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%%* BananaPeel

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%%* BananaPeel* BananaPeel: One of the myriad agents for SlipperySkid. In [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/1908/ strip #1908]], however, it's somehow responsible for a [[EpicFail freak car accident that sends Master Q's car crashing into a building, with the car in question ending up FAR ABOVE GROUND]].
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Many strips end with a character (often Master Q) getting the hell away from whatever circumstance said character finds too scary/dangerous/etc. to handle. [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/2073/ Here]] [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/2180/ are]] [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/751/ some]] [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/2502/ examples]].
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* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: In [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/1933/ strip #1933]], it's a fish/whale instead of a human suffering this fate, as the result of the marine animal in question ramming the boat Master Q had fitted razor-sharp blades to head-on, causing the animal in question to be split cleanly in two halves.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Some strips run on this. Case in point is [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/2372/ strip #2372]]: Master Q tries to woo a girl with a bundle of flowers, only to be turned down. He then shows her a large bag full of money, resulting in the girl in question doing a 180-degree change of attitude at once, proving herself to be a GoldDigger. The strip ends with Master Q running away from the girl while holding his bag, with the girl chasing him.

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* BodyguardBetrayal: In [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/1919/ strip #1919]], Master Q hires a man as his bodyguard at the rate of $10 a day, which the man claims is low, but he relents when Master Q threatens to find someone else. The hired guard accompanies him to a bank... and then has Master Q BoundAndGagged when no one is looking before leaving with the money Master Q takes out of the bank.



** In [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/2478/ strip #2478]], Master Q drives a two-seat convertible... and into a tree.

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** In [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/2478/ strip #2478]], Master Q drives a two-seat convertible... and into a tree.

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%%* WatchOutForThatTree

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%%* WatchOutForThatTree* WatchOutForThatTree: More than once.
** Master Q calls his dog over to him in [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/164/ strip #164]], but the dog runs into a tree on the way over.
** Master Q's attempts at getting edible fruits off a tree by repeatedly shaking it in [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/1920/ strip #1920]] ends with said tree falling on him.
** In [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/2478/ strip #2478]], Master Q drives a two-seat convertible... and into a tree.
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%%* FlowerPotDrop: Very common. Often happens as a result of Master Q singing to attract a woman.

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%%* * FlowerPotDrop: Very common. Often happens as a result of Master Q singing to attract a woman. In [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/1918/ strip #1918]], a woman does this to Master Q twice: the first time by accident, and the second time on purpose.
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* EngineeredHeroics: Master Q pulls this when he fends off a mugger who turns out to have been paid to act as such in order for Master Q to impress a girl in [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/1939/ strip #1939]].
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** An inversion happens when the TV show features a lady teaching how to apply lipstick. Then Master Q and Big Potato move the TV. The next panel shows that the lady's face and lips are messy with lipstick.

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** An inversion [[InvertedTrope inversion]] happens in [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/2198/ strip #2198]] when the TV show features a lady teaching how to apply lipstick. Then Master Q and Big Potato move the TV. The next panel shows that the lady's face and lips are messy with lipstick.
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** In [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/1891/ strip #1891]], Master Q kills a mosquito landing on Big Potato's head with a newspaper. Because Big Potato was napping at the time, however, he's not pleased that Master Q woke him up prematurely and tells him not to use a newspaper. When Master Q spots another mosquito landing on Big Potato's head, he kills it... with a fly swatter this time.
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** A westerner asks Master Q where he could buy a chair, but Master Q can't understand him due to LanguageBarrier, and so the westerner squats to imitating sitting down. Master Q leads him... to a men's toilet.

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** A westerner asks Master Q where he could buy a chair, chair in [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/2453/ strip #2453]], but Master Q can't understand him due to LanguageBarrier, and so the westerner squats to imitating sitting down. Master Q leads him... to a men's toilet.
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** A westerner asks Master Q where he could buy a chair, but Master Q can't understand him due to LanguageBarrier, and so the westerner squats to imitating sitting down. Master Q leads him... to a men's toilet.

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* ToiletHumour: Occasionally. One example is [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/1957/ strip #1957]], where Master Q claims to Big Potato that he's making a cake and invites the latter to share some, and Big Potato obliges... only to end up inside Master Q's bathroom, holding his nose due to the foul odor.
-->'''[[TheGadfly Master Q]]''': Would you like some tea?

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* ToiletHumour: Occasionally. One example is A few strips fall into this.
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[[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/1957/ strip #1957]], where Master Q claims to Big Potato that he's making a cake and invites the latter to share some, and Big Potato obliges... only to end up inside Master Q's bathroom, holding his nose due to the foul odor.
-->'''[[TheGadfly --->'''[[TheGadfly Master Q]]''': Would you like some tea?tea?
** Master Q and Mr. Chin go scuba-diving in [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/2320/ strip #2320]] and come across a sunken ship, before Master Q gestures in a direction. Mr. Chin follows him... to the washroom of the ship.

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* TheGadfly:
** Sometimes Master Q annoys Mr. Chiu or the other way round for no reason. Often leads to the two of them fighting.
** Occasionally, Master Q annoys anybody else for no reason, such as when someone is reading a book, he takes it away.



* ToiletHumour: Occasionally. One example is [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/1957/ strip #1957]], where Master Q claims to Big Potato that he's making a cake and invites the latter to share some, and Big Potato obliges... only to end up inside Master Q's bathroom, holding his nose due to the foul odor.
-->'''[[TheGadfly Master Q]]''': Would you like some tea?



