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* Any time Paige [[LethalChef cooks]], whether she's making peach cobbler so rock-hard it has to be chiseled out of the pan, using Diet Pepsi in place of baking soda, or thinking "clean the turkey" means pressing the "clean" button on the oven while the turkey is inside. In an arc where she cooks Thanksgiving dinner, her pumpkin pie is so sticky that it pulled out two of Roger's fillings.

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* Any time Paige [[LethalChef cooks]], whether she's making peach cobbler so rock-hard it has to be chiseled out of the pan, using Diet Pepsi in place of baking soda, or thinking "clean the turkey" means pressing the "clean" button on the oven while the turkey is inside. In an arc where she cooks Thanksgiving dinner, her pumpkin pie is so sticky that it pulled pulls out two of Roger's fillings.

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-->'''Denise:''' Thank you, Lord, for this food. For family and friends. For the many blessings you've given us. Thank you also, Lord, for my boyfriend, Peter, who as we speak has [[FootsieUnderTheTable his foot gently rubbing up and down my very happy shin.]]\\
'''Denise's Dad:''' ''[off panel]'' Perhaps I should have said ''silent'' prayer.\\

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-->'''Denise:''' -->'''Denise's Dad:''' ''[off panel]'' Denise, why don't you lead us in prayer?\\
'''Denise:''' OK, Dad.
Thank you, Lord, for this food. For family and friends. For the many blessings you've given us. Thank you also, Lord, for my boyfriend, Peter, who as we speak has [[FootsieUnderTheTable his foot gently rubbing up and down my very happy shin.]]\\
'''Denise's Dad:''' ''[off panel]'' Perhaps I should have said ''silent'' prayer.\\
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* Thanksgiving 1998: Denise, who is hosting Peter for Thanksgiving dinner (his [[BigEater ''second'' of the day]]), says grace.

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* Thanksgiving 1998: Denise, who is hosting Peter for Thanksgiving dinner (his [[BigEater ''second'' *second* of the day]]), says grace.
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* Thanksgiving 1998: Denise, who is hosting Peter for Thanksgiving dinner (his [[BigEater ''second'' of the day), says grace.

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* Thanksgiving 1998: Denise, who is hosting Peter for Thanksgiving dinner (his [[BigEater ''second'' of the day), day]]), says grace.
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* Thanksgiving 1998: Denise, who is hosting Peter for Thanksgiving dinner (his [[BigEater ''second'' of the day), says grace.
-->'''Denise:''' Thank you, Lord, for this food. For family and friends. For the many blessings you've given us. Thank you also, Lord, for my boyfriend, Peter, who as we speak has [[FootsieUnderTheTable his foot gently rubbing up and down my very happy shin.]]\\
'''Denise's Dad:''' ''[off panel]'' Perhaps I should have said ''silent'' prayer.\\
'''Denise:''' God would know if I weren't honest.\\
''[Peter has his face buried in the dish of mashed potatoes]''

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* Paige's [[BabysittingEpisode adventures in babysitting]] little Katie O'Dell, which somehow manage to avoid getting into BadlyBatteredBabysitter territory because Paige is usually to blame for what goes wrong - whether it's feeding the toddler chocolate cake, resulting in Katie becoming a "human gas molecule"; watching [[Series/TheJerrySpringerShow The Jerzy Spaniel Show]] with Katie in the room, resulting in the toddler, um, adding a new word to her vocabulary; or nodding off on the job due to fatigue, allowing Katie to chop her beautiful new dress to pieces with scissors. For the Jerzy Spaniel incident, Paige's wages for the job were a grand total of... ''one penny''.

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* Paige's [[BabysittingEpisode adventures in babysitting]] little Katie O'Dell, which somehow manage to avoid getting into BadlyBatteredBabysitter territory because Paige is usually to blame for what goes wrong - whether it's feeding the toddler chocolate cake, resulting in Katie becoming a "human gas molecule"; watching [[Series/TheJerrySpringerShow The Jerzy Spaniel Show]] with Katie in the room, resulting in the toddler, um, adding a new word to her vocabulary; or nodding off on the job due to fatigue, allowing Katie to chop her beautiful new dress to pieces with scissors. For the Jerzy Spaniel incident, Paige's wages for the job were a grand total of... ''one penny''. For the scissors incident, Paige had to buy a new dress to replace the one Katie destroyed, but she discovered this had an upside...
-->'''Roger:''' Honey, have you seen the ''size'' of the back-to-school outfits our daughter is buying?!

