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* TheQuietOne: Wren. Darryl's dad, Mac, was described as this in his first appearance, with Darryl and Wanda surprised that he was willing to greet them with a "H'lo" when he and his wife came for a visit. Being able to dote on his grandchildren seemed to help him come out of his shell. In the TV series, Mac was completely silent, but he did open up his mouth sometimes. Now, he's completely silent and sometimes talks.
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* TheQuietOne: Wren. TheQuietOne:
** Since Wren's "memorable quotes" are decreasing, only the reader and her family can understand her via facial expressions, gestures and actions.
** Darryl's dad, Mac, was described as this in his first appearance, with Darryl and Wanda surprised that he was willing to greet them with a "H'lo" when he and his wife came for a visit. Being able to dote on his grandchildren seemed to help him come out of his shell. In the TV series, Mac was completely silent, but he did open up his mouth sometimes. Now, he's completely silent and sometimes talks.
** Since Wren's "memorable quotes" are decreasing, only the reader and her family can understand her via facial expressions, gestures and actions.
** Darryl's dad, Mac, was described as this in his first appearance, with Darryl and Wanda surprised that he was willing to greet them with a "H'lo" when he and his wife came for a visit. Being able to dote on his grandchildren seemed to help him come out of his shell. In the TV series, Mac was completely silent, but he did open up his mouth sometimes. Now, he's completely silent and sometimes talks.
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* TheSilentOne: Since Wren's "memorable quotes" are decreasing, only the reader and her family can understand her via facial expressions, gestures and actions.
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* PunnyName: Hammie's name is sometimes used as a pun for "ham," the food. [[http://babyblues.com/comics/October-29-2002/ Wren's name was based off of the bird of the same name, but Wanda's story is a different story.]]
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* PunnyName: Hammie's name is sometimes used as a pun for "ham," the food. [[http://babyblues.com/comics/October-29-2002/ Wren's name was based off of the bird of the same name, but Wanda's story is a different story.]]
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** [[http://http://babyblues.com/comics/october-20-2015/ This comic got away with it when Hammie said that he wanted his burger "hot and juicy" like his women.]]
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** [[http://http://babyblues.[[http://babyblues.com/comics/october-20-2015/ This comic got away with it when Hammie said that he wanted his burger "hot and juicy" like his women.]]
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* DisappearingDad: Because Trent lives with his mom, it's revealed what happened to his dad.
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* DisappearingDad: Because DisappearedDad: Trent lives with his mom, and it's not revealed what happened to his dad.
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* AllGirlsLikePonies: [[http://babyblues.com/comics/July-1-2009/ Zoe]] [[http://babyblues.com/comics/January-5-2009/ is]] [[http://babyblues.com/comics/January-8-2008/ the]] [[http://babyblues.com/comics/January-7-2008/ big]] [[http://babyblues.com/comics/January-6-2004/ example]] [[http://babyblues.com/comics/August-2-2000/ of this.]] She likes [[http://babyblues.com/comics/October-27-2006/ unicorns]] too.
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* AllGirlsLikePonies: [[http://babyblues.com/comics/July-1-2009/ Zoe]] [[http://babyblues.com/comics/January-5-2009/ is]] [[http://babyblues.com/comics/January-8-2008/ the]] [[http://babyblues.com/comics/January-7-2008/ big]] [[http://babyblues.com/comics/January-6-2004/ example]] [[http://babyblues.com/comics/August-2-2000/ of this.]] She likes [[http://babyblues.com/comics/October-27-2006/ unicorns]] too.
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** Lampshaded by Jerry Scott in the 20th Anniversary book:
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** Lampshaded by Jerry Scott in the 20th Anniversary BBXX Baby Blues book:
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* FourFingeredHands: Every character have these. The first strip's title panel, however, had Wanda with five fingers. The "five fingers on a hand" concept is rarely seen throughout the strip, although it pops up from time to time.
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* FourFingeredHands: Every character The cast have these. The first strip's title panel, however, had Wanda with five fingers. The "five Five fingers on a hand" concept is were rarely seen throughout the strip, although it pops up from time to time.
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* LastMinuteBabyNaming: Baby Wren was named after she was born; Wanda came up with the name when a bird smacked into the window while she was eating breakfast. Hammie, Keesha, and Bunny's twins (Wendell Jon and Wendell John) weren't named until after they were brought home; in the case of the latter, Bunny initially identified them as "Puce" and "Teal," based on the colors of their hospital wristbands.
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* LastMinuteBabyNaming: Baby Wren was named after she was born; born. Wanda came up with the name when a bird smacked into the a window while she was eating breakfast.breakfast, although the name was based off the bird of the same name. Hammie, Keesha, and Bunny's twins (Wendell Jon and Wendell John) weren't named until after they were brought home; in the case of the latter, Bunny initially identified them as "Puce" and "Teal," based on the colors of their hospital wristbands.
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* PunnyName: Hammie's name is sometimes used as a pun for "ham," the food, and Wren [[http://babyblues.com/comics/October-29-2002/ was actually named after a bird that smacked into the window.]]
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* PunnyName: Hammie's name is sometimes used as a pun for "ham," the food, and Wren food. [[http://babyblues.com/comics/October-29-2002/ Wren's name was actually named after a based off of the bird that smacked into of the window.same name, but Wanda's story is a different story.]]
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* Tomboy: Wren is a soon-to-be tomboy, due to her hanging around with Hammie.
* TooDumbToLive: Hammie. Ever since he turned about six, and [[ComicBookTime stayed that way for a few years,]] he's been performing dangerous stunts nearly every time he appears! [[http://babyblues.com/comics/March-25-2009/ Wanda even told him once the many things that could go wrong]] and he acted like they were reasons to go along with it!
