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* [[B-Side Comics]] - The interlude strips that ran during ''Pie Noon''.
* [[B-Side Comics]] - The interlude strips that ran during ''Pie Noon''.
* [[The Cameo]] - Emily and Tesrin from ''[[All Over the House]]'' appeared in [http://www.nobmouse.net/2009/05/15/revenge-of-the-nasties-epilogue/ this] ''Revenge of the Nasties'' story.
* [[The Cameo]] - Emily and Tesrin from ''[[All Over the House]]'' appeared in [http://www.nobmouse.net/2009/05/15/revenge-of-the-nasties-epilogue/ this] ''Revenge of the Nasties'' story.
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* [[Cephalothorax]] - most of the cast are simply giant heads with limbs attached.
* [[Catch Phrase]] - Several.
* [[Catch Phrase]] - Several.
{{quote|'''Franky''': Wait up, I've got to get a hat!
{{quote|'''Franky''': Wait up, I've got to get a hat!
'''Nob T. Mouse''': Oh my!
'''Nob T. Mouse''': Oh my!
'''Wilf''': Hello, everybody. }}
'''Wilf''': Hello, everybody. }}
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* [[Cephalothorax]] - most of the cast are simply giant heads with limbs attached.
* [[Character Blog]] - Hubert Schlongson occasionally pops up on the website to provide [http://www.nobmouse.net/tag/anecdotes/ increasingly surreal anecdotes] about his time visiting Nob Mouse and friends.
* [[Character Blog]] - Hubert Schlongson occasionally pops up on the website to provide [http://www.nobmouse.net/tag/anecdotes/ increasingly surreal anecdotes] about his time visiting Nob Mouse and friends.
* [[Character Development]] - All the main characters, and many of the minor characters, have become more rounded as time goes on.
* [[Character Development]] - All the main characters, and many of the minor characters, have become more rounded as time goes on.
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** Nob Mouse and Co. visit Memory Lane to figure out why [[All Over the House|Emily and Tesrin]] arrived in Blobland.
** Nob Mouse and Co. visit Memory Lane to figure out why [[All Over the House|Emily and Tesrin]] arrived in Blobland.
** The door to Frederick's secret lab in ''Pie Noon'' is covered in the same 'warnings' as his original secret lab in ''Nob & The Pies''.
** The door to Frederick's secret lab in ''Pie Noon'' is covered in the same 'warnings' as his original secret lab in ''Nob & The Pies''.
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* [[Crossover]] - Although the characters don't meet save for a cameo, the Nob Mouse story ''The Great Tea Adventure'' crosses over with the ''[[All Over the House]]'' story ''Homeward bound''. Both act as lead-in stories, for their respective characters, to the crossover story ''[http://www.nobmouse.net/2009/12/04/unscheduled-stop/ All over the mouse]''; which ran in tandem on both comics' sites.
* [[Crisis Crossover]] - The ''All over the mouse'' storyline and its lead-in stories almost certainly qualify here.
* [[Crisis Crossover]] - The ''All over the mouse'' storyline and its lead-in stories almost certainly qualify here.
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* [[Crossover]] - Although the characters don't meet save for a cameo, the Nob Mouse story ''The Great Tea Adventure'' crosses over with the ''[[All Over the House]]'' story ''Homeward bound''. Both act as lead-in stories, for their respective characters, to the crossover story ''[http://www.nobmouse.net/2009/12/04/unscheduled-stop/ All over the mouse]''; which ran in tandem on both comics' sites.
* [[Dada Comics]] - arguably the whole comic is one big example of this.
* [[Dada Comics]] - arguably the whole comic is one big example of this.
* [[Doomsday Device]] - Frederick tends to make these.
* [[Doomsday Device]] - Frederick tends to make these.
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{{quote|'''Franky''': Nob! Nob! Why are there no updates?
{{quote|'''Franky''': Nob! Nob! Why are there no updates?
'''Nob Mouse''': Because the writers messed up on their scheduling... }}
'''Nob Mouse''': Because the writers messed up on their scheduling... }}
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* [[Freudian Trio]]: Two sets. [[Word of God]] is that this is down to Robinson preferring to write about Nob Mouse and Franky, while Kirk prefers to write about Wilf and Spam.
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{{quote|The main trio:
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'''Super Ego''': Nob Mouse
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'''Id''': Franky
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'''Ego''': Bricky
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The secondary trio:
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'''Super Ego''': Spam
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'''Id''': Wilf
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'''Ego''': Kevin }}
* [[Funny Animal]] - Given that Nob is a 'mouse', Wilf is a 'dog' and Frederick is a 'rabbit', this is given an abstract, almost cubist, twist.
* [[Funny Animal]] - Given that Nob is a 'mouse', Wilf is a 'dog' and Frederick is a 'rabbit', this is given an abstract, almost cubist, twist.
