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Then, beginning at strip 500, [[Wham! Episode|everything changes]]. The strip eventually got to the point where it shifted from having Marten and Faye as the main protagonists to having a full-fledged [[Ensemble Cast]]. And then just when you thought everything was safe, [[Wham! Episode|everything changes again]] at strip 1800. Only this time, where the comic is headed next is even more uncertain.

 

 

QC updates every weekday, with remarkable consistency considering that Jacques has no buffer whatsoever and usually draws the comic--on live webcast--that night. The comic itself can be found [http://questionablecontent.net/ here].

 

Five print collections are currently out, the first ones featuring re-lettered and sometimes re-drawn versions of the first arcs.

 

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* [[Ad of Win]]: [http://jephjacques.tumblr.com/post/3439350865/suck-it-willis Via Jeph's Tumblr]. Oh, Yelling Bird. You always know exactly what to say.

* [[Air Vent Passageway]]: [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=849 Raven attempts this starting at strip 849]. It does not go well.

* [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents]]:

** Dora suffers this when she and Marten visit her parents. [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1036 "MOTHER!"]

* [[Anachronic Order]]: [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1646 This guest strip], by Danielle Corsetto of ''[[Girls with Slingshots]]'', depends on being told backwards.

* [[Analogy Backfire]]: [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1571 Brilliantly averted.]

* [[And That Would Be Wrong]]: Nat uses this in [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=910 Strip #910] when Hanners tries to disembowel herself with Nat's guitar.

* [[Animesque]]:

** [[Word of God]] says that one of the biggest influences on QC is ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]''. It's not hard to see some of the parallels. He also reads a lot of ''[[Yotsuba&!]]'' which is by the same author - Marigold even has a poster of her in her bedroom.

* [[Anthropomorphic Personification]]: [http://jephjacques.tumblr.com/post/8333786306/happy-birthday-qc Jeph drew an Anthro of QC for the 8th anniversary.]

* [[Arson, Murder, and Admiration]]: [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=768 Tai thinks] that Jimbo's book is "trashy, poorly-written, incredibly sexist towards BOTH genders, and the most entertaining thing I've read all year."

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1902 Here]

* [[Brick Joke]]:

** [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1555 Maybe if we put on a spoiler] [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1557 it will go faster.] It came back [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1594 again] and looks to be starting a new plot line. Chekhov's Boomerang, perhaps? ([http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1643 All signs] [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1666 point to yes.])

** [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1829 Less bricky than a lot of these examples], but [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1836 still qualifies.] Doubles as a [[Funny Background Event]], since it's very easy to miss Pintsize being thrown in the first strip.

** Dora's response to Raven in panel three of [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=764 this strip] comes up again in panel four of [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1030 this one.] Apparently, Raven is convinced Marten's junk is spectacular.

* [[Cat Smile]]: Marigold is fond of these

* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: The strip started as a boy and his robot, but in no time moved to sarcasm and joking about music and music fans, while developing the relationships between the characters before taking a turn for the dramatic about #500, while retaining the joke-a-day format. Jeph lampshades this in the commentary/news for [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1481 strip #1481.]

* [[Characterization Marches On]]: Hannelore was certainly odd when [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=515 first introduced], but she becomes a much [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1046 different] character than she was before, [[Author's Saving Throw|explained]] by her trying out new medication. It's [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1824 #1824] and mentioned in-universe by Dr. Case in [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2134 #2134 as she recounts Hannelore's childhood.]

* [[Chaste Hero]]:

** This exchange from [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=161 strip 161]:

{{quote|'''Faye:''' That is just one of the many funny stories involving my father.

'''Faye:''' Bribe me with ice cream and I will! }}

** Note the record that Faye is checking out in [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1537 this strip]. It foreshadows into [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1737 this strip], which forshadows [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1739 this strip]. {{spoiler|Which Toto song a character likes most, or indeed, whether a character likes Toto at all, seems to indicate compatibility. Thus, Angus and Faye work very well together thus far, while Marten and Dora have broken up.}}

* [[Oh Crap, There Are Fanfics of Us]]: [http://jephjacques.tumblr.com/post/1456308074/fffffffff Marigold] hits [[Fanfiction.net]] in Jeph's Tumblr.

