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** Also, Marten's father's boyfriend [[spoiler: and now husband]] used to be [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1516 an environmental engineer.]] Now he's [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2378 a golf instructor.]]
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** Also, Marten's father's boyfriend [[spoiler: and now husband]] used to be [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1516 an environmental engineer.]] Now he's [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2378 a golf instructor.]]instructor,]] given their age, it's entirely possible that he retired off-panel.
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** [[http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1900 Only hinted at]].
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* TorchesAndPitchforks: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1017 Winslow and Pintsize even wear kinda Amish-esque hats and brandish a pitchfork and bible and look like the stereotypical]] [[BurnTheWitch burn the witch crowd]]. They go [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-da-f%C3%A9 auto-de-fé]] on Hanelore for pinching her android-"boyfriends" ass.
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* SecondLawMyAss: Pintsize. He loves making obscene jokes and generally being a pain in everybody's ass (so no real regard for the first or second law, although he generally does no real harm, just annoyance) and some of his stunts are predictably bad for his own well-being (slice of cake, even though he knew it'd damage to his hardware, so he also doesn't give a damn about the third law).
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* SecondLawMyAss: Pintsize. He loves making obscene jokes and generally being a pain in everybody's ass (so no real regard for the first or second law, although he generally does no real harm, just annoyance) and some of his stunts are predictably bad for his own well-being (slice (such as eating a slice of cake, even though he knew it'd damage to his hardware, so he also doesn't give a damn about the third law).
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* SecondLawMyAss: Pintsize. He loves making obscene jokes and generally being a pain in everybody's ass (so no real regard for the first or second law, although he generally does no real harm, just annoyance) and some of his stunts are predictably bad for his own well-being (he once ate a bucket full (slice of cake mix, cake, even though he knew it'd damage to his motherboard enough for Steve to have to replace it, hardware, so he also doesn't give a damn about the third law).
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* SecondLawMyAss: Pintsize. He loves to make making obscene jokes and generally being a pain in everybody's ass (so no real regard for the first or second law, although he generally does no real harm, just annoyance) and some of his stunts are predictably bad for his own well-being (he once ate a bucket full of cake mix, even though he knew, knew it'd damage his motherboard enough for Steve having to have to replace it, so he also doesn't give a damn about the third law).
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* SecondLawMyAss: Pintsize. He loves to make obscene jokes and generally being a in everybody's ass (so no real regard for the first or second law, although he generally does no real harm, just annoyance) and some of his stunts are predictably bad for his own well-being (he once ate bucket full of cake mix, even though he knew, it'd damage his motherboard enough for Steve having to replace it, so he also doesn't give a damn about the third law).
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* TrollingCreator: Jeph proudly trolls the shippers with various shipteases and cliffhangers.
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* [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Three Guys]]: The Bro Guys. They never fail to show up for moments of bro-ness.
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* RoommateCom: The webcomic begins with 20-something Marten Reid and his Anthro PC Pintsize. The first "arc" has Marten and his buddy Steve hanging out at a bar, bitching about their love and work lives. Marten soon gets a roommate in Faye, and they form a group of True Companions along with Marten's OCD neighbor and Faye's coworkers.
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* RightInFrontOfMe: In strip 2621, one of Tai's friends voices her disbelief at how [[spoiler: Dora's Ex has no problems with the fact that she and Tai are in a relationship]], without realizing that the guy in question, Marten, is standing right next to Tai. Marten, however, is too amused at the scene to say anything.
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* RightInFrontOfMe: In [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2621 strip 2621, 2621]], one of Tai's friends voices her disbelief at how [[spoiler: Dora's Ex has no problems with the fact that she and Tai are in a relationship]], without realizing that the guy in question, Marten, is standing right next to Tai. Marten, however, is too amused at the scene to say anything.
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* RightInFrontOfMe: In strip 2621, one of Tai's friends voices her disbelief at how [[spoiler: Dora's-EX has no problems with the fact that she and Tai are in a relationship]], without realizing that the guy in question, Marten, is standing right next to Tai. Marten, however, is too amused at the scene to say anything.
