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** [http://www.shortpacked.com/2008/comic/book-7/07-everyone-moves-into-a-house/elevenyears/ This], to pretty much every significant [[Walkyverse]] event up to that point.

* [[Cassandra Truth]]:

'''Ethan:''' You continue to tell me lies. }}

** Mike attempts to give his condolences for the passing of Amber's pet hamster. Her reaction? Rabid, disbelieving laughter. Granted, he may not actually feel sorry for the animal, but is still sincere in wanting her to feel better.

* [[Catch a Falling Star]]: Mike gets to play a hero and rescue Amazi-Girl like this [http://www.shortpacked.com/2009/comic/book-10/01-this-man-this-manhattan/flammable/ here].

* [[Catch Phrase]]:

** '''I KNOW'''.

*** To the point where it's practically become [[The Coconut Effect]] - bad guys expect to hear "I'm Batman", and [http://www.shortpacked.com/2009/comic/book-9/05-blackmail-is-love/teneyedman/ at least one bad guy realizes something's up when new Batman Dick Grayson doesn't say it].

* [[Creator Thumbprint]]: ''[[Transformers]]'' humor. And, to a lesser extent, other toy and comic book humor.

* [[Dare to Be Badass]]: Robin to {{spoiler|Mike}} when he claims he is no good at comforting his fiancée because he's... what he is.

* [[Dead Guy on Display]]: Galasso wants this done after he dies.

* [[Death Is Cheap]]: Not only does Mike come back, somehow Galasso also resurrects ''Ronald Reagan'' (and later ''Jesus'') to work in his store. It's never explained how or why he can do this.

* [[Discontinuity Nod]]: [http://shortpacked.com/comic/book-11/03-vote-chopperface/citizen-dinobot/ "Hey, everyone agreed to never mention that 'Second Eaton' crap ever again."]

* [[Fridge Horror]]: In-universe, Amber seems to suffer from a case of this when she {{spoiler|realizes Faz might actually be her half-brother}}.

* [[The Fun in Funeral]]: {{spoiler|A slightly low-key version at Amber's dad's funeral. Mike attends in party attire, complete with little paper hat, noisemaker, and confetti; Amber freely admits to one of the mourners that her father was an abusive asshole; Faz introduces Amber to his new girlfriend and their...disturbing sex life; finally, Amber berates her father's corpse for dying before she got a chance to stand up to him...and then Mike flips off both middle fingers to the corpse while delivering this line:}}

* [[Guy-On-Guy Is Hot]]: Robin and Amber both think this. Witnessing anything of this assortment makes Amber lose the ability to form coherent sentences.

* [[Genki Girl]]: Robin.

* [[Lamarck Was Right]]: [[Something Positive|Choo-Choo Bear]] gained his [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|special abilities]] because he was on chemo. Apparently, his kittens share the same abilities now.

* [[Large Ham]]: Galasso, a [[Card-Carrying Villain]] intent on [[Take Over the World|ruling the world]] via [[Step Three: Profit|running a toy store]].

[[Makes Sense in Context|WILL NO ONE FLOOD MY DAUGHTER WITH SPERM?]] }}

* [[Last Het Romance]]: Robin for Ethan. She already suspects that he's gay, but was pursuing him anyway. He's not interested. She gets pissed off when he bangs a chick, and when he asks why she shouts he's supposed to be gay. Confronted with this, something goes click in his mind. Cue gayness.

* [[Meganekko]]: Amber this time - lampshaded repeatedly, subverted at least once.

* [[Meta Guy]]: Robin. She refuses to engage in any political commentary during her time as a Representative, actively charts the comic's [[Love Dodecahedron]], knows that {{spoiler|Head Alien II}} "speaks in orange", and mentions tropes by name. But the real kicker is when she unwittingly becomes the comic's [[Knight of Cerebus]], pulling the Drama Tag when she realizes her new surroundings are [[Lighter and Softer|lighter, softer, and consequence-free]]:

* [[Mistaken for Gay]]: Subverted - it turns out that Ethan ''is'' gay, he just didn't realize it himself.

* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Get back here, I'm not finished capturing the Riddler!

** A more subtle one is Faz's full name: Faz O. Lee, punning on the Italian restaurant chain Fazoli's, which at one point had an ad campaign featuring a kid with an [[Smug Snake|infuriatingly smug smile on his face.]]

** Also subverted a bit later :

'''Robin:''' Dang, that would've been convenient. }}

** Malaya means ''free'' in the Philippine language. Doubles as [[Meaningful Name]].

* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]: Leslie's new cat looks less like an actual cat and more like a [[Pokémon|Mew]].

* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: Okay, we need to repeat this. ''Robin {{spoiler|shoves Faz up Sarah Palin's ass}}.''

** While not reaching that level of ridiculous, we should also point out that {{spoiler|Mike tricked Amber's mom into sleeping with their relapsing sex-addict neighbor, recorded the sounds from said sex, and then spliced several of the sounds together to form the message "Amber, will you marry me?".}}

* [[Revenge Before Reason]]: Sydney Yuss makes some odd plans to get revenge for being fired.

** [[Mission Impossible|Your mission,]] [http://www.shortpacked.com/2010/comic/book-12/03-minorities-report/mission-2/ should you choose to accept it....]

*** Along a similar line...

** [[Watchmen|I did it]] [http://www.shortpacked.com/2010/comic/book-12/03-minorities-report/already/ thirty-five minutes ago.]

** Either a [[Shout-Out]] or a [[Take That]] flavored with some [[Refuge in Audacity]]: The banner ads featuring some weird picture of David Willis (say, sitting in a bubble bath, or eating a corn dog on a toilet) with "Please Read: A Personal Appeal From David Willis" in the style of the donation drive ads that appeared on [[The Other Wiki]].