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In short, it's ''[[Three's Company]]'', just with more nakedness, and no Don Knotts (too many comedies of errors as it is!). Alternately, it's ''[[The 40-Year-Old Virgin]]'' in web comic form.
Even the first page is NSFW (although there's now [http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/
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'''Gary:''' But what if it's good?
'''Jung:''' If it's goo... Gary, that makes no sense. }}
* [[A-Cup Angst]]: One of Kiley's defining traits. She reacts this way when she runs into DiDi (which has happened twice so far). In later strips, we see that she's obsessed with her small breast size. It doesn't help when others [https://web.archive.org/web/20120530122412/http://www.menagea3.net/strips-ma3/fondle_your_breasts point] [http://www.menagea3.net/strips-ma3/the_worst_therapist_in_the_world it] [http://www.menagea3.net/strips-ma3/a_little_kid out] to her.
* [[A Date with Rosie Palms]]:
** Gary, several times.
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** If you take a look at the cast page, Yuki's officially listed as bi, but it also takes note of {{spoiler|her issue with mentally replacing penises with tentacles.}}
** Probably DiDi and Sonya, and possibly Dillon.
** [[Jossed]] in the case of Gary... for certain levels of the word. At one point, everything seemed to be conspiring to put him in situations with Dillon, and {{spoiler|[[
* [[Big No]]:
** Zii's reaction when DiDi tries to cut her hair into a mullet.
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* [[Intercontinuity Crossover]]: DiDi is BFF with Cecania from ''[[Sore Thumbs]]''.
* [[Interrupted Intimacy]]: Matt being interrupted during sex is a [[Running Gag]].
* [[Is That Cute Kid Yours?]]: Sandra has mistaken Zii for DiDi's daughter.
* [[It's the Best Whatever Ever!]]:
** Jung was prepared to give Dillon's theater play a horrible review, but after all the entertainment from Sandra's fight with Dillon over Matt, he gives the play the review "Best. Play. '''Ever.'''"
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* [[Karma Houdini]]: Zii. Her biggest backlash to date? Well... she burned her tongue once? Her latest escapade landed her an extremely attractive, intelligent, sensitive and rich boyfriend she [[Ladykiller in Love|wasn't prepared for.]]
** Zii tends to get her comeuppance on a regular basis, but it tends to be [[Played for Laughs]] or used for [[Fan Service]], like her first experience with show-accurate cosplay.
* [[Keep It Foreign]]: In the French translation of the comic, DiDi's [[Gratuitous French]] [http://danslacave.net/009-goosh/ is]{{Dead link}} [http://danslacave.net/013-moins-de-parlotte-plus-de-gaufres/ turned]{{Dead link}} [http://danslacave.net/014-la-premiere-dans-mon-ecole-a-avoir-de-la-poitrine/ into]{{Dead link}} [[Gratuitous English]].
* [[The Ladette]]: Zii
* [[Ladykiller in Love]]: Looks like Zii is heading towards being a [[Gender Flip]]ped example as of June 7, 2011 (NSFW.)
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** Yuki was 16 years old 8 years ago.
* [[Omake]]: Comics appear on pay site [[Slipshine]] with more explicit full-frontal nudity and sexual situations.
* [[On One Condition]]: Amber offers a threesome with Gary...with the third person being Dillon, making Gary nervous. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120605022406/http://www.menagea3.net/strips-ma3/well-regulated_threesome When Gary nervously offers] Zii as the third as a way to salvage things, Amber refuses. Her reason? "Dillon is my BFF...and he likes you soooo much!" She couldn't betray him with full-on straight sex with Gary, and she made it clear Gary would have to do stuff (oral sex) to Dillon before he could move to her "Otherwise, it's rude." This causes Gary to go from uncertainty to [[Heroic BSOD]], and Zii to clear up that Gary (at the time in the strip) was not "bi-curious" but has "never been laid."
** [http://www.menagea3.net/strips-ma3/i_am_not_picky When Amber tells Chanelle] the menage fell through because of this, Chanelle gives Amber a [[What the Hell, Hero?]] and [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]] combo where she lists all Gary's plusses, and caps it with "...and you ''let him go?!''"
*** Leads to Amber's [[My God, What Have I Done?]] look as she has a [[Heel Realization]] (though she hadn't realized how much it might have affected Gary then) about this, and Chanelle telling her "Either make him your man or give me his number! [[Take a Third Option|Or both.]] I'm not picky."
