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[[File:My_cage_logo_200711.png|frame|"This is King Features calling to inform that you have been cancelled."]]
''[[My Cage]]'' is a syndicated comic strip by Melissa DeJesus and Ed Power. It features a world of [[Animesque|anime-inspired]] anthropomorphic animals, including our hero, Norman T. Platypus, who looks to survive the daily rigors of his soul-sapping office job at [[McGuffin]] Inc. when he would much rather be poor and creative. He's joined in his personal hell by his co-workers, included Ashley, a tiger that delights in tormenting him, Maureen, his attractive gold-digging office mate, Jeff, an incredibly stupid shark that works out of a bathtub, Rex, a doberman who is the egotistical fiance of Violet, a chihuahua with the darkest of hearts, and finally the boss Max, a red dog who Norm believes to be Satan himself. Rounding out the cast is Norm's
The strip ran from May 6, 2007 until it was suddenly [[Too Good to Last|
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* [[Acme Products]]: [[MacGuffin|McGuffin]] Inc. and its rival [[Deus Ex Machina]] Industries
* [[Alliteration]]: [http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComick.mpl?date=20091020&name=My_Cage Emil the Emo Emu]
* [[After the End]]: [http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComick.mpl?date=20081109&name=My_Cage Maureen explains to Lily that humans disappeared off the Earth a long time ago and animals
* [[Amazing Technicolor Wildlife]]: Norm is a platypus, but he's blue.
* [[Animesque]]: King Features boasts of it being the first anime-inspired newspaper comic. [[Did Not Do the Research|Despite evidence]] [[The Boondocks|to the contrary.]]
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* [[Bishie Sparkle]]: [http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComick.mpl?date=20080724&name=My_Cage Maureen does her impression of a "celebutante".]
* [[Book Ends]]: The final strip, much like the first, has Norm reading a Snapple fact on a bottlecap. This one says "The End".
* [[Brand X]]: Parodied when buying [[ISO Standard Urban Groceries|more generic groceries]] Norm asks what's in the box
* [[Call Back]]: Norm tells Bridget that [http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComick.mpl?date=20070522&name=My_Cage Ashley is a 300-pound crack addict with a rare skin disease.] About five months later [http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComick.mpl?date=20071002&name=My_Cage Ashley returns the favor.]
* [[Carnivore Confusion]]: Parodied in one strip: Ashley (the ''tiger'') mentions she's a vegetarian. Norm replies "We live in a world of talking animals! If we're not vegetarian we go to jail!"
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* [[Four-Girl Ensemble]]: Norm admits everything how knows about women is what he's seen on TV, as depicted in [http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComick.mpl?date=20090611&name=My_Cage this strip].
* [[Furry Confusion]]: Subverted with Squishy the Amoeba.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140917045543/http://www.gocomics.com/mycage/2011/05/17 Parodied here.]
* [[Geeky Turn On]]: [http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComick.mpl?date=20081002&name=My_Cage Norm has a thing for smart women.]
** [http://www.chron.com/apps/comics/showComick.mpl?date=20090904&name=My_Cage Its also why Norm and Bridget belong together. Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming]
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[[Category:Newspaper Comics]]▼
[[Category:My Cage]]
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[[Category:Newspaper Comics of the 2000s]]
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