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* OverlyLongName: Gunk's name is [[FunWithAcronyms actually an acronym]] for his full name, which is "Gladimus Unfred Nostradamus Klaustauvicke".
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* RealityEnsues: In a recent sequence, Gunk decided to dive into a freezing cold river to rescue trapped dolphins only to end up being treated for hypothermia. Curtis was not happy with that development.
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* RealityEnsues: In a recent sequence, Gunk decided to dive into a freezing cold river to rescue trapped dolphins only to end up being treated for hypothermia. hypothermia after being mistakenly declared DOA by EMTs who forgot about the mammalian diving reflex. While glad to see his friend had survived, Curtis was not happy with that development.being put through the emotional wringer by screw-ups.
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* RealityEnsues: In a recent sequence, Gunk decided to dive into a freezing cold river to rescue trapped dolphins only to end up being treated for hypothermia. Curtis was not happy with that development.
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* PerpetualPoverty: The Wilkins (mainly Greg) constantly complain about scraping by to make ends meet on Greg's salary (Diane appears to be a stay-at-home mom). Yet, they never seen to be short on food (See BigEater) and the boys always seem to have electronic gizmos current enough to keep them happy.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: Michelle's pride in her achievements in modeling and acting is seen as prideful and "stuck-up" by the other regular characters (minus Curtis, of course).
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* CameraObscurer: A running gag involving Curtis' barber, who claims to have met someone famous. When asked to show proof, he will inevitably produce a photograph of himself with his arm around the celebrity... except that the "celebrity" will be obscured by a finger.
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** There was also a sequence where Curtis went through a door and found himself back in time on the day that Martin Luther King was assassinated.
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** Said expulsion seems to have been retconned so that Billingsley can go back to tormenting Curtis.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: Gunther the barber can never seem to get Curtis' name right.
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* TheBarber: Curtis gets advice from one. The barber [[MyNameIsNotDurwood [[AccidentalMisnaming never seems to be able to remember his name]], however.
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** Gunther the barber can never seem to get Curtis' name right.
** Gunther the barber can never seem to get Curtis' name right.
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** Curtis playing rap at full blast with his dad, Greg, screaming, "Curtis, turn that rap junk down!" Inverted in one strip where Greg and Diane play 1970's songs from when they were younger.
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** Curtis playing rap at full blast with his dad, Greg, screaming, "Curtis, turn that rap junk down!" Inverted in one strip where Greg and Diane play 1970's songs from when they were younger. This has become problematic in recent years, as Greg and Diane act clueless about 80s and 90s music that now would have been what they were exposed to growing up, while Curtis uses slang and enjoys entertainment of a sort twenty years or so out of date.
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* BizarroEpisode: Every year for Kwanzaa, the strip runs a two-week-long StoryArc that involves new, made-up characters doing absolutely ridiculous things that resemble African folktales, with little concern for anything other than being awesomely over-the-top, often toeing the line between RuleOfCool and an outright MindScrew. Past arcs have included [[http://joshreads.com/images/07/01/i070102curtis.jpg a golden, telepathic otter and a magic sandal]] and [[http://joshreads.com/images/0601/i060109curtis.jpg bat-winged bears]], among others. Consensus among fans (or at least among TheComicsCurmudgeon and his followers) is that these are among his best works; he even considers the otter "still the gold standard."
** They actully ''do'' tie it into the strip, but always in the same way: It always turns out to be [[spoiler:a book Curtis was reading.]]
** They actully ''do'' tie it into the strip, but always in the same way: It always turns out to be [[spoiler:a book Curtis was reading.]]
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* TooDumbToLive: Most of Curtis's problems in life stem from the fact that he is too blasted stupid to follow the rules or pick up on the fact that his behaviour irritates people around him.
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* RatedMForMature: [[http://www.seattlepi.com/comics-and-games/fun/Curtis/2012-12-06/ All the games Curtis plays are rated M.]]
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** This troper remembered the "mugging/miscarriage" story differently. Mom & Barry get mugged but she fought back, kicking one of the muggers in the groin when she was on the ground. This brief, would-be CrowningMomentOfAwesome is defused by the miscarriage (caused by all the scuffle, falling & stress on her body). She may have been punched in the gut in the process but it was so long ago that this troper doesn't remember.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Believe it or not, the Kwanzaa stories get insanely morbid at times.
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** This troper remembered the "mugging/miscarriage" story differently. Mom & Barry get mugged but she fought back, kicking one of the muggers in the groin when she was on the ground. This brief, would-be CrowningMomentOfAwesome is defused by the miscarriage (caused by all the scuffle, falling & stress on her body). She may have been punched in the gut in the process but it was so long ago that this troper doesn't remember.
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* RatedMForMature: [[http://www.seattlepi.com/comics-and-games/fun/Curtis/2012-12-06/ All the games Curtis plays are rated M.]]
