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The comic is updated on weekdays. Not to be confused with, well, [[Real Life]].

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* [[Aborted Arc]]: One arc was a parody of ''[[Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow]]'', but the Artist cancels it a few strips in because it would take forever and the movie wasn't all that interesting to begin with.

** Also, when Dave was experimenting with new voices and gave PAL the voice of [[2001: A Space Odyssey|HAL 9000]], PAL claimed it was encouraging him to do terrible things.

* [[Alternate Universe]]

* [[Author Avatar]]: There is not only Greg Dean in the comic, but also the Cartoonist, who is usually portrayed as a disembodied god. When he does appear in-strip, he looks like Greg but with slightly longer hair and different clothing.

* [[Author Filibuster]]: Dean [[Anvilicious|doesn't really understand the concept of subtlety]]. When something annoys him, he will often do a comic that is literally four panels of his [[Author Avatar]] ranting to/lecturing the audience. About as blunted as this will get is that sometimes he'll rant at one of the other characters instead of directly to the viewer.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Do NOT ask Greg if he [http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/030723.html owns the] [[The Legend of Zelda|Master Sword]]. Additionally, Liz threatened to kill Greg when he suggested that [[Walt Disney]] was a [[Fanfic]] author (she did it again when he said the [[Useful Notes/Fonts|Comic Sans font]] is genius, but his explanation [[Fridge Brilliance|makes perfect sense to her]]).

* [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick]]: Greg and Dave find a to do list on the table, judging by the things on it, it's Tonys

* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: Tony. He appears to have read the [[Evil Overlord List]] at least. Review his take on the [[Death Trap]] and [[Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him]] [http://reallifecomics.com/archive/030620.html as an example].

* [[Death Ray]]

* [[Early Installment Weirdness]]: Early strips made more references to anime and really abused the [[Life Embellished]] concept, as seen when Greg goes on a date with [[Ah! My Goddess|Belldandy]] and Tony builds a [[Mechwarrior]] which causes his girlfriend to complain until the author bribes her with an [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Evangelion]]. After a while most of the unrealistic wackiness was confined to Tony and his [[Evil Overlord]] antics.

* [[Easter Egg]]: Repeated uses of [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|the number 42]].

* [[Evil Overlord]]: Tony.

* [[Fridge Brilliance]]: In one strip, Greg suggests that the graphic designer of the much-reviled Comic Sans font was actually a genius, because it's basically a huge flashing sign that screams "I'm incompetent and need the help of a graphic designer." Liz is stunned when she realizes that it makes perfect sense.

* [[Fun with Subtitles]]

* [[Gender Flip]]: With alternate-universe versions of the main characters.

*ZAAAP*

Greg: "DO YOU MIND!?" }}

* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: In one strip, Greg goes into a Dave and Buster's and orders a Pepsi, but the waitress refuses to serve him because he's not old enough to drink alcohol. Greg Dean has said [["Not Making This Up" Disclaimer|this actually happened to him]].

* [[Internet Backdraft]]: [[In-Universe]] example: In one strip, Liz tries to get Greg into ''[[Doctor Who]]''; he refuses, citing his [[Mr. Vice Guy|addictive personality]] and saying he doesn't need another show to obsess over. The very next day's strip has him telling Liz he'll give it a shot, revealing that he got so many emails from fans telling him how great ''DW'' is that it overheated and melted his computer.

{{quote|'''Tony''': How long have you been playing?

'''Greg''': 27 hours, non-stop.

'''Tony''': Well, you have stopped to eat though, right?

'''Greg''': Eat? Oh yeah...that thing I need to do to not die. }}

{{quote|'''Liz''': Hey sweetie, I'm back- Good Lord, you're ''still'' racing on the same track!?

'''Greg''': Endurance race. 200 laps. Can't stop. Need money.

* [[Life Embellished]]

* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Lampshaded [http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/040107.html here].

* [[Mr. Vice Guy]]: Greg has an addictive personality, plain and simple. Especially in regards to ''[[Final Fantasy]]''. Any part of it.

* [[Nintendo Hard]]: Referenced on [http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/010430.html 30 Apr 2001].

** And more recently with an arc involving the first Final Fantasy.

* [[No Fourth Wall]]: The cartoonist has physically appeared in the strip, and occasionally talks to the characters from outside the comic. The [[Plot Hole]] arc had {{spoiler|Tony climbing through a plot hole into [[Welcome to The Real World|the real world.]]}}

* [[Non-Indicative Name]]: The strip itself. Lampshaded often.

* [[One Steve Limit]]: Averted, since both Greg's wife and his previous girlfriend are named Elizabeth. His wife goes by Liz, while his ex is usually called Lizzie to avoid confusion.

* [[Only Six Faces]]

* [[Plot Hole]]: [http://reallifecomics.com/archive/060911.html They're kind of cute, actually.]

* [[Purple Prose]]: [http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/100407.html Sent up].

* [[The Rant]]

* [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]: A particularly bizarre, recursive example. Greg met his wife, Liz, through the forums; their marriage and her pregnancy with their first child have been part of the comic. It gets silly when, [http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/111115.html in-comic], Greg shows his child the comic. In short, Real Life wrote the plot of real life, which was then written into Real Life, which was shown in real life to the daughter who exists as a result of Real Life writing the plot of real life, which in turn wrote a strip in Real Life.

** I notice he misspells "definitely" quite frequently as well.

* [[Schedule Slip]]: The comic will slip up on occasion, but it's usually pretty good about staying on schedule.

* [[Statler and Waldorf]] / [[Those Two Guys]]: Dave and Tony.

* [[Taste the Rainbow]]: [http://reallifecomics.com/archive/090204.html Literally].

* [[Time Is Dangerous]]: [http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/110616.html This strip] touches this with discussion after time bubble were used to rapidly age mead 6 months.

* [[Time Travel]]

* [[Women Are Wiser]]: While this could always be said to have been the case between Liz and Greg, the comic has really started to abuse the use of this trope (and all that typically goes with it) in the last few years. Like, "Last season of [[Everybody Loves Raymond]]" abuse it.

* [[Write Who You Know]]

* [[Yuppie Couple]]: Alan Extra

 

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