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'''Peter Jackson:''' I can't tell if that kid's method acting or just insane. ... Hand over the Ring, Frodo! NOW!\\

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'''Peter Jackson:''' Let me guess: Frodo.\\
'''Assistant''': You got it.\\
'''Peter Jackson:''' I can't tell if that kid's method acting or just insane. ... Hand over Give up the Ring, Frodo! NOW!\\
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'''[[VideoGame/MsPacMan]]:''' Hello, Jason. Remember me?\\

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'''[[VideoGame/MsPacMan]]:''' '''VideoGame/MsPacMan:''' Hello, Jason. Remember me?\\
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-->'''Jason:''' I'll never play a video game starring a girl! Do you hear me? Never! Never! Never!\\
'''Lara:''' Permit me to reintroduce you to someone.\\
'''[[VideoGame/MsPacMan]]:''' Hello, Jason. Remember me?\\
'''Jason:''' AAAA! The pizza parlor had only one game! I was young! I was desperate!
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* A week-long arc where Jason borrows Peter's old magic set ends with Jason hosting a magic show for Andy, Peter and Paige.
-->'''Jason:''' And now, the moment you've all been waiting for! I reach into my hat and produce not ''one'', but— ''(picks up the hat and searches through it)'' Um... Shoot. Where'd they all go?\\
'''Andy:''' Where'd what all go?\\
''(final panel depicts Jason at a payphone)''\\
'''Jason:''' Well, Marcus, [[NoodleIncident I figured out why magicians don't typically work with snakes]]...
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* Any time Paige [[LethalChef cooks]], whether she's making peach cobbler so rock-hard it has to be chiseled out of the pan, using Diet Pepsi in place of baking soda, or thinking "clean the turkey" means pressing the "clean" button on the oven while the turkey is inside. In the same arc where she cooks turkey, her pumpkin pie is so sticky that it pulled out two of Roger's fillings.

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* Any time Paige [[LethalChef cooks]], whether she's making peach cobbler so rock-hard it has to be chiseled out of the pan, using Diet Pepsi in place of baking soda, or thinking "clean the turkey" means pressing the "clean" button on the oven while the turkey is inside. In the same an arc where she cooks turkey, Thanksgiving dinner, her pumpkin pie is so sticky that it pulled out two of Roger's fillings.
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* Any time Paige [[LethalChef cooks]], whether she's making peach cobbler so rock-hard it has to be chiseled out of the pan, using Diet Pepsi in place of baking soda, or thinking "clean the turkey" means pressing the "clean" button on the oven while the turkey is inside.

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* Any time Paige [[LethalChef cooks]], whether she's making peach cobbler so rock-hard it has to be chiseled out of the pan, using Diet Pepsi in place of baking soda, or thinking "clean the turkey" means pressing the "clean" button on the oven while the turkey is inside. In the same arc where she cooks turkey, her pumpkin pie is so sticky that it pulled out two of Roger's fillings.
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** Also, Phoebe's costume references ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'', with her being dressed up as Hobbes with a Calvin doll.
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* Similarly, there's the ''Film/LordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing'' arc, in which ''Paige'' becomes obsessed with the film... because of the casting of Creator/OrlandoBloom. And Jason is NOT happy.

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* Similarly, there's the ''Film/LordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing'' ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing'' arc, in which ''Paige'' becomes obsessed with the film... because of the casting of Creator/OrlandoBloom. And Jason is NOT happy.
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* Similarly, there's the ''Film/LordOfTheRingsTheReturnOfTheKing'' arc, in which ''Paige'' becomes obsessed with the film... because of the casting of Creator/OrlandoBloom. And Jason is NOT happy.
-->'''Jason:''' Stop gushing about the movie! You aren't allowed to!\\
'''Paige:''' Why not?\\
'''Jason:''' The "Lord of the Rings" films are made for people like '''me''' to love! '''We''' memorized the books! '''We''' made the web sites! '''We''' drew the detailed maps of Osgiliath on our binders!\\
'''Paige:''' But Orlando Bloom is my... my... precious.\\
'''Jason:''' You aren't allowed to make Gollum jokes, either!\\
'''Paige:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Who's Gollum?]]
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* Paige's [[BabysittingEpisode adventures in babysitting]] little Katie O'Dell, which somehow manage to avoid getting into BadlyBatteredBabysitter territory because Paige is usually to blame for what goes wrong - whether it's feeding the toddler chocolate cake, resulting in Katie becoming a "human gas molecule"; watching [[Series/TheJerrySpringerShow The Jerzy Spaniel Show]] with Katie in the room, resulting in the toddler, um, adding a new word to her vocabulary; or nodding off on the job due to fatigue, allowing Katie to chop her beautiful new dress to pieces with scissors. For the Jerzy Spaniel incident, Paige's wages for the job were a grand total of... ''one penny''.
* Paige and the [[Franchise/{{Tamagotchi}} Tamagrouchy]], which, unlike its real-life counterpart, is demanding, spoiled, and foul-mouthed. She gets Jason to reprogram it, which turns out to be a mistake: in addition to being as irritating as before, the virtual pet now insists she give Jason money.
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* [[https://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2004/10/31 This strip]] from Halloween 2004. Eileen, Eugene, Phoebe and Marcus discover that all the food has been eaten and the punch bowl is empty.
-->'''Jason:''' (''[[DidntThinkThisThrough dressed as]] [[Franchise/StarWars Jabba]] [[BigEater the Hutt]]'') Why's everyone looking at ''me''?
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* Any time Paige [[LethalChef cooks]], whether she's making peach cobbler so rock-hard it has to be chiseled out of the pan, using Diet Pepsi in place of baking soda, or thinking "clean the turkey" means pressing the "clean" button on the oven while the turkey is inside.