* TooDumbToLive: Hammie. Ever since he turned about six, and [[ComicBookTime stayed that way for a few years,]] he's been performing dangerous stunts nearly every time he appears! [[http://babyblues.com/comics/March-25-2009/ Wanda even told him once the many things that could go wrong]] and he acted like they were reasons to go along with it!
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* Tomboy: Wren is a soon-to-be tomboy, due to her hanging around spending too much time with Hammie.
* TooDumbToLive: Hammie. Ever since he turned about six, and [[ComicBookTime stayed that way fora few years,]] he's been performing dangerous stunts nearly every time he appears! [[http://babyblues.com/comics/March-25-2009/ Wanda even told him once the many things that could go wrong]] and he acted like they were reasons to go along with it!
* TooDumbToLive: Hammie. Ever since he turned about six, and [[ComicBookTime stayed that way for
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%%* YouDidntAsk: This can happen sometimes. Here's [[http://babyblues.com/comics/August-25-2000/ one of them from when Hammie was being potty-trained.]] and a later one with [[http://babyblues.com/comics/January-18-2004/ Zoe and Hammie on a walk with Darryl and Wren.]]
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%%* YouDidntAsk: This can happen sometimes. Here's [[http://babyblues.com/comics/August-25-2000/ one of them from when Hammie was being potty-trained.]] potty-trained as "Yew didn't ask."]] and a later one with [[http://babyblues.com/comics/January-18-2004/ Zoe and Hammie on a walk with Darryl and Wren.]]
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* AdultFear: Zoe goes missing in a department store when Wanda looks away for one second. Thankfully she's found but Wanda (and later Darryl when he's told the story) are both in tears.
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* AdultFear: AdultFear:
** Zoe goes missing in a department store when Wanda looks away for one second. Thankfully she's found but Wanda (and later Darryl when he's told the story) are both in tears.
** Zoe goes missing in a department store when Wanda looks away for one second. Thankfully she's found but Wanda (and later Darryl when he's told the story) are both in tears.
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-->'''Jerry Scott:''' I can't read this series without getting sweaty palms.
* AfraidOfNeedles: Zoe and Hammie have both shown fear of getting a shot.
* AfraidOfNeedles: Zoe and Hammie have both shown fear of getting a shot.
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* AllJustADream: [[http://babyblues.com/comics/november-30-2006/ Zig-zagged in one story arc.]] Zoe and Hammie both want extravagant amounts of gifts for Christmas. Darryl then tells them how, when he was a kid, he wanted so badly to have a toy airplane for Christmas but tired of it within a day. Zoe and Hammie then dream that they receive a ridiculous amount of Christmas gifts, and [[spoiler:upon finding themselves overwhelmed, try to get a letter to Santa (via toy airplane) asking for the excess gifts to be returned.]] Wanda compliments Darryl on the poignancy of his story on the airplane, which he admits he made up [[spoiler:— just as a toy airplane is visible on the roof behind him.]]
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* AllJustADream: AllJustADream:
** [[http://babyblues.com/comics/november-30-2006/ Zig-zagged in one story arc.]] Zoe and Hammie both want extravagant amounts of gifts for Christmas. Darryl then tells them how, when he was a kid, he wanted so badly to have a toy airplane for Christmas but tired of it within a day. Zoe and Hammie then dream that they receive a ridiculous amount of Christmas gifts, and [[spoiler:upon finding themselves overwhelmed, try to get a letter to Santa (via toy airplane) asking for the excess gifts to be returned.]] Wanda compliments Darryl on the poignancy of his story on the airplane, which he admits he made up [[spoiler:— just as a toy airplane is visible on the roof behind him.]]
** [[http://babyblues.com/comics/november-30-2006/ Zig-zagged in one story arc.]] Zoe and Hammie both want extravagant amounts of gifts for Christmas. Darryl then tells them how, when he was a kid, he wanted so badly to have a toy airplane for Christmas but tired of it within a day. Zoe and Hammie then dream that they receive a ridiculous amount of Christmas gifts, and [[spoiler:upon finding themselves overwhelmed, try to get a letter to Santa (via toy airplane) asking for the excess gifts to be returned.]] Wanda compliments Darryl on the poignancy of his story on the airplane, which he admits he made up [[spoiler:— just as a toy airplane is visible on the roof behind him.]]
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* ArtifactTitle: Zoe was always the primary focus, and she is no longer a baby. Even Hammie is grade-school age now.
** But Wren, the third child, was a baby, and is now a toddler. So new fans would probably assume Wren was the reason for the title.
** But Wren, the third child, was a baby, and is now a toddler. So new fans would probably assume Wren was the reason for the title.
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* ArtifactTitle: Zoe was always the primary focus, and she is no longer a baby. Even Hammie is grade-school age now.
**now. But Wren, the third child, was a baby, and is now a toddler. So new fans would probably assume Wren was the reason for the title.
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* ComicBookTime: WordOfGod says that the strip goes at roughly a 3:1 time frame (i.e., Zoe is 10 after 20 years of being in the strip).
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* ComicBookTime: ComicBookTime:
** WordOfGod says that the strip goes at roughly a 3:1 time frame (i.e., Zoe is 10 after 20 years of being in the strip).
** WordOfGod says that the strip goes at roughly a 3:1 time frame (i.e., Zoe is 10 after 20 years of being in the strip).
