History ComicStrip / PoochCafe

** The whole Vacunator arc from January 2016, from beginning to end, is a reference to the first ''Film/{{Terminator}}'' movie.

* SanitySlippage: In one vacation story arc, Hudson's canned food is making Poncho go [[Main/HilarityEnsues downright crazy]]. What he does, well, [[http://www.gocomics.com/poochcafe/2016/05/03 you'll have to read it to believe it]].

* BigEater: Poncho.
* BlackBeadEyes: Most of the cast.
* BlankWhiteEyes: Poncho.
* BlindingBangs: Beaumont.
* ButtMonkey: Chazz.
* CatsAreMean: Played straight various times.

* CrazyCatLady: Carmen.
* DeadpanSnarker: Poncho.
* DogsAreDumb: Poncho.

* ExtremeOmnivore: Poncho.

* FightScene: [[http://www.gocomics.com/poochcafe/2015/04/22 This]] story arc. [[spoiler: It ends with Bone Ripper finding out that [[Main/TheFourLoves Poncho and Mitzi are in love]] and being so amazed that he surrenders and leaves.]]

* MeaningfulName: Bone Ripper and, to a lesser extent, Boomer.
* MundaneFantastic

* OddShapedPanel

* PetHeir: Orlando.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Poo Poo.

* SceneryCensor: In a series of strips starting [[http://assets.amuniversal.com/d53eef40e8340131793c005056a9545d July 17th 2014]], Poncho goes to a beach where the dogs run around without their collars, which they call a "nude beach". In the following two strips ([[http://assets.amuniversal.com/d63ef400e8340131793c005056a9545d July 18th]] and [[http://assets.amuniversal.com/d73f51f0e8340131793c005056a9545d July 19th]]), after Poncho takes off his collar he is shown with an object covering up his neck, as if the area covered by the collar needed to be censored.
** One strip features one of Carmen's bunny slippers ''{{Flipping The Bird}}'' right in front of Poncho to disturb him, having an object covering the middle finger.

-->Poncho: Look! There's a pack of other mailmen. It's time to return him to the life he was born for.
-->Hudson: [To the mailman] Well, there you go. Go on. Look, one of them is a female. Doesn't she look enticing?
-->Hudson: [Shouting] Go! We don't love you anymore! Don't turn back! Just go! Go! [mailman leaves]
-->Poncho: You did the right thing, Hudson. He's back where he belongs.
-->Hudson: <sniff> Goodbye, mailman. May all your letters have correct postage...
* [[ShoutOut/{{Comics}} Shout Out]]: In the [[http://assets.amuniversal.com/bc1aa880f729013013b2001dd8b71c47 strip for September 11th, 2013]] a cat is wrapped around a postman's face. Poncho says "Kitty drool. Great defense mechanism. You don't dare remove it or you get cat saliva all over yourself." This is a reference to the film ''Film/{{Alien}}'', in which Kane had an alien facehugger wrapped around his face. After Ash tried to cut it off with a laser, it dripped powerful acid and Parker said "It's got a wonderful defence mechanism. You don't dare kill it."

* SurrealHumor: This strip has ''lots'' of it. Here are some examples:
** http://www.gocomics.com/poochcafe/2017/05/13
** http://www.gocomics.com/poochcafe/2015/04/29
** http://www.gocomics.com/poochcafe/2015/04/26

* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: In one story arc, a powerful, aptly-named dog called Bone Ripper ''tore up a tree and picked up a car'' just to injure Poncho. Here is the strip: http://www.gocomics.com/poochcafe/2015/05/07
* UglyGuyHotWife: Chazz and Carmen.
* VisibleSilence: Poncho has done this a couple of times.

* FightScene: [[http://www.gocomics.com/poochcafe/2015/04/22 This]] story arc.

* AndIMustScream: http://www.gocomics.com/poochcafe/2014/3/9 features this: "It's a madhouse! A ''MADHOUSE!''"

** http://www.gocomics.com/poochcafe/2017/05/13
** http://www.gocomics.com/poochcafe/2015/04/29
** http://www.gocomics.com/poochcafe/2015/04/26

* SurrealHumor: DEAR LORD. This strip has LOADS of it.

* AndIMustScream: {{http://www.gocomics.com/poochcafe/2014/3/9 This comic}} features this: It's a madhouse! A ''MADHOUSE!''

* AndIMustScream: {{http://www.gocomics.com/poochcafe/2014/3/9 This comic features this: It's a madhouse! A ''MADHOUSE!''}}

* AndIMustScream: {{http://www.gocomics.com/poochcafe/2014/3/9 It's a madhouse! A ''MADHOUSE!''}}

** One strip features one of Carmen's bunny slippers ''{{Flipping The Bird}}'' right in front of Poncho to disturb him, having an object covering the middle finger.

** One strip features one of Carmen's bunny slippers ''{{Flipping The Bird}}'' Poncho, having an object covering the middle finger.

** One strip features one of Carmen's bunny slippers ''Main{{FlippingTheBird}}'' Poncho, having an object covering the middle finger.

** One strip features one of Carmen's bunny slippers {{FlippingTheBird}} Poncho, having an object covering the middle finger.

-->The whole Vacunator arc from January 2016, from beginning to end, is a reference to the first ''Film/{{Terminator}}'' movie.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse?: In one story arc, a squirrel named Peanut began exercising to take on Poncho. When Carmen came outside (she was acting as a replacement for Poncho because he had a broken leg), Peanut accidentally attacked HER instead. Poncho implied that when he met the muscular squirrel for real, he just teased him. Peanut is last seen exercising some more. He is never seen after that.