History ComicBook / LevelUp

* ShoutOut: Several video games from the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s appear or are name-dropped, including ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros, Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda, VideoGame/BubbleBobble, VideoGame/PacMan, VideoGame/GHOSTSquad, VideoGame/MarioKart, VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution,'' and ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII.'' Surprisingly, ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'' isn't mentioned, even though its Nintendo contemporaries Mario and Zelda are, and one scene shows Dennis playing what looks like a Game Boy Advance.

* MultiEthnicName: Dennis is Chinese-American. His first name is of Greek origin, while his last name, Ouyang, is Chinese.

** He loses his second life is lost when he decides that he wants to reclaim his life and quit med school, folds Ipsha's drawing of Poopooramu into a paper airplane, and throws it away.

* RuleOfSymbolism: Every time Dennis gives up something that's precious to him, the panel briefly turns into a video game display and he loses one "life."

* ShoutOut: Several video games from the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s appear or are name-dropped, including ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros, VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda, VideoGame/BubbleBobble, VideoGame/PacMan, VideoGame/GHOSTSquad, VideoGame/MarioKart, VideoGame/DanceDanceRevolution,'' and ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII.'' Surprisingly, ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'' isn't mentioned, even though its Nintendo contemporaries Mario and Zelda are, and one scene shows Dennis playing what looks like a Game Boy Advance.

** His first life is lost when he decides, with encouragement from the blue-haired angel, that going to medical school is his destiny and throws away three tokens from Hades Arcade, his favorite video game hangout.
** His second life is lost when he decides that he wants to reclaim his life and quit med school, folds Ipsha's drawing of Poopooramu into a paper airplane, and throws it away.
** His third life is lost when he quits his video game testing career to return to med school, but on his own terms this time, and gives his Big Boy Electronics jacket to a little boy.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Discussed. When Dennis is in the bathroom trying to poop for a lab assignment, the angels have no idea what he's doing and one of them comments, "Perhaps it's time we discussed how to properly manage a young man's...''needs.''"

* MultiEthnicName: Dennis is a Chinese-American. His first name is of Greek origin, while his last name, Ouyang, is Chinese.

** His third life is lost when he quits his video game testing career to return to med school and gives his Big Boy Electronics jacket to a little boy.

* VicariouslyAmbitious: [[spoiler:The reason why Dennis' father wanted him to be a gastroenterologist so badly, and even sent the four angels to get him through medical school, was because he himself didn't keep a promise he made to his family to become a gastroenterologist who could treat their liver cancer. He tried really hard, but he couldn't do it, and found his calling as an engineer instead.]]

* VicariouslyAmbitious: [[spoiler:Dennis' father wants him to be a gastroenterologist so badly and sent the four angels to get him through medical school, because he didn't keep a promise he made to his family to become a doctor. He tried really hard, but he couldn't do it, and found his calling as an engineer instead.]]

* MyNewGiftIsLame: When Dennis was a kid, he tried hinting to his dad that he wanted a Nintendo Entertainment System for Christmas. He ended up getting a Chem-Magic chemistry set.

* MiseryBuildsCharacter: Dennis' traditional Chinese parents believe that unpleasant experiences help one to grow, and call it "eating bitterness." The ''other'' half of the proverb ("eat bitter, ''taste sweet''") is conspicuously never mentioned.

* MiseryBuildsCharacter: Dennis' traditional Chinese parents believe that unpleasant experiences help one to grow, and call it "eating bitterness."

** If you are too strict with your children and forbid them certain things, they may end up overindulging in said things when they are older.