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* IAteWhat: In the Easter 2012 Sunday Strip, Darryl is continuously asking Hammie, Zoe, and Wren if they are certain if they found all of the Easter eggs in the area while trying to heavily hint at the egg on the porch lamp. The kids continuously attempt to insist that they have found every single one, before Hammie points out just as Darryl is about to eat the egg that the one on the porch light didn't count, as that was there since last year. Cue Darryl rushing inside to the bathroom, presumably to vomit up the egg he just ate. It can be seen [[http://babyblues.com/comics/April-8-2012/ here.]]
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* IAteWhat: IAteWhat:
** In the Easter 2012 Sunday Strip, Darryl is continuously asking Hammie, Zoe, and Wren if they are certain if they found all of the Easter eggs in the area while trying to heavily hint at the egg on the porch lamp. The kids continuously attempt to insist that they have found every single one, before Hammie points out just as Darryl is about to eat the egg that the one on the porch light didn't count, as that was there since last year. Cue Darryl rushing inside to the bathroom, presumably to vomit up the egg he just ate. It can be seen [[http://babyblues.com/comics/April-8-2012/ here.]]
** In the Easter 2012 Sunday Strip, Darryl is continuously asking Hammie, Zoe, and Wren if they are certain if they found all of the Easter eggs in the area while trying to heavily hint at the egg on the porch lamp. The kids continuously attempt to insist that they have found every single one, before Hammie points out just as Darryl is about to eat the egg that the one on the porch light didn't count, as that was there since last year. Cue Darryl rushing inside to the bathroom, presumably to vomit up the egg he just ate. It can be seen [[http://babyblues.com/comics/April-8-2012/ here.]]
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* IWantGrandkids: Two examples actually:
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* KidsPreferBoxes: [[http://babyblues.com/comics/January-6-2009/ This strip]] as well as [[http://babyblues.com/comics/May-28-2005/ this one]].
** Another example was a Sunday strip when Zoe was a toddler; Darryl had attempted to get Zoe to play with all her new Christmas toys, but Zoe ended up having a blast with two toilet paper rolls and a wooden spoon.
* LargeHamAnnouncer: Zoe, for a lot of examples. [[http://babyblues.com/comics/July-26-1999/ Here's an old one.]]
** Another example was a Sunday strip when Zoe was a toddler; Darryl had attempted to get Zoe to play with all her new Christmas toys, but Zoe ended up having a blast with two toilet paper rolls and a wooden spoon.
* LargeHamAnnouncer: Zoe, for a lot of examples. [[http://babyblues.com/comics/July-26-1999/ Here's an old one.]]
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* KidsPreferBoxes: In a Sunday strip when Zoe was a toddler; Darryl had attempted to get Zoe to play with all her new Christmas toys, but Zoe ended up having a blast with two toilet paper rolls and a wooden spoon.
%%** [[http://babyblues.com/comics/January-6-2009/ This strip]] as well as [[http://babyblues.com/comics/May-28-2005/ this one]].
** Another example was a Sunday strip when Zoe was a toddler; Darryl had attempted to get Zoe to play with all her new Christmas toys, but Zoe ended up having a blast with two toilet paper rolls and a wooden spoon.
*%%* LargeHamAnnouncer: Zoe, for a lot of examples. [[http://babyblues.com/comics/July-26-1999/ Here's an old one.]]
%%** [[http://babyblues.com/comics/January-6-2009/ This strip]] as well as [[http://babyblues.com/comics/May-28-2005/ this one]].
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* SecurityBlanket: When Zoe was a baby, she had Boo-Boo Bankie.
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* SecurityBlanket: SecurityBlanket:
** When Zoe was a baby, she had Boo-Boo Bankie.
** When Zoe was a baby, she had Boo-Boo Bankie.
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* WaterGunsAndBalloons: A week-long storyline involved Zoe and Hammie competing against Darryl in a water fight with giant water guns.
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* WaterGunsAndBalloons: WaterGunsAndBalloons:
** A week-long storyline involved Zoe and Hammie competing against Darryl in a water fight with giant water guns.
** A week-long storyline involved Zoe and Hammie competing against Darryl in a water fight with giant water guns.
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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Because they were expecting a girl, it took Darryl and Wanda some time to find a name for their son until they finally decided on Hamish (Ham for short), after one of Darryl's relatives. It took a few family members some time to get used to the name; Wanda's mother burst out laughing when she was told, and Rhonda declared "Ham? That's not a name... it's an entree!"
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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: WhoNamesTheirKidDude:
** Because they were expecting a girl, it took Darryl and Wanda some time to find a name for their son until they finally decided on Hamish (Ham for short), after one of Darryl's relatives. It took a few family members some time to get used to the name; Wanda's mother burst out laughing when she was told, and Rhonda declared "Ham? That's not a name... it's an entree!"
** Because they were expecting a girl, it took Darryl and Wanda some time to find a name for their son until they finally decided on Hamish (Ham for short), after one of Darryl's relatives. It took a few family members some time to get used to the name; Wanda's mother burst out laughing when she was told, and Rhonda declared "Ham? That's not a name... it's an entree!"
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* YouDidntAsk: This can happen sometimes. Here's [[http://babyblues.com/comics/August-25-2000/ one of them from when Hammie was being potty-trained.]] and a later one with [[http://babyblues.com/comics/January-18-2004/ Zoe and Hammie on a walk with Darryl and Wren.]]
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-->'''Darryl and Wanda''': "Why didn't you give us that many presents when we were little?"
-->'''All grandparents''': "We didn't want to spoil you."
* YouthfulFreckles: Hammie.
-->'''All grandparents''': "We didn't want to spoil you."
* YouthfulFreckles: Hammie.
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-->'''Darryl and Wanda''': "Why Why didn't you give us that many presents when we were little?"
