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* [[Cephalothorax]] - most of the cast are simply giant heads with limbs attached.
* [[Catch Phrase]] - Several.
{{quote| '''Franky''': Wait up, I've got to get a hat!<br />
'''Nob T. Mouse''': Oh my!<br />
'''Wilf''': Hello, everybody. }}
* [[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.
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* [[Eldritch Abomination]] - Grandfather Time is definitely one of these.
* [[Exact Time to Failure]] - Used as a joke in ''Pie Noon'':
{{quote| '''Computer''': Malfunction! The universe will be destroyed in 50 seconds.}}
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: The comic details the life of Nob T. Mouse.
* [[Fictional Document]] - ''The Blobland Gang'' is a set of books, [[Animated Adaptation|TV]] & radio shows, and even [[The Movie|a film]]. They are all based on [[Author Avatar|Hubert Schlongson]]'s visits to Blobland to learn about the adventures of Nob Mouse and Co.
* [[Filler Strip]] - they tend to be jokes about why there's no comic on that particular day; like [http://www.nobmouse.net/2009/11/23/why-the-long-pause/ this strip]:
{{quote| '''Franky''': Nob! Nob! Why are there no updates?<br />
'''Nob Mouse''': Because the writers messed up on their scheduling... }}
* [[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.
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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]]''.
* [[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.
{{quote| The main trio:<br />
'''Super Ego''': Nob Mouse<br />
'''Id''': Franky<br />
'''Ego''': Bricky<br />
The secondary trio:<br />
'''Super Ego''': Spam<br />
'''Id''': Wilf<br />
'''Ego''': Kevin }}
* [[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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* [[The Rant]]: The news section is occasionally used to tell extra anecdotal stories.
* [[Running Gag]]: Several:
{{quote| Kevin's inability to comprehend metaphor.<br />
Spam's inventions will go wrong.<br />
Every series on the site's 'Stories' page includes a claim that "some claim [it] is the Golden Age of Nob Mouse stories" }}
* [[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.
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* [[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.
{{quote| However, in the past, everyone got a speech bubbles whose outlines were the same as their main colour.}}
* [[Story Arc]] - Several. The longest is probably the establishment of Memory Lane in its titular storyline. At first it seems like an abortedarc but then it reappears in ''All over the mouse''.
* [[Surrealism]] - Robinson studied the surrealist movement for her school art classes and regularly discusses the influence of surrealism on the comic.
* [[This Is Sparta]] - Frederick delivering his final words to Grandfather Time during ''[http://www.nobmouse.net/2010/02/17/all-over-the-mouse-part-twenty-four/ All over the mouse]''.
{{quote| '''Frederick''': You! Broke! My! Mind!}}
* [[Threshold Guardians]]: Nob Mouse is forced to {{spoiler|risk killing Frederick}} {{spoiler|(who is effectively his adopted father)}} in order to save the world during ''Pie Noon''.
* [[The Unseen]] - Hubert Schlongson is mentioned in ''All Over the Mouse'' and even writes the occasional anecdotal story in the site's blog but he has never actually been shown anywhere.