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* RightInFrontOfMe: In strip 2621, one of Tai's friends voices her disbelief at how [[spoiler: Dora's-EX Dora's Ex has no problems with the fact that she and Tai are in a relationship]], without realizing that the guy in question, Marten, is standing right next to Tai. Marten, however, is too amused at the scene to say anything.
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* RightInFrontOfMe: In strip 2621, one of Tai's friends voices her disbelief at how [[spoiler: Dora's-EX has no problems with the fact that she and Tai are in a relationship]], without realizing that the guy in question, Marten, is standing right next to Tai. He, Marten, however, finds is too amused at the conversation amusing rather than offensive.scene to say anything.
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--> [[BewareTheSillyOnes Clinton]]: Damnit, my hand is stuck is murder-mode. Let's go to the grocery store, I need to find something trachea-like for it to crush.
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--> [[BewareTheSillyOnes Clinton]]: '''[[BewareTheSillyOnes Clinton]]''': Damnit, my hand is stuck is murder-mode. Let's go to the grocery store, I need to find something trachea-like for it to crush.
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* TwiceShy: Dale and Marigold.
-->'''Faye:''' Meganerd and dorkasaurus, a love to outlast the ages.
-->'''Faye:''' Meganerd and dorkasaurus, a love to outlast the ages.
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* ShoutOut: Given its length and the artist's interests, very many.
** Marigold has an ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' T-Shirt.
** Two ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'' characters (Helen B. Narbon and Dave Davenport) appear in the first panel of [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=543 #543.]]
** [[Manga/MahouSenseiNegima Negi and Nodoka]] show up in the third panel of [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=656 #656]].
** [[DresdenCodak Kimiko Ross]], [[DieselSweeties Red Robot]], and [[{{Applegeeks}} Eve]] make an appearance in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1421 #1421]].
** Marigold has Manga/{{Yotsuba}} and [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh Osaka]] posters in her room, and in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1613 Magical Maidservant Mari-Chan]], Marigold has a [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh Sakaki]]-esque kawaii-gasm. Jeph is clearly a fan of Kiyohiko Azuma.
** You might miss the ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' shout-out in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1657 this comic]] until you look at the title and watch the beginning of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmIxxfk-Im4 the show's opening]]. Even then, it's kind of subtle.
*** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1661 Shelby]] the Great Pyrenees is drawn very similarly to [[http://azumanga.wikia.com/wiki/Tadakichi-san Tadakichi-san]]. Unsurprising, given ''Azumanga Daioh'''s influence on the comic.
** Marigold's hair in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1738 #1738]] looks an awful lot like Chiyo-chan's.
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1391 #1391]], covering eight different {{webcomics}}.
** There is [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1313 one]] to ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''. Hannelore mumbles part of Foul Ole Ron's catchphrase.
*** Said catchphrase ("millennium hand and shrimp") is itself a ShoutOut to TheyMightBeGiants, taking this UpToEleven.
** To ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' when Dale pulls the [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-gendo-pose Gendo pose.]] He's also a fan of LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya, going by the poster behind him.
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1501 Angus is reading a book]] by Creator/JimButcher.
** Marigold wearing a [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1528 Haruhi shirt]].
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1509 This page]] is one to ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}''.
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1999 Comic 1999]] has a anthro-pc breaking out into song. Said song is a parody of the lyrics to the song of the movie of the same name, TheSoundOfMusic.
** [[Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei SAYONARA]], [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1730 SHELBY SENSEI!]]
** [[CthulhuMythos Ia, ia,]] [[EnsembleDarkhorse Hannelore]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1753 fhtagn]].
*** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1754 And again, next page.]]
** The [=VespAvenger=] - a crazy girl on a Vespa who runs people down. [[Anime/{{FLCL}} Sounds familiar]].
** There are several panels featuring Jeph's webcomic artist friends from the Northampton area walking by in the background.
