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The comic is a [[Slice of Life]] comedy with a sitcom atmosphere and a predilection for sexual jokes. Almost all main characters, [[Mr. Fanservice|males included]], get their naked shot, and many of the storylines revolve around the main characters' sexuality or relationships.
 
In short -- itshort—it's ''[[Three's Company]]'', just with more nakedness, and no Don Knotts (too many comedy of errors as it is!). Or, ''[[The 40-Year-Old Virgin]]'' in webcomic form.
 
[http://www.ma3comic.com/strips-ma3/room_for_two_more_%28vol1%29 Even the first page is NSFW], so remember to label any [[NSFW]] links you want to use.
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** His ability to instantly bring women to orgasm with the Swirly-Go-Round is changing that gradually.
* [[All Issues Are Political Issues]]: Parodied in a [[Flash Back]] in which Yuki calls a banana flambé 'oppressive' and the waiter who is trying to serve her this dessert a 'patriarchal phallocrat.' It's parody because she does this out of her "phallophobia", not out of any genuine feminist conviction.
* [[All Men Are Perverts]]: The main characters -- bothcharacters—both male and [[All Women Are Lustful|female]] -- are—are bad enough, but men who aren't major characters are completely incapacitated if DiDi so much as walks in, let alone when she turns up at a strip club.
* [[All Part of the Show]]: Jung seems to think this about all the offstage drama in the play.
* [[All Women Are Lustful]]:
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** In an early appearance Yuki shouts "触手 (''shokushu'')!" This, of course, means "tentacles."
* [[Bishie Sparkle]]: [http://www.menagea3.net/strips-ma3/can_i_have_your Hilariously subverted here] with Gary, who immediately [[Heroic BSOD|goes into shock]] when he puts two and two together.
* [[BLAMNon Sequitur Episode]]: Two could be considered like this.
** "'Gently Caress' You" features, from the main characters, only Zii and Gary while any other appearing character in that episode never returns. It's solemnly focused in a revenge-based plot that has never been mentioned again in the comic.
** Similar with "Babes in Toyland", where the never-to-be-brought-up-again plot focuses on Zii and DiDi accidentally "breaking" one of Gary's Ttransformers and seeing what to do with it. Some consider this to be a [[Cool and Unusual Punishment|payback]] to Zii for her actions in the previous [[BLAMNon Sequitur Episode]].
* [[Blatant Lies]]: Dillon's agent attempting to explain away the fact that he's in a [[Transparent Closet]].
{{quote|'''Dillon''': You know...it's none of my business...but someday you will have to tell your wife you're gay.
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* [[The Cameo]]:
** Blair from ''[[Eerie Cuties]]'' shows up in one comic. (November 26, 2009, NSFW.)
** Liz from ''Cool Cat Studio'', one of Lagacé's previous works. (January 23rd23, 2010, NSFW.)
** The porn stars Zii barged in on on set that one time look an awful lot like Stan, Jack and Rich from ''[[Penny and Aggie]]''.
** When Yuki goes on her [http://www.menagea3.net/strips-ma3/very_nice groin-kicking rampage], Stan from ''Penny and Aggie'' is unfortunate enough to get in her way, while a surprised Lisa looks on.
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* [[Even the Guys Want Him]]: Gary, partially through looks and partially through being a nice and sensitive guy, which makes his virgin loser status all the more boggling as he accumulates his harem of interests.
* [[Everybody Has Lots of Sex]]
* [[Everyone Is Bi]]: So far every single character who's shown any sexual tendencies at all -- yesall—yes, even ''[[Camp Gay|Dillon]]'' -- have—have shown hints of of being attracted to both sexes.
** Finally (and hilariously) subverted by {{spoiler|1=Sandra and DiDi when they agree that they are just two straight girls with poor boundary issues}}.
** Also subverted by {{spoiler|Gary. Matt helps him realize that he isn't sexually attracted to men, though he does appreciate beauty in general.}}
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* [[Fan Service with a Smile]]:
** DiDi and Sandra work at a Hooters-esque restaurant.
** Zii works at a comic book store and [[Cosplay|cosplayscosplay]]s as various characters.
* [[Freudian Trio]]: [http://www.menagea3.net/d/20110414.html Sandra's subconscious is pictured as one of these.]
* [[Full Name Ultimatum]]: "Desirée Chastel! Were you spying?"
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* [[Good Angel, Bad Angel]]:
** [http://www.menagea3.net/d/20080930.html Zii has] [http://www.menagea3.net/d/20081002.html a pair] (subverted later, as [http://www.menagea3.net/d/20090312.html they're shown] [http://www.menagea3.net/d/20090725.html working together]).
** As does Gary -- hisGary—his [http://www.menagea3.net/d/20090630.html make out with Dillon's].
** DiDi's [http://www.menagea3.net/d/20100211.html bad angel] gets called up for the first time since the 3rd grade (due to her contemplating a little [[Les Yay]]), and is [[Distracted by the Sexy|promptly impressed with her own bust]]. However, she's scared off by her gigantic [http://www.menagea3.net/d/20100213.html good angel].
* [[Gratuitous French]]:
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* [[Keep It Foreign]]: In the French translation of the comic, DiDi's [[Gratuitous French]] [http://danslacave.net/009-goosh/ is] [http://danslacave.net/013-moins-de-parlotte-plus-de-gaufres/ turned] [http://danslacave.net/014-la-premiere-dans-mon-ecole-a-avoir-de-la-poitrine/ into] [[Gratuitous English]].
* [[The Ladette]]: Zii
* [[Ladykiller in Love]]: Looks like Zii is heading towards being a [[Gender Flip|Gender Flipped]]ped example as of June 7, 2011 (NSFW.)