* [[One Degree of Separation]]: Gary meets up with Zii and Didi, who meet up with Gary's old roommates Matt and Dillon, and then Gary ends up meeting Yuki who is Zii's stalker who ends up liking Gary, Zii meets up with Sonya who she hooks Gary up with but Yuki likes him too and then Didi meets up with Sandra who happens to be Matt's old girlfriend and then Dillon becomes roommates with Amber-Amber who is Gary's favorite porn star and then Sandra meets this
* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]:
** Zii says in one of the early strips that her real name is Suzi, but nobody calls her that.
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* [[Orphaned Punchline]]: "And then Gary comes out of the bathroom... wearing only a jar of pickles!"
* [[Orwellian Retcon]]: See [[Scenery Censor]].
* [[Panty Shot]]: Gary [https://web.archive.org/web/20111228020919/http://www.menagea3.net/d/20090404.html gets] [http://www.menagea3.net/d/20090407.html one], followed by the [[Fainting|predictable]] [http://www.menagea3.net/d/20090409.html reaction].
* [[Pass the Popcorn]]: June 24, 2008 (NSFW.)
* [[Pinch Me]]: When Gary wakes up handcuffed to Yuki, he deduces that he's dreaming, so he tries to wake himself up by supplying his brain with a sensation that it can't replicate - groping her breast. Then he realizes that he's awake.
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*** And unfortunately for her, {{spoiler|[[Incredibly Lame Pun|she doesn't really come around]]}}.
* [[Recurring Extra]]: The blonde guy at the comics store.
* [[Refuge in Vulgarity]]: Borderline. The strip's attitude toward sex can be described as "puerile shallowness" and [[Rule of Funny]], though it seems every time someone even
** The part about the forums is not accurate anymore, as their state right now suggests that an unchecked inrush of trolls and haters has chased away most (if not all) fans of the strip. These days, it's not messages with criticism, it's messages praising the story that will trigger a furious reaction from the majority of active members -- who appear to despise the strip and everyone who likes it.
* [[Relative Error]]: Zii makes this mistake, then, panicked, tries to cover herself under it. (Zii is unused to monogamy.) {{spoiler|Erik}} is [http://www.menagea3.net/strips-ma3/in_for_a_good_time sweetly understanding].
* [[Right Through the Wall]]:
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** Zii wants to be called "[[Starship Troopers (film)|Rico]]" when she's getting whipped (August 11, 2009, NSFW.)
** [http://www.menagea3.net/d/20110628.html Gary is a] [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|Brony]] who has a #savederpy t-shirt.
** And now he's wearing a ''[[
** [[Deadpool]]'s recent wave of [[Wolverine Publicity]] got referenced when Gary tried to explain picking up girly comics as "It's a Deadpool variant!"
** Aside from the art, the [[Archie Comics]] references are also numerous: [[Betty and Veronica]] get mentioned ("Archie's marrying Betty AND Veronica?"), Sandra has been compared to Archie, the comics themselves occasionally appear on-panel.
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* [[Title Drop]]: Finally happened on September 3, 2011 (NSFW.)
* [[Tradesnark™]]: Minor one: [http://www.menagea3.net/d/20090602.html Dillon's "open mouth swirly-go-round" kissing technique]
* [[Translation Convention]]: Used with DiDi's French and Yuki's Japanese (brackets around English text). Averted with Senna's Portuguese (the forum provided translations have been copied to the [[Ménage à 3/Trivia|trivia page]]).
▲* [[Transsexualism]]: Senna, Matt's coworker and latest one night stand.
* [[Troll]]:
** Zii runs into one on a forum, and [[Disproportionate Retribution|proceeds to]] [[I Banged Your Mom|humiliate him]].
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** And now {{spoiler|Kiley backs off so that Yuki does not relapse.}}
** We can now add {{spoiler|Amber to the list.}}
*** And
* [[Vapor Wear]]:
** Judging by how visible her nipples always are, DiDi never wears a bra. It's amazing she can walk, let alone jog...
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** Zii later also does it.
** Kiley, apparently.
* [[Virginity Makes You Stupid]]: One would ''think'' that {{spoiler|Gary could tell the difference between kissing a man and cunnilingus even when blindfolded... especially considering he should be able to hear her talking clearly and moaning a few feet away from where he thinks "his" "mouth" is. He does however, eventually catch on to the speaking}}.
* [[Wardrobe Malfunction]]: Sandra's skirt gets ripped; she doesn't notice it, but ends up getting more tips at the restaurant.
* [[Webcomic Time]]: As per [[Word of God|Giz]], [http://www.pixietrixcomix.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=15&p=129801#p129787 only 4 weeks have passed in the 2 years the comic has been running].
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