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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: [[http://http://babyblues.com/comics/march-13-1998/ Princess High N' Mighty Big Shot Told-You-So Boss of the World]] (or "Zoe.") is a parody of Dot's full name from Animaniacs.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Zoe once declares herself [[http://http://babyblues.com/comics/march-13-1998/ Princess High N' Mighty Big Shot Told-You-So Boss of the World]] (or "Zoe.") is a parody of Dot's full name from Animaniacs.World]].
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* [[FirstSnow First Snowflakes:]] In 2000, when Hammie was still a baby, Zoe taught him how to catch snowflakes on his tongue.
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* [[FirstSnow First Snowflakes:]] FirstSnow: In 2000, when Hammie was still a baby, Zoe taught him how to catch snowflakes on his tongue.
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* ShoutOut: One of the crocodiles from ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'' appears on a box of cereal. Most likely a reference to ''Pearls'' featuring a ''Baby Blues''-centric storyline around the same time.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** One of the crocodiles from ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'' appears on a box of cereal. Most likely a reference to ''Pearls'' featuring a ''Baby Blues''-centric storyline around the same time.
** One of the crocodiles from ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'' appears on a box of cereal. Most likely a reference to ''Pearls'' featuring a ''Baby Blues''-centric storyline around the same time.
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*** The fact that the series is similar to Animaniacs, but with more adult jokes. Even the characters are parodies of the characters in the series. For example, Zoe is a parody of Yakko Warner, Hammie is a parody of Wakko Warner, Wren is a parody of Dot Warner but starting in 2016, Zoe is nowhere to be seen, Hammie is a parody of Yakko Warner now that he's taking care of his sister and Wren is still a parody of Dot Warner, except she's also a parody of Mindy in select comics.
*** The illustrations make a strikingly resemblance to ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' (especially when the kids yell or cry), ''Literature/HaroldAndThePurpleCrayon'' and the animated television series ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife''.
*** The illustrations make a strikingly resemblance to ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' (especially when the kids yell or cry), ''Literature/HaroldAndThePurpleCrayon'' and the animated television series ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife''.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Spoofed in one strip as the family tries to find a kids movie to rent. "Do you have any family movies that have families in them?" Trent. We never see his mom in the strip, although one strip had Wanda talking to her off panel.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Spoofed in one strip as the family tries to find a kids movie to rent. "Do you have any family movies that have families in them?" Trent. We never see his mom in the strip, although in one strip had Wanda talking to her off panel.strip, she "appeared" off-panel.
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* BigEater: Darryl. One comic had Darryl [[http://http://babyblues.com/comics/march-21-2007/ eat two jelly donuts, a cruller, a big lunch and a slice of a friend's retirement cake... all in one day!]] In another comic, Darryl had eaten [[http://babyblues.com/comics/january-30-2009/ six creme-filled donuts.]]
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* BigEater: Darryl. One comic had Darryl [[http://http://babyblues.com/comics/march-21-2007/ eat two jelly donuts, a cruller, a big lunch and a slice of a friend's retirement cake... all in one day!]] In another comic, Darryl had eaten [[http://babyblues.com/comics/january-30-2009/ six creme-filled donuts.]]]] Wren has been known to be this, but this stopped in her modern years.
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* TheFaceLess: Many one-time characters have this feature such as Jessica or a Phoenix Suns player. One example is The Burnettes' cat. Its face is never seen, only half of its body is shown as it is running away from Darryl. It can be seen [[http://babyblues.com/comics/november-7-2015/ here.]]
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* TheFaceLess: Many one-time characters have this feature such as Jessica Jessica, Zoe's classmate, or a Phoenix Suns player. One example is The Burnettes' cat. Its face is never seen, only half of its body is shown as it is running away from Darryl. It can be seen [[http://babyblues.com/comics/november-7-2015/ here.]]
* [[NearlyNormalAnimal Nearly Normal Baby]]
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** After a ''Pearls Before Swine'' storyline about the characters babysitting the ''Baby Blues'' kids finished up, one ''Baby Blues'' strip afterwards featured one of the kids chewing on one of the crocodiles.
*** The fact that the series is similar to Animaniacs, but with more adult jokes. Even the characters are parodies of the characters in the series. For example, Zoe is a parody of Yakko Warner, Hammie is a parody of Wakko Warner, Wren is a parody of Dot Warner, etc.
*** The fact that the series is similar to Animaniacs, but with more adult jokes. Even the characters are parodies of the characters in the series. For example, Zoe is a parody of Yakko Warner, Hammie is a parody of Wakko Warner, Wren is a parody of Dot Warner, etc.
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** After a ''Pearls Before Swine'' storyline about the characters babysitting the ''Baby Blues'' kids finished up, one ''Baby Blues'' strip afterwards featured one of the kids features Wren chewing on one of the crocodiles.
*** The fact that the series is similar to Animaniacs, but with more adult jokes. Even the characters are parodies of the characters in the series. For example, Zoe is a parody of Yakko Warner, Hammie is a parody of Wakko Warner, Wren is a parody of Dot Warner but starting in 2016, Zoe is nowhere to be seen, Hammie is a parody of Yakko Warner now that he's taking care of his sister and Wren is still a parody of Dot Warner,etc.except she's also a parody of Mindy in select comics.
