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* JerkAss: She restricts the family from several things, she's a health nut who forces this habit onto the rest of the family, she's a cheapskate, and she always has cruel and unusual punishments (including physical abuse, even towards Roger, her own husband).
* MoralGuardian: Andy is a rather preachy example of this in-universe, towards her own children (especially on the topic of video games to Peter and Jason, although she hardly actually bans either of them from playing gory games).
* MoralGuardian: Andy is a rather preachy example of this in-universe, towards her own children (especially on the topic of video games to Peter and Jason, although she hardly actually bans either of them from playing gory games).
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* JerkAss: She restricts the family from several things, she's a health nut who forces this habit onto the rest of the family, she's a cheapskate, she is sometimes a hypocrite in regards to what she tries to preach in terms of morality, and she always has cruel and unusual punishments (including physical abuse, even towards Roger, her own husband).
* MoralGuardian: Andy is a rather preachy example of this in-universe, towards her own children (especially on the topic of video games to Peter and Jason, although she hardly actually bans either of them from playing gorygames).games, and sometimes plays these same games herself, or even procrastinates herself despite telling her kids not to do so.).
* MoralGuardian: Andy is a rather preachy example of this in-universe, towards her own children (especially on the topic of video games to Peter and Jason, although she hardly actually bans either of them from playing gory
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** YourMileageMayVary: The parents do force him to go outside for "fresh air" (as well as for implied selfish reasons, such as wanting the TV for them to watch Soaps), had taken away Jason's computer games/video games (either onscreen or offscreen), thrown away his video game system when he pretty much shouted to the TV while watching a sports game with his dad video game button inputs. among others. Sometimes they also inadvertently and indirectly did bad onto Jason, such as when Andy apparently whacked Peter upside the head with the video game controller he was using when he was attempting to blow off finals, and Jason wanted an explaination from Peter as to why his video game controller was broken.
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* {{Flanderization}}: Peter started in the strip as being a bit of a JerkAss at times, but was eventually flanderized into being a more sensitive character.
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** It was even the subject of an arc in the story, where Andy tries to have him go without coffee without a day thinking he is addicted to it. Predictably, it really just shows that Roger truly can't function without Coffee (such as zoning out while Andy is trying to talk, not actually knowing that Jason is pouring elbow macaroni and orange juice instead of cereal and milk, respectively, tripping down the Basement steps because he mistook the basement door for the front door, and although he did sit through a meeting pretty well, it later turned out he was actually in the wrong Office Building)
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** In one shining example, she rants about someone on TV saying "realtor" wrong, after which Jason says "Wow, you're really going nucular." Which then prompts her to freak out and scream that it's "NU-CLE-AR!"
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** In one shining example, she rants about someone on TV saying "realtor" wrong, after which Jason says "Wow, you're really going nucular." Which then prompts her to freak out and scream that it's "NU-CLE-AR!""NU-CLE-AR!" (Although Jason's thoughts when he is seeing her do this implies that his mispronunciation was actually deliberate, as he was trying to get a rise out of her.)
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** [[ThrowTheDogABone Then mom buys him tickets anyway]].
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** Speaking of Thanksgiving, he also managed to eat two thanksgiving dinners (one with his Family, another with Denise's family), with Roger congratulating on deciding to do both, while Andy, shocked that he would actually have two thanksgiving dinners, [[YoureInsane half asked and half exclaimed if he was insane]].
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* BurgerFool: Although not a fast-food job, Peter's job at the local theater counts. He's constantly made to wash the bathrooms, once had to wear a {{Garfield}} costume to promote the movie, and all in all receives very little pay (commenting that it wouldn't even buy two Snickers bars).
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* LiteralMinded: Jason is constantly this, such as modifying all the comic strips in the paper to what their names are (such as drawing shells on the kids heads in {{Peanuts}} and playing shot put with all of Andy's records that have flight-related names (such as Led Zeppelin). Slightly subverted in the fact that he does most of these on purpose.
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* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Too many times to count.
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* TooDumbToLive: Sometimes. See TVGenius above.
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* CutASliceTakeTheRest: At least twice, Peter has cut himself pieces of pizza that made up at least half the pizza. Another time, he showed Roger a chart for how to cut the turkey: one slice each for the rest of the family, and the entire rest of the turkey for him.
