Loophole Abuse/Newspaper Comics

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Examples of Loophole Abuses in Newspaper Comics include:

• Calvin and Hobbes:
  • Calvin once responded to the test question "Explain Newton's First Law of Motion in your own words" with, "Yakka foob mog. Grug pubbawup zink wattoom gazork. Chumble spuzz."
  • Another example:

Mrs. Wormwood: CALVIN, PAY ATTENTION! We're studying geography! Now, what state do you live in? Calvin: Denial. Mrs. Wormwood: *sigh* I don't suppose I can argue with that...

• Employed by Peter in FoxTrot, where he writes a book report three pages long in a massive font. Apparently, the teacher didn't say anything about font size.
• The Pointy-Haired Boss in Dilbert once instituted a company policy where each bug fixed would earn the fixer a $10 bonus. However, there was no rule against adding new bugs for the sole purpose of fixing them.
• In one strip of Garfield when the eponymous cat was on a diet, he invoked this trope when he realized a cake was carrot.
  • Not to mention the time Jon tried to teach Garfield self-control. He left a box of kitty treats in the room Garfield was in, telling him not to touch it. He left the room, then reentered a short while later. Garfield took everything except the box.
  • Even more audacious when Garfield was on another diet and Jon told him "You may have a salad." Garfield promptly helped himself to some pork chops, and when Jon called him out he claimed that no one had ever told him that pork chops were not a salad!
  • And once again: "This salad needs something. I think I'll garnish it. With a ham!" *wham*
• In Peanuts, Lucy often uses this trope to trick Charlie Brown into kicking the football. The format is as follows:

Lucy: I'll hold the ball and you come running and kick it. Charlie Brown: I'm not falling for that again! Lucy: <insert apparently airtight promise here> (e.g. "Here's a signed document, testifying that I promise not to pull it away.") Charlie Brown: Okay, I guess you mean it this time. (e.g. "It is signed! It's a signed document. I guess if you have a signed document in your possession, you can't go wrong. This year I'm really gonna kick that football.") [Lucy pulls the football away yet again] Lucy: <insert explanation of the loophole she left herself> (e.g. "Peculiar thing about this document -- it wasn't ever notarized.")

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