*** The fact that the series is similar to Animaniacs, but with more adult jokes. Even the characters are parodies of the characters in the series. For example, Zoe is a parody of Yakko Warner, Hammie is a parody of Wakko Warner, Wren is a parody of Dot Warner but starting in 2016, Zoe is nowhere to be seen, Hammie is a parody of Yakko Warner now that he's taking care of his sister and Wren is still a parody of Dot Warner,
* TheSilentOne: Since Wren's "memorable quotes" are decreasing, only the reader and her family can understand her via facial expressions, gestures and actions.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Hammie's name has been spelled "Hammy" and Zoe's name has been spelled "Zoey." And these are adult fans. And the names are SPELLED in the strip on a regular basis. In one book, Rick even had this happened to him due to a brain cramp:
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Hammie's name has been spelled "Hammy" and Zoe's name has been spelled "Zoey." And these are adult fans. And the names are SPELLED in the strip on a regular basis. In one book, Rick even had this happened to him spelled Keesha "Keisha" due to a brain cramp:
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* ThoughtBubbleSpeech: Done in the first strip. It was also done with Zoe even though Rick and Jerry decided against it.
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* ThoughtBubbleSpeech: Done in the first strip. Wanda and Darryl use this sometimes to communicate with other adults. Wren also did it two times. It was also done with Zoe on the first strip, even though Rick and Jerry decided against it.
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* BigEater: Darryl. One comic had Darryl [[http://http://babyblues.com/comics/march-21-2007/ eat two jelly donuts, a cruller, a big lunch and a slice of a friend's retirement cake... all in one day!]] In another comic, Darryl had eaten [[http://babyblues.com/comics/january-30-2009/ six creme-filled donuts.]]
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Hammie: Hey dad. Wouldn't it be great if we could watch TV while we ate dinner?
* ConjoinedEyes: Wanda and Darryl. Wanda is rarely seen with normal circle eyes.
* ConjoinedEyes: Wanda and Darryl. Wanda is rarely seen with normal circle eyes.
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Hammie: Hey dad.Dad. Wouldn't it be great if we could watch TV while we ate dinner?
* ConjoinedEyes: Wanda and Darryl. Wanda is rarely seen with normal circleeyes.eyes (it's unknown if Darryl will be seen with normal circle eyes).
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* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: The kids watch a show starring "Whistling Monkey Cowboys."
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* DisappearingDad: Because Trent lives with his mom, it's revealed what happened to his dad.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: The kids watch a show starring "Whistling Monkey Cowboys."" Hammie is even designed like a monkey.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: The kids watch a show starring "Whistling Monkey Cowboys.
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* TheFaceLess: The Burnettes' cat. Its face is never seen, only half of its body is shown as it is running away from Darryl. It can be seen here [[http://babyblues.com/comics/november-7-2015/]]
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* ExtremeOmnivore: See BigEater above.
* TheFaceLess: Many one-time characters have this feature such as Jessica or a Phoenix Suns player. One example is The Burnettes' cat. Its face is never seen, only half of its body is shown as it is running away from Darryl. It can be seenhere [[http://babyblues.com/comics/november-7-2015/]]com/comics/november-7-2015/ here.]]
* TheFaceLess: Many one-time characters have this feature such as Jessica or a Phoenix Suns player. One example is The Burnettes' cat. Its face is never seen, only half of its body is shown as it is running away from Darryl. It can be seen
* FourFingeredHands: Every character have these. The first strip's title panel, however, had Wanda with five fingers. The "five fingers on a hand" concept is rarely seen throughout the strip, although it pops up from time to time.
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* GettingTheBabyToSleep: Zoe has often been the subject of this, even as she's gotten older. Her numerous attempts to stall bedtime include tying her shoelaces into large knots, refusing to go to sleep until she had all her stuffed animals with her, and even literally ''latching onto Darryl's face'' while she was kissing him goodnight.
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** [[http://http://babyblues.com/comics/october-20-2015/ This comic got away with it when Hammie said that he wanted his burger "hot and juicy" like his women.]]
* GettingTheBabyToSleep: Zoe has often been the subject of this, even as she's gotten older. Her numerous attempts to stall bedtime include tying her shoelaces into large knots, refusing to go to sleep until she had all her stuffed animals with her, and even literally ''latching onto Darryl's face'' while she was kissing him goodnight. One comic had Wanda trying to keep Wren asleep by tip-toeing quietly, but ends up waking her up when she accidentally steps on a squeaky floorboard.
* GettingTheBabyToSleep: Zoe has often been the subject of this, even as she's gotten older. Her numerous attempts to stall bedtime include tying her shoelaces into large knots, refusing to go to sleep until she had all her stuffed animals with her, and even literally ''latching onto Darryl's face'' while she was kissing him goodnight. One comic had Wanda trying to keep Wren asleep by tip-toeing quietly, but ends up waking her up when she accidentally steps on a squeaky floorboard.
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* GirlishPigtails: Zoe's hair in preschool. [[http://babyblues.com/comics/May-11-2006/ And Wanda's hair as a kid.]]
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* GirlishPigtails: Zoe's hair in preschool. Wren from 2016 to present. [[http://babyblues.com/comics/May-11-2006/ And Wanda's hair as a kid.]]
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* HypocriticalHumor: Back when Wanda was still nursing Hammie, two different strips had a similar punchline relating to this. In one instance, a male passenger sitting next to Wanda on an airplane protested to her feeding Hammie in public, calling it "disgusting"... while he's clearly looking at [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar a Playboy centerfold]]. In another series, a male lifeguard tried to kick Wanda out of a public pool, claiming her breastfeeding Hammie violated decency standards... only to stop ''mid-sentence'' in order to ogle at a nearby woman in a [[MsFanservice barely-there bikini]].
* IAteWhat: In the Easter 2012 Sunday Strip, Darryl is continuously asking Hammie, Zoe, and Wren if they are certain if they found all of the Easter eggs in the area while trying to heavily hint at the egg on the porch lamp. The kids continuously attempt to insist that they have found every single one, before Hammie points out just as Darryl is about to eat the egg that the one on the porch light didn't count, as that was there since last year. Cue Darryl rushing inside to locate a restroom, presumably to vomit up the egg he just ate. It can be seen [[http://babyblues.com/comics/April-8-2012/ here.]]
