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In this chapter, Penny and Aggie further explore the new phase of their relationship. Just as [[Penny and Aggie/The Last Summer of Youth May/Recap|May]] ended with Marshall taking notes in Nick's class, so does this chapter open with Nick holding a routine parent-teacher conference with Marshall's mother Charisma, who is also Nick's ex. Gently rebuffing her attempt to get back together with him once Marshall's at college in the fall, he says Aggie still has another year coming up and he hopes it'll be a drama-free one. "Good luck with that," Charisma says coldly.

** When the question of obtaining a camera for Aggie's film arises, Lisa states, with uncharacteristic evasiveness, that her "dad, uh, has beer with somebody" willing to supply one. This lie as to her source for the camera foreshadows the reveal in "August" that it's {{spoiler|Stan's}}, and the subsequent {{spoiler|bitter fight}} it leads to.

* [[Heroic Self-Deprecation]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Katy-Ann who, though increasingly frustrated with Jack's belief he's a bad influence on her, refuses to give up on him.

* [[I Just Write the Thing]]: Campbell originally intended for Jack and Katy-Ann to break up in the bus-boarding scene, whereupon the comic would explore the possibility of relationships between Jack and Brandi, and between Duane and Katy-Ann. However, Campbell said, Katy-Ann "rebelled," as it were, against that outcome during the scripting process, necessitating the rewriting not only of that scene but also of the basketball scene earlier in the chapter.

* [[Imagine Spot]]: Jack has an erotic one featuring Brandi, complete with [[Flower Motifs|shoujo flowers]].

* [[Shipper on Deck]]: [[Played for Laughs]] with Sara ([http://www.pennyandaggie.com/index.php?p=1169 YOU ARE SOOOO CUUUUUTE]), to Penny's and Aggie's mild irritation.

* [[Silly Rabbit, Romance Is for Kids]]: [[Discussed Trope|Discussed]], with bitter sarcasm, when Sara breaks up with Daphne.

* [[Super-Deformed]]: Although both Lagacé and Waltrip have made occasional use of chibis throughout the comic, [http://www.pennyandaggie.com/index.php?p=1156 this strip] is composed almost entirely of them.

* [[What Could Have Been]]: Campbell has said that if Katy-Ann hadn't "rebelled" against his initial plan to have her say good-bye to Jack, then she would've ended up with Duane, and Jack with Brandi, for "at least the rest of high school." Beyond that, he says, he hadn't decided whether both of them would remain together by the time of {{spoiler|the [[Class Reunion]] in}} the final chapter, but probably would've kept one couple together and split up the other.