Strangers in Paradise: Difference between revisions

 

 

 

Then there is the Mafia, who Katchoo used to work for. Some of them want her back, others just want her head.

 

* [[Aborted Arc]]: Frequent. Some loose ends are left loose forever, and some seemingly important insights and revelations are never mentioned again. The [[Time Skip]] moments ALL fall under this banner.

* [[Abuse Is Okay When It Is Female On Male]]: Katchoo slaps and punches David.

* [[The Alcoholic]]: Recovering. Katchoo began attending AA meetings when she was eighteen. Now she is in something of an odd place; she drinks recreationally, but manages to avoid any severe over-indulgences...[[Off the Wagon|except for when things get out of hand]].

* [[Lipstick Lesbian]]: Casey experimented in college and is more than open to a relationship in the present.

* [[Literary Agent Hypothesis]]: In the (possible?) future, Katchoo and Francine's daughter is attempting to publish a story, based on their life, titled ''Strangers In Paradise''.

* [[Love Dodecahedron]]: Katchoo, David, and Francine are the constant objects of desire for every character in the series, including each other.

* [[Love Triangle]]: Which gradually grows and evolves and turns into a [[Love Dodecahedron]] (See above)

* [[Pair the Spares]]: {{spoiler|Tambi/Casey}}, which came way out of left field even with recent revelations.

* [[Paranoia Fuel]]: In-universe. Katchoo's life is so full of spies and double crosses that by the end she's flatout asking people to their faces if they're setting her up. Couldn't help her preexisting trust issues.

* [[Polyamory]]: {{spoiler|Katchoo, David and Casey, for a while}}, as they deal with troubling news and try to make each other happy until the end.

* [[The Power of Trust]]: At one point, when it looks like Katchoo and Francine are ''really'' over (No, do not ask which time, there are too many to count) Katchoo decides that she might as well "go back to work." [[Genki Girl|Casey]] is delighted to hear this, [[Comically Missing the Point|since she has always loved Katchoo's paintings and letting out some of her emotion will be good for her]], and Katchoo never has the heart to tell her she originally meant "work" to mean joining the new iteration of the Big Six.

* [[Psycho Lesbian]]: Darcy, who has the "psycho" part down pat.

* [[Rape and Switch]]: Played straight...sort of. To the end of the story Katchoo never self-identifies as gay, but her experiences in her youth have made her permanently [[Does Not Like Men|opposed to a relationship with men]].

* [[Rewrite]]: Issue 43. A much older Katchoo and Francine have a daughter, an author, who is trying to publish a story [[Literary Agent Hypothesis|based on their life]]. At the end of this little interlude it says "end of version one," and the same events are retold in a slightly different fashion. Fandom's reaction was... mixed.

* [[Ring Ring CRUNCH]]: The first issue begins with Katchoo shooting her alarm clock and [[Running Gag|they keep getting broken throughout the series.]]

** Tambi Baker is covered with scars, with the ones on her forearms the most obvious. {{spoiler|She used to [[Self -Harm|cut herself]] while in the employ of [[Bad Boss|Darcy Parker]].}}

* [[Self -Harm]]: {{spoiler|Tambi Baker used to cut herself while in the employ of [[Bad Boss|Darcy Parker]].}}

* [[Shaggy Dog Story]]: The FBI investigation of Katchoo spans dozens of issues, but changes virtually nothing in the end.

* [[Shallow Love Interest]]: [[Subverted]]. Casey is introduced as the silicone-infused-aerobics-instructor, and this seems to be all there is to her, but as the story progresses her character, personality and history are [[Character Development|expanded to equal any of the main characters.]]

* [[Too Good for This Sinful Earth]]: {{spoiler|David.}}

* [[Tsundere]]: Katchoo

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Veronica's starts pretty much the moment she becomes the boss.

* [[Villainous Incest]]