Omaha the Cat Dancer: Difference between revisions

* [[Bi the Way]]: Some of the supporting cast, especially Omaha's best friend Shelley and Chuck's ex-girlfriend Jo, are bisexual.

** Omaha herself can be Bi-Curious from time on time.

* [[Catgirl]]: also Dog Girl, Rabbit Girl, Bird Girl, Fox Girl...

* [[Chessmaster]]: Charles Sr. is seen in the beginning [[Lampshade Hanging|playing with a chess board]]. He basically manipulates a lot of other characters - including his own son - like chess pieces.

* [[Furry Fandom]]: Debuted in a [[Funny Animal]] Fanzine in the 1970s.

* [[Gambit Pileup]]: During the week that {{spoiler|Bonner gets killed and Chuck and Omaha break up.}}

* [[Good People Have Good Sex]]: Mostly. Good people ''at least try'' to have good sex, but the emotional consequences flare up in some unexpected ways. Played straight with the villains, especially Bonner, who prefer using sex simply to achieve their personal ambitions.

* [[Go Mad From the Revelation]]: It's revealed that {{spoiler|both Charles Sr. and Chuck suffer from manic depressive mood swings.}} When Chuck finds out {{spoiler|what Bonner did to his mother, he snaps and begins acting as manic as his father. When we see Chuck again, he's on a mental institution and is SO stuffed of drugs that he doesn't even knows what is going on anymore. Fortunately, he gets better.}}

** Some chapters [[Porn With Plot|have no sex]].

* [[The Lancer]]: Jerry, Chuck's friend and Charles' most competent underling.

** They also share some unhealthy traits, like manic depression.

** [[Turn Out Like His Father]]: What Chuck is terrified of doing {{spoiler|Especially after his father dies and Chuck is left in control of Charles' empire... and schemes.}}

* [[Rape As Drama]]: {{spoiler|At one point Chuck forcibly has sex with Omaha when she's clearly not in the mood and she ends up in tears. She later calls him on it, and he realizes he did something VERY wrong, so he makes up for it (by getting kinkier for her sake and organizing a threesome!)}}.

** What [[Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil|Bonner does to women is evil]]. Even the hookers in town are terrified of him, and warn Jo not to mess with him. Jo, however, [[A Simple Plan|has a plan]]...

* [[Slice of Life]]

* [[Sliding Scale of Gender Inequality]]: Hoo boy, it would take a team of sociologists to measure this. The society in Omaha's world looks down on sex, and has men in powerful offices abusing women as sex toys. On the other hand, Omaha and her friends are open about their sexual choices, pursue relationships with nice guys like Chuck and Jerry who treat women with equal respect, and are willing to stand up publicly to defend themselves and their life choices.

** When Omaha {{spoiler|flees Chuck during their break-up}}, she travels to a small town, dyes her hair and tries to find "respectable" work as an office secretary. She quickly discovers the pay is lousy compared to her job as a stripper, that the women are forced to do all the work, and that the men who "run" the office are sexist bastards. She quits before the day is even over and heads straight for the nearest strip club to get more honest work there.

** What's sad is that Omaha is essentially our world, with Furry characters.

** {{spoiler|Omaha and Chuck are involved both times. First with Jo in the <small>GBG</small>, when Jo was hired by Charles Sr. to babysit them. Then during the <small>BGB</small> with the guy Omaha dated during her break-up with Chuck.}}

* [[Underground Comics]]

** "Everybody was busy that week... [[Gambit Pileup|mostly plotting]]. None of us knew that something was about to happen that would make all plans pointless... Well, maybe one of us knew..."

* [[World of Funny Animals]]