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* [[Burger Fool]]: Although not a fast-food job, Peter's job at the local theater counts. He's constantly made to wash the bathrooms, once had to wear a [[Garfield]] costume to promote the movie, and all in all receives very little pay (including deductions for all the food he eats while working).
* [[Character Development]]: Peter started in the strip as being a bit of a [[Jerkass]] at times, but was eventually reverse-flanderized into being the [[Straight Man]].
* [[Cut a Slice, Take Thethe Rest]]: At least twice, Peter has cut himself pieces of pizza that made up at least half the pizza. Another time, he showed Roger a chart for how to cut the turkey: one slice each for the rest of the family, and the entire rest of the turkey for him.
* [[Dagwood Sandwich]]: One of his favorite foods. "Paige, pass the salt and a ladder."
* [[Dreadful Musician]]: It's repeatedly implied that he's horrible at singing and playing guitar, particularly when the guitar is turned [[Up to Eleven]].
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** There was also the time Paige was watching Jason play ''Carmageddon'' and she comments that this looks oddly familiar. Cue Peter coming in, asking if anybody wants to go to the mall.
** A Sunday strip had Jason make a Hot Wheels track based on a recent car trip with Peter.
* [[Drunk Withwith Power]]: He once locked his brother and sister in the basement of their own home for not bowing down to his will when Andy and Roger left him in charge.
* [[Hyperactive Metabolism]]: A rare non-video game example. Zig-zagged in one arc where he gorges himself on all-you-can-eat pizza night; he is rotund for a day, but returns to skinny a day later.
* [[Kafka Komedy]]: As he's the [[Butt Monkey]], he sometimes gets put through this. A notable example is an arc where he punches someone in the nose for making a joke about Denise. He is given detention and probation for it, and when he gets home [[I Can Explain|accidentally spills the beans to Andy when she wanted to let him know the school found his lost wallet]].
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* [[Ridiculous Procrastinator]]: Peter often procrastinates for assignments, often being well behind schedule the first ''week'' of school. He also seems to get tips on how to pull an all-nighter from Roger.
* [[Straight Man]]: Was [[Inverted Trope|un-Flanderized]] into this.
* [[Sleep Learning]]: Peter has tried this with varying degrees of success. One time, he had so many books under his pillow that he woke up with his neck horribly twisted. Another time, he listened to ''[[The Odyssey (Literature)|The Odyssey]]'' on CD while sleeping, and ended up with a dream sequence that was a pastiche of it.
 
== Paige Fox ==
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* [[Lethal Chef]]: Even moreso than Andy. One instance had her burning her cookies so badly that Roger actually used them as a substitute for charcoal briquettes after Andy "directed him towards a stash" when they ran out. Previous strips indicated that she was pretty good at cooking, or at least baking, as Peter Fox forced her to bake cookies for him when he let his position as man in the house get to his head.
* [[Heavy Sleeper]]: She actually sleeps up until dinnertime some days.
* [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard]]: Why does Jason torment her so? Well, she used to enjoy terrifying him by waving her teddy bear in his face when he was a baby, which probably led to him subconsciously developing an innate hostility toward her. So, for all that crap she goes through, she basically has no one to blame but herself.
* [[No Indoor Voice]]: As Peter puts it, she just likes to yell.
* [[Oven Logic]]: One story arc has Paige trying to cook Thankgiving dinner. She is told to clean the turkey, and does so by putting it in the oven and hitting the "clean" button.
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* [[I Just Want to Be Special]]: Too many times to count.
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: Jason loves making these. Once, when asked to bring Roger coffee, he coughs into the mug and explains that "I am the coffer, so this mug is the coffee."
** Another time, after Jason saw ''[[Avatar (Filmfilm)|Avatar]]'', he dreams that he becomes a Na'vi with the ability to connect his mind with that of a computer - which wanted him to "write some object-oriented code". He describes it to Peter as his "Javatar" dream.
* [[It's Popular, Now It Sucks]]: In-universe, Jason's response to the "mainstreaming" of [[Lord of the Rings|Tolkien geekdom]] due to its highly successful film series. Although for him, it's not so much "It's Popular, Now It Sucks" as much as "It's Popular, Now Nerds Won't Be Special." The series gave the title to one of the book collections, "Orlando Bloom Has Ruined Everything", the cover depicting Jason and Marcus sitting in a theater surrounded by googly-eyed girls.
* [[Jerkass]]: Mainly to Peter and Paige.
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* [[Snowlems]]: Jason regularly builds snow dinosaurs.
* [[Straight Man and Wise Guy]]: The Wise Guy to Peter's Straight Man.
* [[Spanner in Thethe Works]]: Jason finds it impossible to beat one guardian monster in a video game, as it instantly squashes his character every time he tries. Paige, who almost never plays video games, takes the controller and gets by the guardian by simply walking around him.
* [[Teen Genius]]: He's 10, but close enough.
* [[Troll]]: In the arc that introduced Miss O'Malley (his new teacher), we learn that Jason loved to torment his old teacher Mrs. Grinchley by going above and beyond in regards to schoolwork<ref>She asks the kids to draw the solar system, he draws it TO SCALE on butcher paper</ref>. Miss O'Malley responds to these acts by [[Cool Teacher|giving him extra credit]], which annoys Jason to no end.
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* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: To Paige.
* [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]: At Science Camp, which he regrets when he finds out Jason is Paige's brother, though oddly enough Jason was actually planning on setting them up as payback before he knew.
* [[Drunk Withwith Power]]: See the above, though given the treatment he gets at school, it's understandable.
* [[Hollywood Nerd]]
* [[Nerd Glasses]]: Also of the [[Opaque Lenses]] variety.
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* [[Rule of Funny]]: Some of the more lavish stuff he does (his massive Paige art gallery, for instance) can only be put down to this...
* [[Rule of Romantic]]: ... Although, from Paige's perspective, it's this.
* [[Sorry I Left the BGM On]]: Variation: In one strip with Paige dreaming of him (in a manner similar to Rapunzel), she is monologuing with Pierre as he comes up, and was about to kiss him... only for him to uncharacteristically say "Let's go with U.S. Presidents for $400, please, Alex." Cut to Jason watching ''[[Jeopardy (TV)|Jeopardy!]]'' while Paige was napping.
* [[Wish Fulfillment]]: He's basically Paige's subconscious attempting to fulfill her desire for a steady relationship as well as her less-realistic desire for the perfect suitor.
 
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