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** The toughest case was supposed to be Ming. She was originally Mr. Sakura, a 40-year-old teacher; Anne had transformed him into a teenage animesque girl in a fit of pique, rewriting Ming's memory in the process. When Ming realizes who she used to be, thanks to the inconsistencies in "her past" being pointed out, she and Anne feel it's her duty to be switched back -- but ''no one else'' wants her to. Finally, she meets her inner original self; he tells her that he was a failure in life, and so she needs to seize the second chance she's been given. She happily does, only taking the time to write a note in her original handwriting so that people stop searching for her old self... Going from realization to acceptance takes only a couple of hours. Even a few fans of the comic found this moment [[Squick|squickful]] -- it borders on [[Mind Rape]] Is Love (platonic division).
** While we're on the subject, ''[[Cheer]]'': the [[Unfortunate Implications]] with the premise are bad enough, but Jo consciously deciding to hide the truth from the others?
* Whether you [[Love It or Hate It|loved it or hated it]], there were multiple [[Wall Banger (Darth Wiki)|Wall Banger]] moments in ''[[
** How she died was stupid enough. She was attacked by a purse snatcher. After fighting for about one panel, the purse snatcher pulled out a ''gun'' and shot her dead, all for a purse. Yes, this could happen in [[Real Life]], but fiction is supposed to make more sense than that. And we only knew her for four strips before she was killed, and then not very well.
** Ryan's mother finds out about her son turning into a girl. How does she react? She says she always wanted a girl and tells him to get a boyfriend (more or less).
*** It gets worse. She signed him up for Home Economics and got him babysitting gigs, which are stereotypical teenage girl things, without even informing him until they were confirmed. It's especially bad because she's not even subtle about the fact she's thrilled that her eldest son is now a daughter.
* The whole Melna/Stonewater pseudo-[[Rape Is Love]] sequence in ''[[Dominic Deegan|Dominic Deegan: Oracle for Hire]]''. The characters had reasons for acting as they did, but there are still some things that should not happen. The matter remains a touchy spot for the fandom.
** It went on to receive some major competition in sheer WTF-ery from the "Supergreg" story where a mage in a medieval-ish world turns into an overt knock-off of [[Superman
** Also [http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2008-07-30 this one], which implies that the whole reason Dominic goes on adventures and helps people is that he enjoys the strain, and if not for that, he wouldn't have bothered with any of it. This strip seemed to enrage the entire fandom of the strip; the [http://www.dominic-deegan.com/view.php?date=2008-07-31 next strip] [[Retcon|rapidly backpedaled and reversed it]]. It's unknown whether [[They Plotted a Perfectly Good Waste|the author planned this]] or if he was simply reacting to the strong hate for the strip.
** Brian was the first character with any personality in [[Dominic Deegan]] for YEARS. The [[Keenspot]] forum adored him. Then it turned out that he was {{spoiler|Rilian in a [[Mobile Suit Human|person suit]].}} The fact that {{spoiler|Brian is the real personality and Rilian's current self is the [[Jerkass Facade]], which means Rilian has a real and interesting personality,}} could reduce the Wall damage a bit -- unless you take it as an appeasement, especially as it will color every subsequent interaction between that character and the protagonists (assuming Mookie brings it up again).
** Szark's [[Heel Face Turn]] being accompanied by a [[Depraved Bisexual|Bi]] [[Pet Homosexual|Gay]] [[Suddenly Sexuality|Turn]] may not be as [[Egregious]] as some of the comic's other offences, but it ''did'' come first.
** The conclusion of the Maltak arc has become an example of this for many. In the end, the characters who argued against the involvement of Callanians in an Orc problem either are dead or have [[Redemption in
*** To hell with the conclusion,the whole arc was full of wallbangers!
*** Maltak was terrible for, among other reasons, the sheer length of it--it was over a year long--and how little happened during that time.