* {{Troll}}: Sometimes Master Q annoys Mr. Chiu or the other way round for no reason. Often leads to the two of them fighting.
** Occasionally, Master Q annoys anybody else for no reason, such as when someone is reading a book, he takes it away.
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* LowMaintenance: In [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/186/ strip #186]], Big Potato gets knocked off the balance bicycle he's riding when he crosses paths with a wooden plank Master Q and Mr. Chin happen to hoist on their shoulder at the time.

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* LowMaintenance: LowClearance: In [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/186/ strip #186]], Big Potato gets knocked off the balance bicycle he's riding when he crosses paths with a wooden plank Master Q and Mr. Chin happen to hoist on their shoulder at the time.
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* LowMaintenance: In [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/186/ strip #186]], Big Potato gets knocked off the balance bicycle he's riding when he crosses paths with a wooden plank Master Q and Mr. Chin happen to hoist on their shoulder at the time.
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* CantYouReadTheSign: Some strips involve someone doing whatever is noted as inadvisable by the nearby sign, such as Master Q taking a peek at a nude beach through the fence despite the nearby sign reading "MEMBERS ONLY" in [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/2149/ strip #2149]].
-->[[BreakingTheFourthWall Damn Alfonso Wong.]]
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%%* CoconutMeetsCranium* CoconutMeetsCranium: Mr. Chin suffers from this fate in [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/1847/ strip #1847]] when a coconut drops onto his scalp while he sunbaths under a coconut tree.
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* TenPacesAndTurn: Master Q does this with a westerner in [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/2236/ strip #2236]]. [[ShaggyDogStory It ends up with no one winning because their starting point is on the peak of a small hill that obscures the view of one another when they turn around.]]
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* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight: Master Q does this by pulling out a pistol in [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/2186/ strip #2186]]. Doubles as BeyondTheImpossible due to the strip in question being set in ancient China.
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* BeyondTheImpossible: Most of the strips feature this. Includes Master Q [[http://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/1669/ eating bullets before shooting as if his fingers are real guns,]] pulling out a pistol in ancient Chinese settings during a fight, [[http://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/1733/ eating two microphones at once,]] etc.

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* BeyondTheImpossible: Most of the strips feature this. Includes Master Q [[http://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/1669/ eating bullets before shooting as if his fingers are real guns,]] [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/2186/ pulling out a pistol in ancient Chinese settings during a fight, fight]], [[http://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/1733/ eating two microphones at once,]] etc.
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* BaldnessAngst: Some strips happen due to Master Q's desire to no longer be bald, but FailureIsTheOnlyOption for him. [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/2477/ See for yourself.]]

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* BaldnessAngst: Some strips happen due to Master Q's desire to no longer be bald, but FailureIsTheOnlyOption for him.bald. [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/2477/ See for See]] [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/2496/ for]] [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/2379/ yourself.]]
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* BaldnessAngst: Some strips happen due to Master Q's desire to no longer be bald, but FailureIsTheOnlyOption for him. [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/2477/ See for yourself.]]

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* ExactWords:

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* ExactWords: Happens more than once.



* MundaneUtility: As Master Q shows in [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/1061/ one strip]], boxing gloves are handy in helping their wearer avoid getting burned while handling hot food.

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* MundaneUtility: Happens once in a while.
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As Master Q shows in [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/1061/ one strip]], strip #1061]], boxing gloves are handy in helping their wearer avoid getting burned while handling hot food.food.
** Mr. Chin illustrates in [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/2480/ strip #2480]] that a fish's ribs are useful as a makeshift comb.
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* DisguisedInDrag: Played with in [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/2340/ strip #2340]]. Big Potato, in his normal clothing, bumps into a waiter holding a bowl of noodles, causing the noodles to fly out of the bowl and fall onto Big Potato's head, which, in turn, results in the waiter mistaking him for a woman, much to Big Potato's chagrin.
-->Sorry, miss.
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* AccidentalPun: In one strip, a westerner asks Master Q about a picture on the wall: a bright sun and a beach. Master Q replies him, "Sun of a beach." The next panel shows Master Q with black eyes and the westerner walking away.

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* AccidentalPun: In one strip, [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/2201/ strip #2201]], a westerner asks Master Q about a picture on the wall: a bright sun and a beach. Master Q replies him, "Sun of a beach." The next panel shows Master Q with black eyes and the westerner angrily walking away.
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** [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/2498/ Strip #2498]] has Master Q's cat reaching towards the TV screen when a fish appears there, before reaching into the TV itself. Master Q laughs at his cat... and the strip ends with his cat leaving with the fish that initially appeared on TV, shocking Master Q as a result.
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* HyperCompetentSideKick: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/2200/ strip #2200]]. Mr. Chiu manages to impress the audience with his balancing act despite sweating slightly, and then Master Q takes the props away... with a much more impressive balancing act of his own ''without breaking a sweat'', unseen by the audience.

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* HyperCompetentSideKick: HyperCompetentSidekick: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/2200/ strip #2200]]. Mr. Chiu manages to impress the audience with his balancing act despite sweating slightly, and then Master Q takes the props away... with a much more impressive balancing act of his own ''without breaking a sweat'', unseen by the audience.
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* HyperCompetentSideKick: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/2200/ strip #2200]]. Mr. Chiu manages to impress the audience with his balancing act despite sweating slightly, and then Master Q takes the props away... with a much more impressive balancing act of his own ''without breaking a sweat'', unseen by the audience.
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* PetsAsAPresent: [[https://www.oldmasterq.com/comics/2119/ Strip #2119]] ends with Master Q giving Miss Chan a dog as her birthday present.

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