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* TheFaceless: Originally, Curtis' parents were only seen from neck down, but eventually the artist started drawing their faces.
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* AuthorFilibuster: In one story arc, some kids made fun of Curtis for being an "Oreo" (a black person that acts white). Curtis' father responded at length that if loving and taking care of one's family and ensuring that they had a roof over their heads was being an Oreo, he was proud to be one.
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** We seem to have seen the last of these; what happened is that Barry finally told Diane what Curtis was doing and, well, [[DisproportionateRetribution she spanked him for]], I don't know, not respecting his elders or insulting God or something that June Cleaver would have handled by a DopeSlap and a comment about not making fun.
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**Diane [[ParentalObliviousness never seems to make the connection]] between this sad fact and [[NeverMyFault her son's reluctance]] to shop with her.
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* ThisLoserIsYou: There have been a lot of strips that show us that Curtis is a rather heedless young boy plowing headlong through a city filled with angry people who hate him because he won't do what they expect of him.
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* FreelanceShameSquad: One of the strip's running gags is, the annual Back To School shopping trip, where Diane takes Curtis shopping for clothes and (ostensibly to hand him clothes to try on) opens the dressing room door on Curtis (who always has his pants down) wide enough for a crowd of bystanders to laugh loudly at the sight.
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* FreelanceShameSquad: TheFreelanceShameSquad: One of the strip's running gags is, the annual Back To School shopping trip, where Diane takes Curtis shopping for clothes and (ostensibly to hand him clothes to try on) opens the dressing room door on Curtis (who always has his pants down) wide enough for a crowd of bystanders to laugh loudly at the sight.
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* FreelanceShameSquad: One of the strip's running gags is, the annual Back To School shopping trip, where Diane takes Curtis shopping for clothes and (ostensibly to hand him clothes to try on) opens the dressing room door on Curtis (who always has his pants down) wide enough for a crowd of bystanders to laugh loudly at the sight.
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* BLAMEpisode: Every year for Kwanzaa, the strip runs a two-week-long StoryArc that involves new, made-up characters doing absolutely ridiculous things that resemble African folktales, with little concern for anything other than being awesomely over-the-top, often toeing the line between RuleOfCool and an outright MindScrew. Past arcs have included [[http://joshreads.com/images/07/01/i070102curtis.jpg a golden, telepathic otter and a magic sandal]] and [[http://joshreads.com/images/0601/i060109curtis.jpg bat-winged bears]], among others. Consensus among fans (or at least among TheComicsCurmudgeon and his followers) is that these are among his best works; he even considers the otter "still the gold standard."
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* BLAMEpisode: BizarroEpisode: Every year for Kwanzaa, the strip runs a two-week-long StoryArc that involves new, made-up characters doing absolutely ridiculous things that resemble African folktales, with little concern for anything other than being awesomely over-the-top, often toeing the line between RuleOfCool and an outright MindScrew. Past arcs have included [[http://joshreads.com/images/07/01/i070102curtis.jpg a golden, telepathic otter and a magic sandal]] and [[http://joshreads.com/images/0601/i060109curtis.jpg bat-winged bears]], among others. Consensus among fans (or at least among TheComicsCurmudgeon and his followers) is that these are among his best works; he even considers the otter "still the gold standard."
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** She crosses over with RichBitch, given how obscenely wealthy her parents are. She recently sunk one grand on a foot cleaning treatment involving koi fish. Which backfired when her feet ender up killing half the fish and traumatized the rest.
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** Until Curtis got them expelled.
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* MamaBear: Diane is fiercely protective of Curtis and Barry. This was recently exemplified when a car skidded out of control and pinned Barry beneath it; Diane LIFTED the car WITH HER BARE HANDS and pulled him out.
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* MamaBear: Diane is fiercely protective of Curtis and Barry. This was recently exemplified when a car skidded out of control and pinned Barry beneath it; Diane LIFTED the car WITH HER BARE HANDS and pulled him out.
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* DidNotDoTheResearch: One relatively recent story arc (about a year ago) has a butcher that used to be a Disney animator who was laid off. The reason for said layoff was ''Pixar'', which if you know anything about how Disney and Pixar work, is completely untrue.
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** Gunther the barber can never seem to get [[strike:Conrad]] [[strike:Carl]] [[strike:Caleb]] Curtis' name right.
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* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Subverted on both counts in a series of strips where Curtis and Barry find an unmarked videotape belonging to their parents. It is implied in one panel that [[spoiler: it's a sex tape.]] However, it turns out that it's [[spoiler: an old episode of SoulTrain that their parents appeared on, which also serves as the "how they met" story for Diane and Greg.]] After watching the tape, Curtis and Barry have a newfound respect for their parents, i.e. that their parents actually did something "cool" in their eyes.
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* YourMom: All the time, from Derek and "Onion".