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** Another strip where Roger tells Jason and Marcus the video game they're playing had ''better'' be rated "M."
-->'''Marcus:''' I wish ''my'' dad thought "M" stood for "Mild."



'''Peter Jackson:''' Oh geez... Hand over the Ring, Frodo!\\

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'''Peter Jackson:''' Oh geez... I can't tell if that kid's method acting or just insane. ... Hand over the Ring, Frodo!\\Frodo! NOW!\\
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* The entire week of Roger and Andy imagining what it would have been like for Peter Jackson to try and direct Jason as Frodo and Marcus as Sam had they been cast in his ''Lord of the Rings'' films, including: the two of them quoting every piece of dialogue from the books, being impressed with orcs while afraid of Galadriel (because GirlsHaveCooties), and of course Jason refusing to give up the Ring after filming's over.
-->'''Assistant:''' Director, one of the hobbits refuses to return one of the props.\\
'''Peter Jackson:''' Oh geez... Hand over the Ring, Frodo!\\
'''Jason:''' But it's my precious!
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* The tribute comic to Charles Schulz. Jason sits at a lemonade stand selling cups priced at $50,000. [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Lucy]], whose Psychiatric Help booth is right next door, sneers at him and asks, "Got a nickel?"

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** [[BlackComedy Depending on your sense of humor]], it's gotten even funnier since ''Film/GrizzlyMan'' came out.



* [[ItMakesSenseInContext Andy, dressed up and ready to go to Lalapalooza with Paige.]]

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-->''Coffeeee...''
* [[ItMakesSenseInContext Andy, dressed up and ready to go to Lalapalooza Lollapalooza with Paige.]]
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* In one strip, Andy and Roger are listening to a CD of ambient nature sounds. At one point in the CD, they both hear "Get away from that equipmen—" followed by bears growling and the sound of tearing flesh.

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* In one strip, Andy and Roger are listening to a CD of ambient nature sounds. At one point in the CD, they both hear "Get "Hey! Get away from that equipmen—" followed by bears growling growling, screaming and the sound of tearing flesh.
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* The entire week where Jason dreamed of [[TombRaider Lara Croft]] chasing him.

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* The entire week where Jason dreamed of [[TombRaider [[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]] chasing him.
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* Paige tells Andy that the [[ExactWords can of soup she microwaved exploded]]. When Andy asks what Paige did, Paige simply says it exploded.
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* [[http://www.foxtrot.com/2010/01/01242010/ This strip]]. You may need to be fluent in textspeak ''and'' good at algebra, though.
* [[http://www.foxtrot.com/2009/12/12062009/ A wonderful]] ShoutOut to ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'' and its affinity for puns.

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* [[http://www.foxtrot.com/2010/01/01242010/ gocomics.com/foxtrot/2010/01/24 This strip]]. You may need to be fluent in textspeak ''and'' good at algebra, though.
* [[http://www.foxtrot.com/2009/12/12062009/ gocomics.com/foxtrot/2009/12/6 A wonderful]] ShoutOut to ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'' and its affinity for puns.



* [[http://www.foxtrot.com/2013/10/10202013/ October 20, 2013]]: [[Franchise/LesMiserables "Les Physz"]]

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* [[http://www.foxtrot.com/2013/10/10202013/ com/2013/10/20/les-physz/ October 20, 2013]]: [[Franchise/LesMiserables "Les Physz"]]
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* One strip has Roger giving up beer for Lent, leading to the kids making [--root--] BEER jokes.

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* One strip has Roger giving up beer for Lent, leading to the kids making [--root--] BEER jokes.The entire week where Jason dreamed of [[TombRaider Lara Croft]] chasing him.

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* [[http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2014/05/04#.U2ZcuVeBr6c May 4, 2014]]: StarWars day.

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* [[http://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2014/05/04#.U2ZcuVeBr6c May 4, 2014]]: StarWars Franchise/StarWars day.


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* One strip has Roger giving up beer for Lent, leading to the kids making [--root--] BEER jokes.
* The entire [[http://i.imgur.com/gOKNimE.png Darth Jason]] arc, as Jason self-inserts himself into a hypothetical ''Star Wars'' special edition who joins the villains and escapes to cause trouble in the hypothetical sequels.
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* In one Sunday strip, Jason and Marcus reenact the climactic battle from ''Return of the Sith'', though they go all-out with their reenactment at the local pool...

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* In one Sunday strip, Jason and Marcus reenact the climactic battle from ''Return ''Revenge of the Sith'', though they go all-out with their reenactment at the local pool...
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-->'''Roger''': Just as I'll do every day this SUMMER...

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-->'''Roger''': Just as I'll do most every day this SUMMER...

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