* IAteWhat: In the Easter 2012 Sunday Strip, Darryl is continuously asking Hammie, Zoe, and Wren if they are certain if they found all of the Easter eggs in the area while trying to heavily hint at the egg on the porch lamp. The kids continuously attempt to insist that they have found every single one, before Hammie points out just as Darryl is about to eat the egg that the one on the porch light didn't count, as that was there since last year. Cue Darryl rushing inside to locate a restroom, presumably to vomit up the egg he just ate. It can be seen [[http://babyblues.com/comics/April-8-2012/ here.]]
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* HypocriticalHumor: Back when Wanda was still nursing Hammie, two different strips had a similar punchline relating to this. In one instance, a male passenger sitting next to Wanda on an airplane protested to her feeding Hammie in public, calling it "disgusting"... while he's clearly looking at [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar a Playboy centerfold]]. In another series, a male lifeguard tried to kick Wanda out of a public pool, claiming her breastfeeding Hammie violated decency standards... only to stop ''mid-sentence'' in order to ogle at a nearby woman in a [[MsFanservice barely-there bikini]].
bikini]]. In a Sunday comic, Zoe complains about Hammie needing his diaper changed, eating something off the floor, his shirt messy and his hands and face being sticky. After Darryl takes Hammie to the changing table, Zoe starts picking her nose, burping loudly and saying, aside:
--> Zoe: Babies are SO gross.
* IAteWhat: In the Easter 2012 Sunday Strip, Darryl is continuously asking Hammie, Zoe, and Wren if they are certain if they found all of the Easter eggs in the area while trying to heavily hint at the egg on the porch lamp. The kids continuously attempt to insist that they have found every single one, before Hammie points out just as Darryl is about to eat the egg that the one on the porch light didn't count, as that was there since last year. Cue Darryl rushing inside tolocate a restroom, the bathroom, presumably to vomit up the egg he just ate. It can be seen [[http://babyblues.com/comics/April-8-2012/ here.]]
--> Zoe: Babies are SO gross.
* IAteWhat: In the Easter 2012 Sunday Strip, Darryl is continuously asking Hammie, Zoe, and Wren if they are certain if they found all of the Easter eggs in the area while trying to heavily hint at the egg on the porch lamp. The kids continuously attempt to insist that they have found every single one, before Hammie points out just as Darryl is about to eat the egg that the one on the porch light didn't count, as that was there since last year. Cue Darryl rushing inside to
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* ParentalAbandonment: Spoofed in one strip as the family tries to find a kids movie to rent. "Do you have any family movies that have families in them?"
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* ParentalAbandonment: Spoofed in one strip as the family tries to find a kids movie to rent. "Do you have any family movies that have families in them?"them?" Trent. We never see his mom in the strip, although one strip had Wanda talking to her off panel.
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*** The illustrations make a strikingly resemblance to ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'', ''Literature/HaroldAndThePurpleCrayon'' and the animation on ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife''.
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*** The illustrations make a strikingly resemblance to ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'', ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' (especially when the kids yell or cry), ''Literature/HaroldAndThePurpleCrayon'' and the animation on animated television series ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife''.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Hammie's name has been spelled "Hammy" and Zoe's name has been spelled "Zoey." And these are adult fans. And the names are SPELLED in the strip on a regular basis.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Hammie's name has been spelled "Hammy" and Zoe's name has been spelled "Zoey." And these are adult fans. And the names are SPELLED in the strip on a regular basis. In one book, Rick even had this happened to him due to a brain cramp:
--> Rick: Looks like I had a brain cramp spelling Keesha's name. Let's just say she (Zoe) decided on an "alternate spelling."
--> Rick: Looks like I had a brain cramp spelling Keesha's name. Let's just say she (Zoe) decided on an "alternate spelling."
* ThoughtBubbleSpeech: Done in the first strip. It was also done with Zoe even though Rick and Jerry decided against it.
--> Rick: We started with one rule: The baby will never have thoughts beyond her age. We broke it in the first strip.
--> Rick: We started with one rule: The baby will never have thoughts beyond her age. We broke it in the first strip.
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* WasntThatFun: Used to be a RunningGag with Hammie, now Wren. More than once this trope was the final panel, after Hammie got himself into trouble, and back out of it with the help of Wanda or Darryl. One strip had him falling off of the backrest of a chair he was trying to reach the candy at the top of the fridge from, and after Wanda caught him he cheerfully cried, "Again!"
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* WasntThatFun: Used to be a A RunningGag with Hammie, now Wren.all three kids. More than once this trope was the final panel, after Hammie got himself into trouble, and back out of it with the help of Wanda or Darryl. One strip had him falling off of the backrest of a chair he was trying to reach the candy at the top of the fridge from, and after Wanda caught him he cheerfully cried, "Again!"
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* TheGhost: Zoe had a crush on Bryan Barge, who has never been seen or heard of in the strip. Unless he's [[NoNameGiven Bryan the Dinosaur.]]
* TheQuietOne: Wren. Darryl's dad, Mac, was described as this in his first appearance, with Darryl and Wanda surprised that he was willing to greet them with a "H'lo" when he and his wife came for a visit. Being able to dote on his grandchildren seemed to help him come out of his shell. In the TV series, Mac was completely silent, but he did open up his mouth sometimes. Now, he's completely silent and sometimes talks.
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* SpikyHair: Hammie, even on the strip where he was born.
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* SpikyHair: Hammie, even on in the strip where he was born.born.
* TheSwearJar: Darryl having to put money into the Swearing Jar numerous times.