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* ImproperFraction: At least twice, Peter has cut himself pieces of pizza that made up at least half the pizza. Another time, he showed Roger a chart for how to cut the turkey: one slice each for the rest of the family, and the entire rest of the turkey for him.
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** A recent strip had Peter (the strip's other BigEater) tricking him into eating 350 pounds to make it onto ''{{The Biggest Loser}}''. In that strip he's eating an omelet with ''12'' eggs.
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* YankTheDogsChain: An arc where he nearly gains Bruce Springsteen front-row tickets:
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* LethalChef: Even moreso than Andy.
* HeavySleeper: She actually sometimes sleeps up until dinnertime.
* HeavySleeper: She actually sometimes sleeps up until dinnertime.
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* JerkassWoobie: He has many JerkAss moments (such as tricking Paige into thinking she has a secret lover) but you can't help but feel sorry for him, mainly due to him being the ButtMonkey.
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* OnlySaneMan: Has his moments. A notable example is an arc when Andy becomes doped up on allergy medicine, he seems to be the only one who cares.
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* [[strike: ButtMonkey]] IronButtmonkey: He's the constant butt of pranks from his siblings, been smashed in the head by a video game console by Andy, treated as TheUnFavorite, dog-sits a dog that treats him like a chew toy, made a benchwarmer every football season and treated like a slave by the owner of the movie theater among tons of other things.
** For some examples, see [[http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/1996/08/14/ here]], [[http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2001/04/02 here]], [[http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2007/02/25/ here]], [[http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2000/10/09/ here]] and [[http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2002/02/24 here]]. And that's only five examples of his ButtMonkey standards.
** For some examples, see [[http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/1996/08/14/ here]], [[http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2001/04/02 here]], [[http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2007/02/25/ here]], [[http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2000/10/09/ here]] and [[http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2002/02/24 here]]. And that's only five examples of his ButtMonkey standards.
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* [[strike: ButtMonkey]] IronButtmonkey: He's the constant butt of pranks from his siblings, been smashed in the head by a video game console by Andy, treated as TheUnFavorite, dog-sits a dog that treats him like a chew toy, made a benchwarmer every football season and treated like a slave by the owner of the movie theater among tons of other things.
**An incredible one. For some examples, see [[http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/1996/08/14/ here]], [[http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2001/04/02 here]], [[http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2007/02/25/ here]], [[http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2000/10/09/ here]] and [[http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2002/02/24 here]]. And that's only five examples of his ButtMonkey standards. here]] and [[http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2001/03/11 here]].
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* ButtMonkey: He's the constant butt of pranks from his siblings, been smashed in the head by a video game console by Andy, treated as TheUnFavorite, dog-sits a dog that treats him like a chew toy, made a benchwarmer every football season and treated like a slave by the owner of the movie theater among tons of other things.
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* ButtMonkey: [[strike: ButtMonkey]] IronButtmonkey: He's the constant butt of pranks from his siblings, been smashed in the head by a video game console by Andy, treated as TheUnFavorite, dog-sits a dog that treats him like a chew toy, made a benchwarmer every football season and treated like a slave by the owner of the movie theater among tons of other things.
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** YankTheDogsChain:
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* {{Yank The Dog's Chain}}:
-->'''Phone Man:''' Sir, I have to have a credit card number to issue your tickets.
-->'''Peter:''' WHERE'S MOM?!
-->'''Jason:''' She went shopping.
-->'''Phone Man:''' Sir?
-->'''Peter:''' AAAA! I need her credit card number! Where's Paige?
-->'''Jason:''' They both just drove off.
-->'''Phone Man:''' Sir?
-->'''Peter:''' I'M GOING TO LOSE FRONT-ROW BRUCE TICKETS BECAUSE MOM AND PAIGE COULDN'T WAIT UNTIL 10:05 TO GO SHOPPING?!
-->(''The phone man hangs up'')
-->'''Peter:''' Eek.
-->'''Jason:''' (''singing'') I'm goin' down to unlucky town...
-->'''Phone Man:''' Sir, I have to have a credit card number to issue your tickets.
-->'''Peter:''' WHERE'S MOM?!
-->'''Jason:''' She went shopping.
-->'''Phone Man:''' Sir?
-->'''Peter:''' AAAA! I need her credit card number! Where's Paige?
-->'''Jason:''' They both just drove off.
