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** Given the strip's animosity towards [[Family Circus]] and [[Bil Keane]], the [http://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2011/12/25 December 25th strip] was an oddly touching tribute...
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Da Crocs. Also, Orca. Ironically, {{spoiler|Pastis decided to kill him off he thought he was unpopular. By the time he realized Orca ''was'' popular, it was too late.}}
** Pastis has commented that he gets letters if [[Family
* [[Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory]]: [http://img14.imageshack.us/i/pearlsdeconstruction.jpg/ Parodied.]
* [[Family
** One that sticks with this troper is one of his Danny Donkey books. A group of Environmental Activists ask him to cut down on drinking beer, recycle, and he can help save the world. Danny replies, [[Dumbass Has a Point|"Why? When the world is so full of lies and greed, why save it?"]]. The Activists are awed by his speech and change the Save the World rally to a Destroy the World rally.
* [[Fan Hater]]: Pastis claimed in an interview that he deliberately gets a rise out of these people. In response to angry letters, he sends them form letters of the "Thank You for Writing" variety, which only causes the complainants to send in ''more'' angry letters... in return for which he sends out more form letters...
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