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* [[Badass]]: Gore. Among his list of accomplishments are sing beating and breaking the horns off of [[The Dragon|Jarris]], suplexing [[Big Bad|Jezebel]], and killing eleven of the fourteen vampires (all of whom were apparently older than him) who came to kill him (one got away, and two were finished off by Jasmine).

* [[Batman Gambit]]: Naoko used one to get Naisa to {{spoiler|kill her, as well as the entire organizations which was using her to find Source's Tear}}.

* [[Beat Still My Heart]]: Gore does this to HIMSELF to impress a girl. It doesn't work out very well.

* [[Big Bad]]: Jezebel. Later, {{spoiler|Lillith}}.

* [[Chris Carter Effect]]: Partially due to the comic being [[Orphaned Series|orphaned]], a lot of plot points were never resolved or explained. Indeed, the last twenty or so comics give a lot of answes that actually just result in a lot more questions. Chief among them:

** Why is Gore so strong, and who is this mysterious individual he and Tess speak of? Is that the vampire that created him? And why does he look so different than all of the other vampires?

** How did Dan come back to life? Lillith suggests that he may be {{spoiler|the new Christ}}, but we don't get a definitive answer before the comic was abruptly dropped.

* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Chloe, Dan's girlfriend in the earlier strips, just sort of disappeared without explanation. Occasionally, it would come up on the forums, and Dan would tersley reply that she simply [[Put On a Bus|"moved out,"]] with no further explanation.

** Actually was directly addressed [http://www.pyrocam.com/life-of-riley/comic.php?strip=305 much later on].

* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Jone, especially while Gore was still seeing Naisa.

* [[Cue the Sun]]: Gore's reward for helping to stop Jezebel's invasion is that he is now able to go out in the sunlight without harm. He realizes this only when he wakes up on a beach as the sun is rising.

* [[Cute Monster Girl]]: Jone.

* [[Distracted By the Sexy]]: In an effort to force Dan to go Stage 3, the goddesses develop a battle strategy that hinges on Manda flashing him. It works.

* [[Divide By Zero]]: The Duel of the Dans has a distinctly adverse affect on reality itself. To a lesser degree, this happens any time either of them goes past Stage 1, usually resulting in a [[Gender Bender]] for everyone in the surrounding area.

* [[Driving Question]]: For a while, it was "What is the nature of Evil Dan's power?"

* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: In-universe, Gore is apparently this.

* [[Evil Twin]]: Played for laughs with Evil Dan, opposite of Good Dan. Both of them are morons.

* [[Expy]]: Evil Dan has more than a little in common with [[Ranma One Half|Tatewaki Kuno]].

* [[Eye Scream]]: Aaron looses an eye to a [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment|mushroom samurai]] in an early gag strip. Later, Gore gives him one of his eyes. Being a vampire, Gore can [[Good Thing You Can Heal|regenerate]].

* [[Gender Bender]]: Whenever either Dan changes "Stages," it happens to those around them.

* [[Genius Ditz]]: This trope is more or less the reason why Dan can go Stage 2.

* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: When the goddesses divert some of Jezebel's energy into Jone, she immediately uses the sudden power burst to start brutalizing her dear old mum.

* [[Horny Devils]]: Subverted. Subverted. Both Jone and her mother Jezebel are succubi, but neither is ever shown to seduce anyone at all.

* [[Lemony Narrator]]: The narrator of Duel of the Dans is definitely this.

* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: Granted, many only appear briefly, but Dan seemed to go out of his way to include members of [[Clan BOB]] anywhere he could fit them in the comic.

* [[Memory Gambit]]: Dahn had her memory erased as part of a plan to infiltrate and sabotage Jezebel's plans.

* [[One Steve Limit]]: Averted. Not only is there Good Dan and Evil Dan (aka, Blue Dan and Goatee Dan), we later meet a character named Daniel Escalante.

* [[Orphaned Series]]: When it was orphaned, it almost broke up ClanBOB permanently, because the site it and all the other clanBOB material was hosted on was lost along with it.

* [[Power Dyes Your Hair]]: Stage 2 and Stage 3 apparently do this.

* [[Power Perversion Potential]]: Aaron and Steph at the end of [http://www.pyrocam.com/life-of-riley/comic.php?strip=252 this] comic.

* [[Running Gag]]: Dan blowing bubbles in the milk as a filler comic.

** Also, innocent bystanders having [[Gender Bender|their genders spontaneously reversed]] whenever one of the Dans enters Stage 2.

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Naisa, against Dahn's captors. {{spoiler|She [[Disproportionate Retribution|violently murders hordes of people]] just to get to Naoko.}} And keep in mind, she's a [[Our Angels Are Different|starseed]].

{{quote| '''Naisa:''' {{spoiler|Indiscriminate slaughter is a good warm up for a session of delicious protracted torture.}}}}

* [[Serious Business]]: The first story arc revolves around the fate of the world being decided...by a paintball war. Later, the two Dans settle their differences with a Dance Dance Revolution duel.

* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Why, hello there, Gore.

* [[The Legions of Hell]]

* [[Two Gamers On a Couch]]: Started off with this basic formula, but quickly gave way to [[Cerebus Syndrome]] after the first major story arc.

* [[Unfazed Everyman]]: Aaron and William both play this role.

* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: Jezebel uses this after the goddesses sealed away a portion of her power in Naisa's collar. By accepting Dan's challenge, she bides her time so that she can regain enough power to finish her assault on earth, ''regardless of the outcome of the paintbrawl''. It doesn't work, however, since Dan effectively [[Take a Third Option|takes a third option]] by going Stage 3, scaring Jezebel into retreat.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Dan has blue hair, but it's only his bangs, which might imply it's dyed. Chloe's purple hair, back before she [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome|mysteriously stopped appearing]], may be a better example.