* [[Older Than They Look]]: Amir is thirty-five but looks like he's in his mid-twenties, he claims "good genes".

* [[One Steve Limit]]:

** When Marigold is introduced, her first words are "Damnit Angus, I told you I have a raid!". Sure enough, it is later revealed that recurring character Angus is her roommate. Dora even says "I thought she said your name earlier!" as if there was only one person named Angus in the world.

* [[Performance Anxiety]]: [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=553 Marten suffers from it.]

* [[Perky Goth]]: Formerly Dora, although Dora and Raven each abandoned the goth look a long time ago now.

'''Faye:''' That feeling is what we non-goths call "happiness". This record is its most condensed form. It is like a crack-rock of pure joy! }}

* [[Pet Homosexual]]: Scott, Tai, and probably any future bosses Marten will have.

* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: Marten lapses into this when drunk.

* [[Sex for Solace]]: Referenced and [[Defied Trope|defied]] after {{spoiler|Dora breaks up with Marten...}}

'''Marten:''' OKAY THANK YOU BYE }}

* [[Sexy Santa Dress]]: QC's Christmas comics!

** Dora ships {{spoiler|Angus/Faye}}.

** Hanners ships Marigold/Francis (the scientist from John Ellicott's space station).

** Marten [[Lampshaded Trope|lampshades]] this immediately afterwards.

{{quote|'''Marten''': "You're really ''dead set'' on that "reasonable number of babies", huh?}}

* [[Ship Sinking]]:

** Faye/Marten. Although put on hold before The Talk and his relationship with Dora, it was specifically sunk [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1737 here,] [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1739 two strips later], and [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1807 these][http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1838 two].

** Marigold/Tai [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1792 here.]

** A subtle reference to ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' in [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1844 this] strange lady's singing.

** [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=333 I can do it!] I can totally do it [http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Nine_Times nine] [[Homestar Runner|times]]!

** There's a [[Mass Effect|Geth]] and a [[Lucky Star|Konata]] chassis for sale in [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1998 this strip,] which is even called "Robocameos".

** If you look at the Hot Topic in the background of [http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1996 this strip], you can see a poster advertising [[Homestuck|troll horns]].

** [[Dune|I must not laugh]]. Laughter is the Marten-killer. [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=351 Laughter is the little death that brings about total obliteration by an enraged Faye...]

** Shortly after, a minor character by the name of [[Deadly Premonition|Francis York]] appears.

** Marten refers to Clinton as [[Mystery Science Theater 3000|Tom Servo]] during one particular moment of creepiness.

* [[Shown Their Work]]: Fans from the Northampton area are continually impressed by the backgrounds of the city, since anyone familiar with the real Northampton can recognize the slightly-changed version of real places.

* [[Show Within a Show]]: The manga/anime ''Magical Love Gentleman''; Marigold is a '''serious''' fan, and introduced Hannelore and Angus to it.

** Faye's snarkgasm of '''SCORN!''': see [[Unsound Effect]] below. "Phew! I need a cigarette!"

** [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2050 Again,] from Hannelore of all people.

* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]: The station computer [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2142 here].

* [[Sorkin Relationship Moment]]: Partial trope namer.

* [[Time Skip]]: Between [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1310 1310] and [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1311 1311].

* [[Toilet Humor]]: A surprising amount.

* [[Too Much Information]]: A common trope.

* [[Too Soon]]:

** Angus, [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1691 at times]. Lampshaded by Marigold's giggle.

* [[Turned Against Their Masters]]: Mentioned by Faye when she issued a death warrant to Pintsize at someone.

'''Pintsize:''' I think I can do that. }}

* [[20% More Awesome]]: Fournier-Goldman Happiness Units.

 

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