-->'''Phone Man:''' Sir?
-->'''Peter:''' I'M GOING TO LOSE FRONT-ROW BRUCE TICKETS BECAUSE MOM AND PAIGE COULDN'T WAIT UNTIL 10:05 TO GO SHOPPING?!
-->(''The phone man hangs up'')
-->'''Peter:''' Eek.
-->'''Jason:''' (''singing'') I'm goin' down to unlucky town...
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** A sunday strip had Jason make a Hot Wheels track based on a recent car trip with Peter.
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** A sunday Sunday strip had Jason make a Hot Wheels track based on a recent car trip with Peter.
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* AbusiveParents
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* DeadpanSnarker
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* DrunkWithPower: An early arc had Roger and Andy going away on a trip and leaving Peter in charge. Peter locks Jason and Paige in the basement.
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* KafkaKomedy: As he's the ButtMonkey, he sometimes gets put through this. A notable example is an arc where he punches someone in the nose for making a joke about Denise. He is given detentions for it, and when he gets home [[ICanExplain accidentally spills the beans to Andy when she wanted to let him know the school found his lost wallet]].
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* KafkaKomedy: As he's the ButtMonkey, he sometimes gets put through this. A notable example is an arc where he punches someone in the nose for making a joke about Denise. He is given detentions detention and probation for it, and when he gets home [[ICanExplain accidentally spills the beans to Andy when she wanted to let him know the school found his lost wallet]].
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* MoralEventHorizon: He once locked his brother and sister in the basement of their own home for not bowing down to his will when Andy and Roger left him in charge.
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* MoralEventHorizon: MoralEventHorizon / DrunkWithPower: He once locked his brother and sister in the basement of their own home for not bowing down to his will when Andy and Roger left him in charge.
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* ButtMonkey: He's been the victim of a ParanoiaGambit, been grounded several times, made a bench-warmer every football season, treated like a slave by the boss of the movie theater he works at, a worst target of Jason's pranks than Paige (and Jason always gets away with tricks on Peter), been grounded several times, smashed in the head by a video game console ''by Andy'' among tons of other things..
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* ButtMonkey: He's been the victim constant butt of a ParanoiaGambit, been grounded several times, made a bench-warmer every football season, treated like a slave by the boss of the movie theater he works at, a worst target of Jason's pranks than Paige (and Jason always gets away with tricks on Peter), from his siblings, been grounded several times, smashed in the head by a video game console ''by Andy'' by Andy, treated as TheUnFavorite, dog-sits a dog that treats him like a chew toy, made a benchwarmer every football season and treated like a slave by the owner of the movie theater among tons of other things..things.
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** For some examples, see [[http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/1996/08/14/ here]], [[http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2001/04/02 here]], [[http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2007/02/25/ here]], [[http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2000/10/09/ here]] and [[http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2002/02/24 here]]. And that's only five examples of his ButtMonkey standards.
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome
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Marcus does not suffer from Chuck Cunningham Syndrome, he still appears regularly in the strip
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Same as Marcus, above.Last appeared in a non-speaking cameo in 2008.
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* GirlsHaveCooties: The main reason he avoids Eileen.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: During Peter's TyrantTakesTheHelm stint, he forces her to bake cookies for him. Later on, she developed LethalChef tendencies.
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* MoralityPet: Peter cares greatly for Denise, who is blind. He's also protective of her, and punched a classmate for making a joke about her. This is one of the more unarguably 'good' character traits expressed by any main character.
** Jason does occasionally get beaten up by Peter or Paige. Ironically, the more [[MagnificentBastard magnificent]] pranks he pulls against them leave him safer.
* TeenGenius
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Averted except from Paige's point of view.
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** In one story arc, though, Peter and his buddy Steve threw a Halloween party and almost nobody but freshmen showed up. ALL the freshmen except Paige and Nicole were Norton's/Jason's height, represented in one panel as a giggling waist-high crowd.
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* OnlySaneMan: Mostly ''because'' he's a flat character, he's more likely to play StraightMan to Jason than the other way around.
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* CloserToEarth: Often Jason's academic equal, and with a lot more common sense.
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** In one shining example, she rants about someone on TV saying "realtor" wrong, after which Jason says "Wow, you're really going nucular." Which then prompts her to freak out and scream that it's "NU-CLE-AR!"