* TheSwearJar: Darryl having to put money into the Swearing Jar numerous times.
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* TheGhost: Zoe had a crush on Bryan Barge, who has never been seen or heard of in the strip. Unless he's [[NoNameGiven Bryan the Dinosaur.]]
* TheQuietOne: Wren. Darryl's dad, Mac, was described as this in his first appearance, with Darryl and Wanda surprised that he was willing to greet them with a "H'lo" when he and his wife came for a visit. Being able to dote on his grandchildren seemed to help him come out of his shell. In the TV series, Mac was completely silent, but he did open up his mouth sometimes. Now, he's completely silent and sometimes talks.
* TheSwearJar: Darryl having to put money into the Swearing Jar numerous times.
* TheQuietOne: Wren. Darryl's dad, Mac, was described as this in his first appearance, with Darryl and Wanda surprised that he was willing to greet them with a "H'lo" when he and his wife came for a visit. Being able to dote on his grandchildren seemed to help him come out of his shell. In the TV series, Mac was completely silent, but he did open up his mouth sometimes. Now, he's completely silent and sometimes talks.
* TheSwearJar: Darryl having to put money into the Swearing Jar numerous times.
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* TheFaceLess: The Burnettes' cat. Its face is never seen, only half of its body is shown as it is running away from Darryl. It can be seen here [[http://babyblues.com/comics/november-7-2015/]]
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* {{Gasshole}}: Hammie, who is mostly a belch variant. He still does belch jokes, but not a lot as he used to. He now does both burp jokes and fart jokes. Now, it's Wren (because she taught herself to produce loud belches), to the point where she belches like a man to impress her brother. The example can be seen [[http://babyblues.com/comics/may-21-2016/ here.]]
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* {{Gasshole}}: Darryl, on some occasions. Hammie, who is mostly a belch variant. He still does belch jokes, but not a lot as he used to. He now does both burp jokes and fart jokes. Now, it's Wren (because she (it's unknown if Hammie taught herself to produce loud belches), her or not), to the point where she belches like a man truck driver to impress turn on her brother. The example can be seen [[http://babyblues.com/comics/may-21-2016/ here.]]
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* BurpingContest: Wren and Hammie did this once in a comic [[babyblues.com/comics/march-23-2018/]]. Wren rips a big one and wins.
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* BurpingContest: Wren and Hammie did this once in a comic [[babyblues.[[http://babyblues.com/comics/march-23-2018/]]. Wren rips a big one and wins.
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* BurpingContest: Wren and Hammie did this once in a comic. Wren rips a big one and wins.
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* BurpingContest: Wren and Hammie did this once in a comic.comic [[babyblues.com/comics/march-23-2018/]]. Wren rips a big one and wins.
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* ConjoinedEyes: Wanda
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* ConjoinedEyes: WandaWanda and Darryl. Wanda is rarely seen with normal circle eyes.
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*** The illustrations make a strikingly resemblance to ''ComicStrip/Peanuts'', ''Literature/HaroldAndThePurpleCrayon'' and the animation on ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife''.
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*** The illustrations make a strikingly resemblance to ''ComicStrip/Peanuts'', ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'', ''Literature/HaroldAndThePurpleCrayon'' and the animation on ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife''.
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i don't see how animaniacs is a sister series, but zits sure is!
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A mainstream comic about parenting shown in many newspapers. Features the typical "nuclear family" set-up, but treats it with a much more realistic tone than most. Usually gag-a-day type four-panel strip with a few running jokes. It also serves as a sister to Animaniacs, due to its similarity and personalities.
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A mainstream comic about parenting shown in many newspapers. Features the typical "nuclear family" set-up, but treats it with a much more realistic tone than most. Usually gag-a-day type four-panel strip with a few running jokes. It also serves as a sister to Animaniacs, due to its similarity and personalities.
The same creators made ''ComicStrip/{{Zits}}''.
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* BurpingContest: Wren and Hammie did this once in a comic. Wren rips a big one and wins.
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**** The illustrations make a strikingly resemblance to ''ComicStrip/Peanuts'', ''Literature/HaroldAndThePurpleCrayon'' and the animation on ''WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife''.
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* WasntThatFun: A RunningGag with Hammie. More than once this trope was the final panel, after Hammie got himself into trouble, and back out of it with the help of Wanda or Darryl. One strip had him falling off of the backrest of a chair he was trying to reach the candy at the top of the fridge from, and after Wanda caught him he cheerfully cried, "Again!"
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* WasntThatFun: A Used to be a RunningGag with Hammie.Hammie, now Wren. More than once this trope was the final panel, after Hammie got himself into trouble, and back out of it with the help of Wanda or Darryl. One strip had him falling off of the backrest of a chair he was trying to reach the candy at the top of the fridge from, and after Wanda caught him he cheerfully cried, "Again!"
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* ComicBookTime: WordOfGod says that the strip goes at roughly a 2:1 time frame (i.e., Zoe is 10 after 20 years of being in the strip).
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* ComicBookTime: WordOfGod says that the strip goes at roughly a 2:1 3:1 time frame (i.e., Zoe is 10 after 20 years of being in the strip).
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* FieryRedhead: Zoe is very spirited and precocious with a temper that Hammie has a knack for flaring up.
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* FieryRedhead: Zoe is very spirited and precocious with a temper that Hammie has a knack for flaring up.
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A mainstream comic about parenting shown in many newspapers. Features the typical "nuclear family" set-up, but treats it with a much more realistic tone than most. Usually gag-a-day type four-panel strip with a few running jokes. It also serves as a sister to [[WesternAnimation/Animaniacs]], due to its similarity and personalities.
