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* [[Book Ends]] The 'Verse begins with [[Clerks]] and ends with [[Clerks II]] and as a result, begins and ends with scenes filmed in black-and-white.
* [[Catchphrase Spouting Duo]]
* [[Cluster F
** In ''song form'', even.
* [[Deconstruction Fic]]: The fandom tends to explore the dark side of Jay and Silent Bob, who are generally considered a simple comic relief duo. Themes include tragic back-stories to explain Jay's outlandish behavior and Bob's silence, the realities of drug use/abuse, and the angst of being secretly in love with your best friend. The [[Reality Subtext]] also comes into play.
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Jay and Silent Bob's plan to find Shermer, Illinois from [[John Hughes]]' films was ultimately flawed because there is no such place.
** Y'see, they thought no one in Shermer was dealing, and thus they were going into an untapped market. Assuming Shermer, Illinois even existed, and was accurate to the John Hughes films, they would have been muscling in on [[Charlie Sheen]]'s turf anyway, as evidenced by ''[[Ferris
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* [[Executive Meddling]] (A rare positive example: the original ending of ''Clerks'' {{spoiler|had Dante killed by a robber.}})
** He ''definitely'' wasn't supposed to be there today.
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* [[The Ghost]] (Cousin Walter mentioned by Randal and Brodie is the subject of many stories but is never actually seen or heard from in any of the films).
** Probably because he died sometime before the films' continuity takes place. Randal's first story about him actually details the events of his death.
* [[Good Adultery, Bad Adultery]]: Usually played for laughs of the 'ex-girlfriend cheated on the hapless hero' variety - Caitlin cheated on Dante a lot ([[Clerks the Animated Series|mostly with painters]]), as did Gwen with T.S, though Gwen at least seems too feel a bit guilty.
* [[Fan Service]]: Joey Lauren Adams topless in Mallrats.
** Eliza Dushku, Ali Larter, Shannon Elizabeth and Jennifer Schwalbach-Smith in [[Spy Catsuit|Spycatsuits]] in ''...Strike Back''.
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** Salma Hayek playing a muse turned stripper in ''Dogma''.
** Lee and Affleck's lip-lock in ''[[Chasing Amy]]''
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* [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?]] (Jay)
* [[Head
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]] (The [[Trope Namer]])
** A big trademark of Smith's is that the leads of these films are often a duo of this variety. See: [[Clerks|Dante and Randall]], [[Mallrats|Brodie and T.S.]], [[Chasing Amy|Banky and Holden]], [[Dogma|Bartlebee and Loki]] and of course Jay and Silent Bob.
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