History ComicStrip / Zits

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Walt & Connie in bed, bare shoulders above the sheets ("You know, when Jeremy moves away, I think my 'Empty Nest Syndrome' will be a very mild case." "Is it really only 7:30!?!"). The censors were nervous, but parents loved it.

-> ''Men don't shop-they tivo their closets!''

* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: Jeremy accidentally cheesed off Sara by saying that her freckles help hide her zits, then compounded it by asking what it's like having divorced parents. Both comments are represented by [[PaintingTheFourthWall white-on-black]] word balloons that linger in the air.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: There are slight clues to the Duncan family's residence, all suggesting that they're somewhere in the Midwest. Jim Borgman lives in Cincinnati, Ohio (and is a Pulitzer-winning editorial cartoonist for the Cincinnati Enquirer), and many locals have always assumed that Zits was set in Cincinnati. Occasional references to Ohio landmarks have been made, including Interstate 70 and Bucyrus.

''Zits'' is an award winning comic strip written by Jerry Scott (creator of ''BabyBlues'' and one-time cartoonist for ''Nancy'') and illustrated by Jim Borgman about the life of 15-year-old high school freshman Jeremy Duncan.

** He and Hector are even shown to be capable of ''unhinging their jaws'' in order to swallow a giant burger whole, [[IThoughtEverybodyCouldDoThat wondering why the girls freak out]].

* TelecomTree: We don't see the actually tree but Pierce calculates that in order to get 700 people to turn up to his WildTeenParty he has to inform exactly one person (Brittney) and let the word spread. It works.

** Honestly, despite his sullen teenage attitude, Jeremy is very well-adjusted.

* PingPongNaivete: Regarding Jeremy's knowledge of classic rock. Didn't know what his dad meant when he complimented Jeremy and Hector's songwriting as having a [[TheBeatles Lennon/McCartney]] thing going, other strips has him referencing Jimi Hendrix or Eric Clapton.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: There are slight clues to the Duncan family's residence, all suggesting that they're somewhere in the Midwest. One strip references Interstate 70; Jeremy says that he was born in Nebraska; and another strip hints that they're in a landlocked state.
** Jim Borgman lives in Cincinnati, Ohio (and is a Pulitzer-winning editorial cartoonist for the Cincinnati Enquirer), and many locals have always assumed that Zits was set in Cincinnati.

* LimitedWardrobe: Lampshaded [[http://www.arcamax.com/thefunnies/zits/s-931162 here]].

** He and Hector are even shown to be capable of ''unhinging their jaws'' in order to swallow a giant burger whole.

* HehHehYouSaidX: One Sunday strip is made of this trope, in which a museum guide calmly gives the class a tour on "the many wonderful examples of tools," causing Jeremy and Hector to mutter "Tools" at each other and dissolve into barely contained giggles. The guide goes on to explaining to the class on how "Some tools are [[GagPenis very large]]... some are nearly microscopic," then asks them "Can you think of a tool you have in your pocket right now? What tool do you use every day?" It's a wonder they kept straight faces for as long as they did. Then after they get in trouble for it, Connie asks them what is so funny about the word 'tool', and we see Walt barely able to control himself. Also a case of GettingCrapPastTheRadar.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Connie was a child psychologist in early strips. This in a comic which has featured tons of jokes about how Connie doesn't understand Jeremy or how he works. In the January 27, 2012 strip, she outright says that she doesn't have a job outside the house, so apparently her job isn't canon anymore.

* CakeEater: Hector is attracted to middle-aged women.

* {{Flanderization}}: Jeremy went from being a regular, believable (and more importantly, ''relatable'') teenager to just another TVTeen who only communicates in grunts, texts needlessly, and has a messy room.

* BuffySpeak / ShapedLikeItself: Jeremy once described Sara's lips as "two moist, delicate, perfectly formed... lip-shaped things."

** Y.A., the original drummer in Jeremy's garage band. He just announced that he was quitting and never came back. He was [[FlatCharacter never really given any character development]] anyway.

* DinnerOrderFlub: Attempting to impress Sara, Jeremy orders the radicchio, "medium rare, of course". The waiter informs him that the raddicho is a salad and the chef prefers to serve it raw. As Sara and Connie dissolve in laughter, Walt attempts to make Jeremy feel better by saying that when he and Connie were dating he once order "jackets required".

* GayMoment

* PeekABoo: In the strips where Jeremy decided to march around the living room naked.