* [[Last-Second Word Swap]]: Happens twice [http://www.menagea3.net/d/20110201.html here].
* [[Late to the Punchline]]: Gary gets one when he actually sees Zii as a ''girl'', rather than just a friend (December 12, 2009, NSFW.)
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*** We do see this "threesome" later in the strip, and it's not as impressive as he makes it sound.
** In addition, he rolled naked with her... in a pile of photos of naked guys. His pictures, that were wrinkled from his doing this so much.
** DiDi didn't seem aware of the concept of bisexuality until Zii set her strai-- explainedstrai—explained it to her.
* [[No Indoor Voice]]: Gary, when he gets really nervous. [http://www.menagea3.net/d/20100311.html '''I'M YELLING!!!''']
* [[No Name Given]]: The last names of Gary, Sandra and Matt are not revealed.
* [[No Nudity Taboo]]:
** [[Innocent Fanservice Girl|DiDi]] has little or none, at least to the point of assuming that everyone sleeps in the nude. (Of course, she's right, at least in that household -- Evenhousehold—Even Gary, who was for a time bunking with a gay man, doesn't slip into a pair of sweats.) Her "bathrobe" consists of a skimpy babydoll and a thong.
*** After posing naked for Gary's art on Yuki's request, Yuki asked her to be naked around Gary ''all the time''. She acts innocently that she'll do it if it will help his art, but clearly she's still hoping to seduce him to experience his Swirly-Go-Round.
** Matt and Senna don't bother with putting any clothes on when Sandra walks in on them having sex, although they do for Gary (in order to keep him from lapsing into a coma).
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** [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 transexual who is Matt's <ref> She seems to be M to F</ref> and then Erik who is Didi's ex-boyfriend falls in love with Zii and then Gary performs ''oral sex'' on Amber-Amber and Sonya who Zii seduced is set up to date Gary in competition with Yuki who together decide to 3-way him but Yuki needs help with her tentacle/penis fear and gets Kiley to help her which leads Gary to meet Kiley when Yuki leaves her phone and [[Austin Powers|oh no, I've gone cross-eyed]]...{{spoiler|and then Kiley jumps Gary.}} ...and Zii was Amber's first lover in high school, beginning with a kiss in a game of "Truth or Dare"...
* [[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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* [[Pity Sex]]: Subverted. DiDi wants to "deflower" Gary, who is a hopeless virgin. Various mishaps prevent her from doing so; later, Zii explains to her that she shouldn't do that, because Gary would associate sex with being pathetic...and because she wants Didi for herself.
* [[Poirot Speak]]: DiDi peppers her speech with random French words.
* [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold|Porn Star with a Heart of Gold]]: Amber-Amber -- asAmber—as Gary [http://www.menagea3.net/d/20090716.html imagines her to be.]
** And now that she's become an actual character, it seems to be true. (Although Amber is very... pragmatic... about certain matters...)
* [[Post-Kiss Catatonia]]:
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** Zii has been around and then some.
** Dillon has been around almost as much as Zii, but not on-camera.
** DiDi sort of subverts this -- herthis—her harem of boyfriends runs into the dozens ({{spoiler|none of whom satisfy her sexually}}), but she is easily the purest and most carefree of all the characters. If someone called her a slut as if it was an insult, she'd be extremely confused.
*** And unfortunately for her, {{spoiler|[[Incredibly Lame Pun|she doesn't really come around]]}}.
* [[Recurring Extra]]: The blonde guy at the comics store.
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* [[She Cleans Up Nicely]]: Gary finally notices Zii's attractive when she's walking around in a cosplay outfit that's essentially a fur-lined bikini...of [[Urusei Yatsura|one of his favorite characters]].
{{quote|'''Gary:''' ''Jung!'' Z-Z-Zii's a '''''GIRL!!!'''''}}
** Gary's no slouch, either -- heeither—he comes across as a bit of a dweeb, but he has, to quote Dillon and Zii, a ''great'' ass, and can dress up as Nightwing without having to fake the physique, chin, or really [[Expy|anything.]] The only thing he ''really'' has against him is that he has pretty awful posture.
* [[She's All Grown Up]]: DiDi's personal [http://www.menagea3.net/d/20100211.html bad angel]. "Wow! I don't think you've called on me since the 3rd grade... Holy crap! Check out the rack on me!" And that's nothing compared to her good angel, which has grown into a [http://www.menagea3.net/d/20100213.html towering amazon] -- which—which is saying something, due to DiDi's already considerable height!
* [[Ship Sinking]]: So much for {{spoiler|1=Sandra and DiDi}}.
* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Everyone, frequently.
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* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: Kiley. [http://www.menagea3.net/strips-ma3/have_we_met "It's not like I've been spying on you from a phone or anything!"]
* [[Take a Third Option]]: Gary ends up the object of both Sonya and Yuki's attention. To settle which one should get him, they both decide to have a "sex fight" in which they date him for a month, have a threesome with him, and then he picks one. {{spoiler|Double subverted when this fails to resolve the tension between them, and when Gary take a different third option by having his first time with ''Kiley'', Yuki's "therapist," after he tries to console her about messing up with Yuki and she pounces him.}}
* [[Team Mom]]: Whenever DiDi or Zii slide into [[Jerkass|Jerkassitude]]itude the other leans toward this.
* [[The Immodest Orgasm]]: The Swirly-Go-Round technique made it possible for {{spoiler|Gary}} to do this to Amber...and later to {{spoiler|Kiley}}.
* [[Those Two Guys]]: Zii's flashbacks to previous "escapades" include two recurring non-named characters, possibly members of the band she used to be in.
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