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A mainstream comic about parenting shown in many newspapers. Features the typical "nuclear family" set-up, but treats it with a much more realistic tone than most. Usually gag-a-day type four-panel strip with a few running jokes. It also serves as a sister to [[WesternAnimation/Animaniacs]], Animaniacs, due to its similarity and personalities.
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* InvisibleToAdults: Played backwards and forwards in this series. Instead of the kids, it's the MacPhersons that can see things that the other adults can't see, since it is told by the family's perspective. Since it's ONLY the MacPhersons who can see their children (except Wren) as animals or creatures, the adults (sometimes children, paired with adults) rarely see Zoe (mostly) or Hammie in unusual form. An example is this comic: [[http://babyblues.com/comics/june-29-1997/]]
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* InvisibleToAdults: Played backwards and forwards in this series. Instead of the kids, it's the MacPhersons that can see things that the other adults can't see, since it is told by the family's perspective. Since it's ONLY the MacPhersons who can see their children (except Wren) as animals or creatures, the adults (sometimes children, paired with adults) children) rarely see Zoe (mostly) or Hammie in unusual form. An example is this comic: [[http://babyblues.com/comics/june-29-1997/]]com/comics/june-29-1997/]]
* InvisibleToNormals: ONLY Wanda and Darryl can see their children's (as babies) reactions, the weird and unusual things they do and the children as animals. Even the bugs, but much bigger.
* InvisibleToNormals: ONLY Wanda and Darryl can see their children's (as babies) reactions, the weird and unusual things they do and the children as animals. Even the bugs, but much bigger.
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*** With Wren, it's her stuffed teddy bear.
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*** The fact that the series is similar to Animaniacs, but with more adult jokes. Even the characters are parodies of the characters in the series. For example, Zoe is a parody of Yakko Warner, Hammie is a parody of Wakko Warner, Wren is a parody of Dot Warner, etc.
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A mainstream comic about parenting shown in many newspapers. Features the typical "nuclear family" set-up, but treats it with a much more realistic tone than most. Usually gag-a-day type four-panel strip with a few running jokes. It also serves as a sister to [[WesternAnimation/Animaniacs]], according due to some rumors.
its similarity and personalities.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: [[http://babyblues.com/comics/July-4-2001/ Princess High N' Mighty Big Shot Told-You-So Boss of the World]] (or "Zoe.") is a parody of Dot's full name from Animaniacs.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: [[http://babyblues.com/comics/July-4-2001/ [[http://http://babyblues.com/comics/march-13-1998/ Princess High N' Mighty Big Shot Told-You-So Boss of the World]] (or "Zoe.") is a parody of Dot's full name from Animaniacs.
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* FunetikAksent: This was how Zoe's and Hammie's baby-talk was represented.
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* FunetikAksent: This was how Zoe's Zoe, Hammie and Hammie's Wren's baby-talk was represented.
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* {{Gasshole}}: Hammie, who is mostly a belch variant. In the new comics, it's Wren, to the point where she belches like a man to impress her brother. The example can be seen [[http://babyblues.com/comics/may-21-2016/ here.]]
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* {{Gasshole}}: Hammie, who is mostly a belch variant. In the new comics, He still does belch jokes, but not a lot as he used to. He now does both burp jokes and fart jokes. Now, it's Wren, Wren (because she taught herself to produce loud belches), to the point where she belches like a man to impress her brother. The example can be seen [[http://babyblues.com/comics/may-21-2016/ here.]]
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* TheQuietOne: Darryl's dad, Mac, was described as this in his first appearance, with Darryl and Wanda surprised that he was willing to greet them with a "H'lo" when he and his wife came for a visit. Being able to dote on his grandchildren seemed to help him come out of his shell.
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* TheQuietOne: Wren. Darryl's dad, Mac, was described as this in his first appearance, with Darryl and Wanda surprised that he was willing to greet them with a "H'lo" when he and his wife came for a visit. Being able to dote on his grandchildren seemed to help him come out of his shell. In the TV series, Mac was completely silent, but he did open up his mouth sometimes. Now, he's completely silent and sometimes talks.
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* ToiletHumor: Many, many jokes about dirty diapers and farting. Somewhat justified, as babies do (a lot of!) that.
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* ToiletHumor: Many, many jokes about dirty diapers diapers, burping and farting. Somewhat justified, as babies do (a lot of!) that.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Despite becoming more tolerant of gross things since having kids, medical procedures in general (such as surgery or shots) make Darryl squeamish. When baby Wren had to get tubes in her ears, just hearing the word "surgery" caused Darryl to faint; he also fainted when Zoe's umbilical cord fell out.
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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Despite becoming more tolerant of gross things since having kids, medical procedures in general (such as surgery or shots) make Darryl squeamish. When baby Wren (as a toddler) had to get tubes in her ears, just hearing the word "surgery" caused Darryl to faint; he also fainted when Zoe's umbilical cord fell out.out. Wanda fainted one time when she saw how big the tick in Hammie's hair was, due to her overactive imagination.
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A mainstream comic about parenting shown in many newspapers. Features the typical "nuclear family" set-up, but treats it with a much more realistic tone than most. Usually gag-a-day type four-panel strip with a few running jokes. \n It also serves as a sister to [[WesternAnimation/Animaniacs]], according to some rumors.
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* InvisibleToAdults: Played backwards and forwards in this series. Instead of the kids, it's the MacPhersons that can see things that the other adults can't see, since it is told by the family's perspective. Since it's ONLY the MacPhersons who can see their children (except Wren) as animals or creatures, the adults (sometimes children, paired with adults) rarely see Zoe (mostly) or Hammie in unusual form. An example is this comic: [[http://babyblues.com/comics/june-29-1997/]]