* [[Go Mad From the Revelation]] - The reason for Frederick's madness is {{spoiler|he saw the true form of Grandfather Time}}.
* [[Go Mad From the Revelation]] - The reason for Frederick's madness is {{spoiler|he saw the true form of Grandfather Time}}.
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* [[Hidden Depths]] - Frederick [http://www.nobmouse.net/2008/07/25/a-trip-down-memory-lane-part-4/ wasn't always] a pie-obsessed nutcase with a tendency to endanger the universe...
* [[Halloween Episode]]: ''[http://www.nobmouse.net/2008/10/13/the-scary-house-part-one/ The Scary House]''.
* [[Halloween Episode]]: ''[http://www.nobmouse.net/2008/10/13/the-scary-house-part-one/ The Scary House]''.
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* [[Hidden Depths]] - Frederick [http://www.nobmouse.net/2008/07/25/a-trip-down-memory-lane-part-4/ wasn't always] a pie-obsessed nutcase with a tendency to endanger the universe...
* [[Idiot Ball]] - Franky is one.
* [[Idiot Ball]] - Franky is one.
* [[Intelligible Unintelligible]] - Bricky can say only 'Pop' but this doesn't stop him being a useful ideas man.
* [[Intelligible Unintelligible]] - Bricky can say only 'Pop' but this doesn't stop him being a useful ideas man.
* [[Invisible Anatomy]]: How else would Jip put his hat on? Averted with Wilf and Frederick however, as these guys use prehensile ears to manipulate objects.
* [[Invisible Anatomy]]: How else would Jip put his hat on? Averted with Wilf and Frederick however, as these guys use prehensile ears to manipulate objects.
* [[It Runs on Nonsensoleum]] - The comic is the epitome of this. One example in many is that waving a jelly on a stick with pink-icing buns stuck on it will summon a letterbox that lets you post yourself to another universe.
* [[It Runs on Nonsensoleum]] - The comic is the epitome of this. One example in many is that waving a jelly on a stick with pink-icing buns stuck on it will summon a letterbox that lets you post yourself to another universe.
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* [[Little-Known Facts]] - which, in an almost inevitable inversion, sometimes turn out to be true.
* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: Grandfather Time.
* [[Knight of Cerebus]]: Grandfather Time.
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* [[Little-Known Facts]] - which, in an almost inevitable inversion, sometimes turn out to be true.
* [[Long Runners]]: The comic began in 1996, making it one of the oldest webcomics.
* [[Long Runners]]: The comic began in 1996, making it one of the oldest webcomics.
* [[Mind Rape]]: Grandfather Time did this to Frederick, turning him into a prototypical [[Mad Scientist]].
* [[Mind Rape]]: Grandfather Time did this to Frederick, turning him into a prototypical [[Mad Scientist]].
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** In ''[http://www.nobmouse.net/1999/07/01/nasties-part-1/ Nasties!]'' there are at least three other universes, with at least two of those having a separate history.
** In ''[http://www.nobmouse.net/1999/07/01/nasties-part-1/ Nasties!]'' there are at least three other universes, with at least two of those having a separate history.
* [[Odd-Shaped Panel]] - Skewed ellipses with part of a character popping out of them occur so often they are almost a signature effect in Robinson's long-form comics.
* [[Odd-Shaped Panel]] - Skewed ellipses with part of a character popping out of them occur so often they are almost a signature effect in Robinson's long-form comics.
* [[Older Than They Look]]: The ''Memory Lane'' story makes it clear that Nob Mouse was born prior to the founding of Blob City but in ''The bureaucratic empire'' a Blob City law is mentioned that is [http://www.nobmouse.net/2010/05/19/the-bureaucratic-empire-part-9/ dated to 244]. If the dating used in Blob City is based on the year the city was founded, that makes Nob Mouse over 240 years old.
* [[Older Than They Look]]: The ''Memory Lane'' story makes it clear that Nob Mouse was born prior to the founding of Blob City but in ''The bureaucratic empire'' a Blob City law is mentioned that is [http://www.nobmouse.net/2010/05/19/the-bureaucratic-empire-part-9/ dated to 244]. If the dating used in Blob City is based on the year the city was founded, that makes Nob Mouse over 240 years old.
* [[Out-of-Genre Experience]]: In ''The Squeeze'', a surreal comedy comic suddenly turns into film noir.
* [[Out-of-Genre Experience]]: In ''The Squeeze'', a surreal comedy comic suddenly turns into film noir.
* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]]: Apparently people in Blobland [http://www.nobmouse.net/2008/09/05/asterisks/ can't hear anything replaced by asterisks] in speech bubbles.
* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]]: Apparently people in Blobland [http://www.nobmouse.net/2008/09/05/asterisks/ can't hear anything replaced by asterisks] in speech bubbles.
* Part Time Hero: Nob Mouse. He is a mayor, cafe owner and part-time adventurer who just wants a quiet life but apparently can't have one.
