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* [[Acceptable Targets]]: White people, as invoked by the black and Asian cast members.

* [[Actor Allusion|Author Allusion]] McAlpin makes numerous references to his (former) movie review site Movie Makeout.

* [[Bait and Switch Tyrant]]: Norma, whose strict adherence to company policy earns her the hatred of the staff who is used to a laissez faire management. She quickly proves that she truly cares about the staff, shows appreciation for a job well done, and even learns to loosen up a bit.

{{quote| '''Melissa''': (After Norma hands out promotions and raises to the majority of the cast) So... do we ''like'' Norma now or...?}}

** Jason and Angie came to an agreement that his atheism and her Christianity was something he was incapable of getting around, and for the sake of keeping him from bickering about it, they broke up. They're still good friends and hang out after work though.

** Jason and Devi cycle in and out of this over the course of the strip.

* [[Camp Gay]]: Chase, who finally comes out of the closet after posing as a macho womanizer, immediately turns into a camp gay. The other gay character (whose most overt homosexual characteristic is a penchant for pink shirts) goes back and forth between confused and offended.

* [[Character Development]]: Jason's been opening his mind to things that he's never thought to even give a chance before, after coming face to face with the idea of having to work in a movie theater the rest of his life. He's been reviewing movies for blogs and going to see movies he doesn't ''expect'' to be good.

* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]: [http://www.multiplexcomic.com/strip/529 Rookie's punishment] for not doing the homework Kurt assigned him.

* [[Cosplay]]: One of the favorite activities of the staff is to dress up for big premiers.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Jason.

* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: Becky mentions that Lydia is [http://www.multiplexcomic.com/strip/363 like Jason with boobs].

* [[Dream Within a Dream]]:

** [http://www.multiplexcomic.com/strip/590 Jason has one] after seeing ''[[Nightmare On Elm Street]]'' for the first time.

* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: Lizzie is among the men [http://www.multiplexcomic.com/strip/423 drooling over Ariela]

* [[Fleeting Demographic Rule]]: Expect Jason to point out when this rears its ugly head in any new movie.

* [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?]]: Chase before he comes out and becomes the [[Camp Gay]].

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: Jason and Kurt, to the point where Kurt admits after ''one week'' with Jason gone [http://www.multiplexcomic.com/strip/165 that his life is empty without him to banter with.]

** Sunny: [[Dumb Blonde]] cheerleader who dated Brian with major PDA and would sleep with him in the theater. Turns out she is also a devout Christian, becoming [[Chaste Hero|chaste]] because she wanted to focus on her faith, and aspires to be a social worker. Also, you should really [[Beware the Nice Ones|watch out for her]].

** Brian: The resident [[The Ditz|ditz]]. {{spoiler|[[Obfuscating Stupidity|Turns out it was all a scam]]}}.

* [[Hollywood Atheist]]: Jason had a problem dating Angie because he is an atheist and she is a Christian, and despite the fact that she has no problems with his lack of faith, he was always the one to bring up the topic and try to fight about it. It's [[Justified Trope|justified]], however--Jason is argumentative and opinionated about ''everything'', it's his major character flaw and was presented as such before the subject of religion even arose.

* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: Kurt is enjoying his [http://www.multiplexcomic.com/strip/354 hand costume] way too much.

* [[Paparazzi]]: Gretchen considers herself an "investigative reporter" in training. Really, she's just a completely unlikable gossip who is willing to sleep around and use minor blackmail to dig up dirt on the personal lives of her fellow employees.

* [[Perky Goth]]: Angie.

* [[Queer People Are Funny]]: Neil is highly annoyed with Jason and Kurt's attitude toward using gay jokes and using "gay" or "queer" as an insult.

* [[Really Gets Around]]: [http://www.multiplexcomic.com/strip/491 Max].

* [[Running Gag]]: A few strips begin with this setting: "Someone left the west exit open. We need to check the building again."

* [[Shout-Out]]: Constantly and everywhere about any movie they can reference - and it works wonderfully.

* [[Shown Their Work]]: The author has never worked in a movie theater, but he goes out of his way to depict a realistic cinema, including back room staff-only areas like the projection booths.

* [[The Snark Knight]]: Jason's taste in movies is what he would consider to be distinguished and high brow. He has no problem admonishing others for their choice of films.

** Earlier in the strip, one of the running gags was Melissa's stalker, who was a much tamer version than Keith. He was more of an annoyance and faded away.

* [[Stop Being Stereotypical]]: Neil gets incredibly angry about the way Chase is such a flamboyant gay, and chews him out a lot for it, eventually causing Chase to have an emotional breakdown.

* [[Trope Name]]: In [http://www.multiplexcomic.com/archive.php?name=140 The One About Shrek the Third].

* [[Tropes Are Not Bad]]: Kurt is trying to convince Jason of this while writing and shooting their zombie flick. He'd be a bit more convincing if he actually wrote the tropes in ''well''.

* [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist]]: Jason, and some other characters to lesser extents.

* [[Webcomic Time]]: Played with, in that McAlpin will generally inform us how long a story arc took and when we can start assuming its the present day again (as opposed to last Thursday or the previous week).