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* [[Children Are Innocent]]: Played straight. Between this and its strictly G-rated approach, this means that fresh humor to be mined from the "kids say/do the darndest things" premise is now extremely limited.
* [[Children Are Innocent]]: Played straight. Between this and its strictly G-rated approach, this means that fresh humor to be mined from the "kids say/do the darndest things" premise is now extremely limited.
* [[Constantly Curious]]: All the kids who can talk.
* [[Constantly Curious]]: All the kids who can talk.
* [[A Dog Named Dog]]: The family cat is named Kittycat.
* [[A Dog Named "Dog"]]: The family cat is named Kittycat.
* [[Fluffy Cloud Heaven]]: Played straight.
* [[Fluffy Cloud Heaven]]: Played straight.
* [[Grandfather Clause]]: There have been a lot of suggestions that newspapers only continue to run the comic because of how old it is.
* [[Grandfather Clause]]: There have been a lot of suggestions that newspapers only continue to run the comic because of how old it is.
* [[Hot Mom]]: Thel.
* [[Hot Mom]]: Thel.
* [[How Can Santa Deliver All Those Toys]]: Brought up in an animated Christmas special.
* [[How Can Santa Deliver All Those Toys?]]: Brought up in an animated Christmas special.
* [[Implausible Deniability]]: Thel finds PJ hiding in a closet devouring a bag of stolen cookies. PJ cries, "I not here! I with Daddy!"
* [[Implausible Deniability]]: Thel finds PJ hiding in a closet devouring a bag of stolen cookies. PJ cries, "I not here! I with Daddy!"
* [[Innocent Swearing]]: Jeffy does this, and gets spanked for it.
* [[Innocent Swearing]]: Jeffy does this, and gets spanked for it.
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** And [http://jerseycircus.blogspot.com/ Jersey Circus].
** And [http://jerseycircus.blogspot.com/ Jersey Circus].
* [[Running Gag]]: Excuse Ghosts. A form of [[Visual Pun]], one for every childhood excuse under the sun. The kid says it, a ghost with that name is seen fleeing the scene of the crime. "Not Me" is the best known, but "Ida Know", "Nobody" and "O. Yeah", among others, have also made appearances.
* [[Running Gag]]: Excuse Ghosts. A form of [[Visual Pun]], one for every childhood excuse under the sun. The kid says it, a ghost with that name is seen fleeing the scene of the crime. "Not Me" is the best known, but "Ida Know", "Nobody" and "O. Yeah", among others, have also made appearances.
** While this may not have been Keane's intention, it could be argued that the ghosts ''actually exist'' in the universe of the strip even if they can't be seen, which would also make them a variation of [[Not So Imaginary Friend]].
** While this may not have been Keane's intention, it could be argued that the ghosts ''actually exist'' in the universe of the strip even if they can't be seen, which would also make them a variation of [[Not-So-Imaginary Friend]].
** And speaking of Running Gags, Billy's infamous Dotted Line is the perfect representation of at least a ''walking'' one.
** And speaking of Running Gags, Billy's infamous Dotted Line is the perfect representation of at least a ''walking'' one.
* [[Sequential Art]]: Unlike many other newspaper comics, ''[[The Family Circus]]'' is not really sequential, at best sometimes using the Dotted Line Path mentioned above.
* [[Sequential Art]]: Unlike many other newspaper comics, ''[[The Family Circus]]'' is not really sequential, at best sometimes using the Dotted Line Path mentioned above.
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