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** Also, the reveal that Marcy and Francis broke up not because of any incident, but because Francis read an error message of a text as a breakup letter from Marcy. It has been months since this happened. He has the message still on his phone, so we can imagine he's read it more than once. That Francis of all people would not recognize the message ("Could not deliver message. Network not responding.") for exactly what it was not only makes him seem [[The Unfair Sex|like an utter idiot]].
** Scott's handling of [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot|some of his plotlines]] is a little underwhelming. Several of them (for example the "Robbie's Brewing Company" arc, or one where a game company attempts to bribe the PVP staff) give a lot of buildup only to suddenly end on a disappointing raspberry noise and an anticlimax.
* [[Gamer Chick|Lilah]] announcing her pregnancy and intention to marry Ethan in ''[[Ctrl
** Making things worse, it had looked like it would be Lucas in the hospital suffering aftermath of the "Will it Launch?" incident. [[Mood Whiplash|The comic immediately before the miscarriage arc was Lucas on a ladder fixing a hole in the wall of the house,]] and so it seemed obvious that something was gonna happen to him.
*** As expected, [[Zero Punctuation|Yahtzee]] had a field day with this one. [[Penny Arcade|Tycho]] claimed it was the First Horseman of the Apocalypse.
** [http://www.cad-comic.com/cad/20081027 This strip,] which marked the end of a period of melodrama, pounds the [[Reset Button]] so hard that [http://webcomics.morganwick.com/2008/10/the-angst-o-meter-day-5/ it may qualify as a Wall Banger in itself].
** The comic dumped the entirety of Ethan and Lucas' relationship problems on their partners. Lucas and Kate had an open relationship, and it was just as much Lucas's fault as Kate's that she decided to make use of the "open" part. Instead, Kate is the one getting chewed out and forced to "apologize" and be "forgiven" even as other characters pointed this logic out to him. Then there's Lilah, who, on top of following an increasingly bizarre series of [[Character Derailment|character derailments]] ("My boyfriend cheated on me? Well gee, why don't I run off to Italy with the last boyfriend who I broke up with because he cheated on me?"), ended up taking the entire blame for being too hard on Ethan...even though many of her complaints about his [[Anti-Sue]] nature made ''sense'' to the readers. In the end, the only thing Ethan got knocked for was not communicating. Oh, and right after all this relationship turmoil...they got married. Hello, [[Fridge Logic]]!
** ''[[Ctrl
*** Lucas asks some religious strawmen why the Gods of Video Gaming can't be real and the strawmen are ''utterly confounded''. It's a valid point but to think that the clergy don't have an argument for it is preposterous.
**** Let's talk more about this. The group of strawmen are mostly clergy -- Priests, monks, Rabbis, etc. They are usually [[Actual Pacifist|Actual Pacifists]]. And they ''want to beat the hell out of Ethan''.
***** There are few people in the world who would not want to beat the hell out of Ethan after interacting with him for more than ten seconds.
*** [[Secret Test of Character|The way Lucas and Kate met]] implies that [[Unfortunate Implications|women are only worth as much as their appearance]]. Tim's backpedaling after being rightfully called out on it didn't help.
* ''[[Chugworth Academy]]'' had just returned from a long hiatus and had only sporadic updates. Then the artist, David Cheung, drew a comic showing Jade Raymond (noted attractive producer of [[
{{quote| '''Q: What is a "moralfag"?'''<br />
''A: A moralfag is a person who's principals are so far wedged up their own backside that they believe that any any remotely derogatory commentary made on anyone else is unacceptable, unfounded, sexist, racist and, possibly, EVIL. That is, of course, unless they are the ones doing it. [[Hypocrite|Moralfags are also utterly convinced that their view of morality is the ONLY view, and anyone who disagrees can GTFOTHX!]]''<br />
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** The author makes occasional references to transmen and clearly intends Ash's condition to be a fantastic equivalent, perhaps so the audience can learn important lessons about tolerance. The problem is, the author doesn't ''know'' how transpeople think. Despite occasional nods toward Ash being disgusted by hir new body, s/he has no problem wearing feminine clothing; for transpeople, it's about as comfortable as straight guys trying to pass as women. And the whole thing reeks of standard transformation-fetish tropes. Eyeballing one's new sexy female form in the mirror? Check! The obligatory post-transformation [[Man, I Feel Like a Woman|boob grope]]? Check? Gradual acceptance that living as a woman is better (and sexy! so sexy!)? Check! There's nothing wrong with writing a transformation-fetish comic, and this one is far better-done than some. But there's no excuse for leveraging someone else's real tragedy to squeeze extra drama into reasonably well-done [[Fetish Fuel]].
