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* [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]]: Tom announcing midway through chapter 37 that he had left his day job to work fulltime on Gunnerkrigg Court was met with much enthousiasm.

** For all of his terribleness, Boxbot has a noticeable following. He even got an entry in the GKC wiki before Tom himself!

* [[Epileptic Trees]]: Half the reason for posting on the forum. So common that Tom occasionally calls them out in [[The Rant]].

* [[Fan Dumb]]: There were a few extremist [[Les Yay]] fans who freaked out over [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=926 Chapter 34 - Page 25] and started calling Tom a [[Heteronormative Crusader]] or an outright homophobe, earning the rage of every other fan. Cue the next few pages and a healthy dose of foot-in-mouth disease for those fans.

** These details are everywhere in this comic. Apart from the myriad alchemical symbols and [[Meaningful Name|Meaningful Names]] around the story, several times there have been cameos of mythological characters who briefly drop in, but are never formally introduced. The fanbase has invariably managed to discover their identities from tiny hints of their appearance and behaviour.

* [[Growing the Beard]]: Somewhere around Chapter 24 the quality of the dialogue and story get much better.

** Taken [[Up to Eleven]] in the Year 9 chapters thus far, which have had Kat acting like a scorned lover, getting concerned about a potential boyfriend for Annie, and being [[Mistaken for Gay]] by Paz and Renard both.

* [[Mary Sue]]: From Tom's [http://twitter.com/gunnerkrigg twitter]:

* [[Memetic Mutation]]:

** [http://gunnerkrigg.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=410&page=1 Boxbot is terrible].

** Some felt that {{spoiler|Jack}} crossed the line somewhere in Ch 27. [[Not Himself]] applies, however.

* [[Never Live It Down]]: There are ''readers'' who will never seem to be able to live down not recognizing Eglamore when he showed up in [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=370 Chapter 17]. Now, almost every time he shows up, Tom feels the need to specifically explain who he is.

* [[Nightmare Fuel]]:

** The illusionary circus Mort creates for Paz in [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=66 Chapter 4 - Page 7] and [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=66 Chapter 4 - Page 8].

* [[Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped]]:

** The two main anvils of both parts of ''Spring Heeled'' (chapters 27 and 28) is that you shouldn't take all the problems for yourself, and that you shouldn't distrust adults just because one of them [[Parental Abandonment|did something bad to you]]. Annie spends the entirety of both episodes dealing with {{spoiler|Jack's possession by the etheric spider}}, without telling anyone about the fact. Once {{spoiler|Jack activates the Power Station, traps Reynardine with a device built by the Donlans and escapes}}, Jones makes her appearance. Once they're all back in the Court, she lets Annie to deal with {{spoiler|Jack's situation}}, only for Jones to give Annie a lesson based on this anvil, after all is said and done:

** Also, near the end of ''Chapter 28: Spring Heeled: part II'', there's this bonus anvil about labeling others based on ignorance, fear and misunderstanding.

'''Jones:''' A label commonly applied to what is feared and misunderstood. Don't forget that you are known as "the demon Renard" to many people. }}

** ''Chapter 29: A Bad Start''. Kat (still affected by the events of ''Chapter 25: Sky Watcher And The Angel'') rescues a pidgeon. She then brings it to Paz, where she and another Robot do some tests on him. Later, they enter into a room with many cells holding abandoned mice, and Kat breaks herself in tears. Cue this anvil dropped in dialogue form over pages [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=755 755] and [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=756 756]:

'''Paz:''' Thas right! And with your help, and bobby and me, he will grow up to be beautiful. }}

** At the end of ''Chapter 30: The Coward Heart'', {{spoiler|Parley}} learnt two lessons: don't be shy to admit your own feelings to the ones you love, and acting [[Tsundere|in a rude way]] achieves nothing.

* [[Ugly Cute]]: Zimmy with her "many, many fine sharp fangs", gunk-covered red eyes and so on, can be adorable to an absurd degree. Tom even made a wallpaper with Zimmy and a male avatar for him self in the same style.

** She's especially adorable [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=197 here] and [http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/archive_page.php?comicID=198 here].

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