susan's Logic and Curiousity and their first meeting with her Nature and Nurture. This ends up bringing about the second double team attack on Susan from her inner shoulder people.

Susan's Logic: Okay then. It's unanimous: We feel terrible. Have fun with that, ego.

• The kids who hang out at Justin's comic store discover that Nanase is gay. Meanwhile, Nanase wants Ellen to go into a Neanderthal-eque rage. Hilarity Ensues.
• The latest appearance of the Dunkel Parents.
• We get a twofer in this comic. First of all, Tedd imagines having Sarah as a lab assistant on a very... interesting... manner. He quickly corrects this with a new image with Sarah looking very professional, Grace with goggles but minus her lab coat... and with himself as a girl. Of course. Second, there is only one thing Tedd can afford to pay anyone: unimaginable power.

Sarah: That works.

• The cop saying he doesn't believe it when the bystanders tell him about Justin defeating the fire monster only for the bystanders to whip out video camera phones that recorded the fight here
• Both of Grace!Tedd's maniac Troll faces in this comic's Imagine Spots.
• Sarah's entirely legitimate concerns upon nothing seeming to happen.
• Tedd explains that the watches only last longer than they're supposed to (half an hour) if you want the spell to persist.

Sarah: And you were okay with looking like Grace for fifteen hours. Tedd: Oh, like that's the least bit shocking.

• "I'm eighteen! I'm a major!" "Oh, like that makes you an adult." "Legally, it does. You can do all sorts of things with me!" "You shouldn't say it like- look."
• Susan and Justin got Grace a plant for her birthday. Jeremy was pleased.

Tedd: I think I've figured out what kind of plant it is...

• Susan ends up telling her boss Elliot knows Cheerlandra. Words cannot describe how glorious the result is.
• Jeremy briefly shuddered on that 7th of June, but he did not know why...
• That's A Whole Lotta Top Secret Documents...

Eliott: Hell yeah! Area 51 fact sheets! Mr. Verres: Forget you ever saw that! Tedd: No way! Those are so going online later!

• Elliott and Sarah meet Hedge

Owl: HOOT. Hedge: GET OFF OF ME!