*** ... When was the last time you read the comic? Ash only ever wears feminine clothing when he's forced/guilted into it (Three times so far and he bitched through all of them) and absolutely hates anything that makes him realise he's becoming a different person, to the point where we get a [[Wall Banger (Darth Wiki)|Wall Banger]] in the form of Ash telling his old rival to piss off and then having a breakdown because he didn't challenge the guy to a race or throw a punch. Also, despite the fact that we're shown his life is better, it's clear Ash doesn't consider it that way.
* The "Tarvek has a deadly disease" arc of ''[[Girl Genius]]'', mainly because it suffered ''severe'' [[Arc Fatigue]]. The procedure to cure him was delayed for increasingly [[Diabolus Ex Machina|contrived]] reasons. {{spoiler|They need Gil to help cure Tarvek? Oh wait, first they have to deal with an insane scientist and his battle mech; then Von Pinn shows up, prompting Agatha to go into a homicidal rage because Von Pinn had killed her parental figures that one time. Anyway, once that's settled, Gil joins the group, and they go to cure Tarvek. Oh wait, the disease is much worse then we originally thought, and the only way to cure it is incredibly risky. They decide to do it anyway. Oh ''wait'', the machinery the group has is insufficient, and so they have to go to one of the more lethal areas of the Castle to get better equipment. Oh WAIT, it turns out Tarvek's disease is contagious! Now Agatha's been infected, meaning ''she'' has to go through the risky procedure too. Oh ''WAIT'', now the Castle has chosen this exact moment to go completely insane. Agatha is forced to "kill" it so they can move on. Oh '''WAIT''', it turns out the Castle was the lid on a [[Sealed Evil in
** Earlier in the Castle Heterodyne story, Zola demands the prisoners chase Agatha into a dangerous section of the castle. When they refuse, she shoots one of them. This can only work if the entire group of hardened killers decide they're more scared of one girl with a gun than of the castle. Since Zola doesn't die there and then, apparently they are.
*** She introduced herself as the Heterodyne heir in Castle Heterodyne; if they believed her, then they might have subconsciously organized themselves as her subordinates, just as the Mad Social Scientist explained to Agatha later. Shooting that one guy might have been needed to cement her status, as she ''is'' dealing with a bunch of sociopaths and possible Sparks and has yet to give the reader any explicit indication of having the Spark herself.
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** Rudy conveniently took a cell phone image of Fenton's mother saving Caduceus ''via'' sucking out spinal fluid. Now the instant prejudice is replaced with instant respect. Prejudice doesn't work that way.
*** And then soon after, she was fired from her job for being a vampire bat anyway, so that rendered it pointless anyway. Note there were no objections to her being hired at Herdthinners even though supposedly vampire bat prejudice is so strong that she can't hold a steady job (of course, this was ''really'' done so [[Contrived Coincidence|Desdemona could become Kell's new co-worker]].)
* [http://xkcd.com/631/ This] ''[[
** There is a joke buried in the alt text, where no one would see it. It's not worth the effort.
*** "No one" is going to see an [[Alt Text]] joke in an ''XKCD'' strip? The [[Alt Text]] jokes are one of the comic's most well-known, and expected, features for any regular reader. That's like saying that "no one" is going to see a [[Footnote Fever]] joke in a [[Discworld]] book.
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