* Part Time Hero: Nob Mouse. He is a mayor, cafe owner and part-time adventurer who just wants a quiet life but apparently can't have one.
* [[People Puppets]]: In ''Parallel Land'', {{spoiler|the parallel universe version of Nob Mouse}} is being remote-controlled by {{spoiler|the parallel universe version of Wilf}}.
* [[People Puppets]]: In ''Parallel Land'', {{spoiler|the parallel universe version of Nob Mouse}} is being remote-controlled by {{spoiler|the parallel universe version of Wilf}}.
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* [[Private Eye Monologue]]: Jip does this in ''[http://www.nobmouse.net/2009/07/10/the-squeeze-part-one/ The Squeeze]'', a film noir parody strip from ''[[The Life of Nob T. Mouse]]''.
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* [[Power Trio]]: Two sets. [[Word of God]] is that this is down to Robinson preferring to write about Nob Mouse and Franky, while Kirk prefers to write about Wilf and Spam.
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{{quote|The main trio:
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'''Super Ego''': Nob Mouse
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'''Id''': Franky
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'''Ego''': Bricky
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The secondary trio:
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'''Super Ego''': Spam
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'''Id''': Wilf
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'''Ego''': Kevin }}
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* [[Power-Up]]: Wilf gets one of these when he opens [http://www.nobmouse.net/2010/01/27/all-over-the-mouse-part-seventeen/ a literal can of ''Whoop Ass''] in order to battle Grandfather Time.
* [[Power Walk]]: Used when Wilf, Franky and Bricky head into battle against the minions of Grandfather Time.
* [[Power Walk]]: Used when Wilf, Franky and Bricky head into battle against the minions of Grandfather Time.
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* [[Power-Up]]: Wilf gets one of these when he opens [http://www.nobmouse.net/2010/01/27/all-over-the-mouse-part-seventeen/ a literal can of ''Whoop Ass''] in order to battle Grandfather Time.
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* [[Private Eye Monologue]]: Jip does this in ''[http://www.nobmouse.net/2009/07/10/the-squeeze-part-one/ The Squeeze]'', a film noir parody strip from ''[[The Life of Nob T. Mouse]]''.
* [[Promoted Fanboy]]: In-universe example. Zoe was a fan of Hubert Schlongson's ''Blobland Band'' stories and originally made ''[[The Life of Nob T. Mouse]]'' as a fanfiction comic, before meeting Schlongson and winning ownership of the copyright to the ''Blobland Band'' franchise off him in a game of poker.
* [[Promoted Fanboy]]: In-universe example. Zoe was a fan of Hubert Schlongson's ''Blobland Band'' stories and originally made ''[[The Life of Nob T. Mouse]]'' as a fanfiction comic, before meeting Schlongson and winning ownership of the copyright to the ''Blobland Band'' franchise off him in a game of poker.
* [[The Rant]]: The news section is occasionally used to tell extra anecdotal stories.
* [[The Rant]]: The news section is occasionally used to tell extra anecdotal stories.
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Spam's inventions will go wrong.
Spam's inventions will go wrong.
Every series on the site's 'Stories' page includes a claim that "some claim [it] is the Golden Age of Nob Mouse stories" }}
Every series on the site's 'Stories' page includes a claim that "some claim [it] is the Golden Age of Nob Mouse stories" }}
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* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: The strip sits firmly in the middle, with idealistic stories and tones masking a dark and cynical core. The [http://www.nobmouse.net/2010/04/28/the-bureaucratic-empire-part-1/ ''Bureaucratic Empire'' storyline] is a good example of this.
* [[Shoo Out the Clowns]]: Notice how often Bricky is missing from the more modern stories.
* [[Shoo Out the Clowns]]: Notice how often Bricky is missing from the more modern stories.
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* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: The strip sits firmly in the middle, with idealistic stories and tones masking a dark and cynical core. The [http://www.nobmouse.net/2010/04/28/the-bureaucratic-empire-part-1/ ''Bureaucratic Empire'' storyline] is a good example of this.
* [[Something Completely Different]] - [http://www.nobmouse.net/2009/07/10/the-squeeze-part-one/ This ''film noir''-inspired detective story] where most of the main case appear to be petty crooks of some kind. The art style and the writing are significantly different to anything else the comic has done.
* [[Something Completely Different]] - [http://www.nobmouse.net/2009/07/10/the-squeeze-part-one/ This ''film noir''-inspired detective story] where most of the main case appear to be petty crooks of some kind. The art style and the writing are significantly different to anything else the comic has done.
* [[Speech Bubbles]]: Grandfather Time has translucent black speech bubbles without tails. Everyone else gets normal speech bubbles.
* [[Speech Bubbles]]: Grandfather Time has translucent black speech bubbles without tails. Everyone else gets normal speech bubbles.
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