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=720 This]] is what [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=721 happens]] when Jeph tries to get every anime/RPG reference out of his system at once.
** Marten '''Tiberius''' Reed. A ''Franchise/StarTrek'' reference or maybe [[StephenColbert Stephen T. Colbert]]?
** A subtle reference to ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1844 this]] strange lady's singing.
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=333 I can do it!]] I can totally do it [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Nine_Times nine]] [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner times]]!
** [[SomethingPositive Davan and Nancy]] show up in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=511 this strip.]]
** "[[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1994 The PX-3500]] has [[TabletopGame/BattleTech dual ERPPCs and six medium lasers]]. It is NICE."
** There's a [[DieselSweeties Red Robot]], [[Franchise/MassEffect Geth]] and a [[LuckyStar Konata]] chassis for sale in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1998 this strip,]] which is even called "Robocameos". And the shop itself is called Literature/{{Idoru}}.
** To ''WeeblAndBob'' (more specifically, [[http://www.weebls-stuff.com/wab/team+laser+explosion/ Team Laser Explosion]]) in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=382 #382]].
** If you look at the Hot Topic in the background of [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1996 #1966]], you can see a poster advertising [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} troll horns]].
** [[Literature/{{Dune}} I must not laugh]]. Laughter is the Marten-killer. [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=351 Laughter is the little death that brings about total obliteration by an enraged Faye...]]
** Hell, Jacques even works a reference to ''[[Creator/EdgarAllanPoe The Cask of Amontillado]]'' in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1123 #1123.]]
** Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy: "[[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1978 Adam's Law]]".
** [[Film/ThePrincessBride "Mawwage!]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=481 Twue wuv!"]]
** Momo's original chassis is almost certainly a reference to Sumomo from ''Manga/{{Chobits}}''.
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2137 This comic]] appears to feature, in its third panel, [[{{Nichijou}} a certain seven-year-old professor...]]
*** Also note Marigold's [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1993 ringtone]].
** Shortly after, a minor character by the name of [[VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition Francis York]] appears.
** Marten refers to Clinton as [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Tom Servo]] during one particular moment of creepiness.
** Marigold has been shown wearing a "[[ThisVeryWiki This Troper]]" T-shirt on [[http://jephjacques.com/post/5819937113/this-troper Jeph's Tumblr]].
** Marigold is wearing Karkat's Cancer symbol shirt from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2275 in comic 2275]].
** [[HelloNurse Hel-LOOO,]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=946 Nurse!]]
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2112 Strip #2112]] is entitled [[Music/{{Rush}} Try Not To Rush.]]
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2292 "Script by]] Creator/CassandraClare." This was done in return for Clare writing in a QC reference in ''[[Literature/MortalInstruments City of Lost Souls]]'', in which she had Simon Lewis wear a "Clearly I Have Made Some Bad Decisions" T-shirt.
** Hannelore's dad in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2145 #2145]]: "Drat, I was hoping I'd finally get to test out the [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} paranormal containment unit]] I designed back in '84."
** Emily has an ImagineSpot where [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2361 she picture's Tai's hair a variety of different colors and styles.]] One of those styles is [[Manga/DragonBall Super Saiyan]].
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2397 Claire models]] [[Music/{{Bjork}} the infamous swan dress.]]
** Marigold has an ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' T-Shirt.
** Two ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'' characters (Helen B. Narbon and Dave Davenport) appear in the first panel of [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=543 #543.]]
** [[Manga/MahouSenseiNegima Negi and Nodoka]] show up in the third panel of [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=656 #656]].
** [[DresdenCodak Kimiko Ross]], [[DieselSweeties Red Robot]], and [[{{Applegeeks}} Eve]] make an appearance in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1421 #1421]].
** Marigold has Manga/{{Yotsuba}} and [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh Osaka]] posters in her room, and in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1613 Magical Maidservant Mari-Chan]], Marigold has a [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh Sakaki]]-esque kawaii-gasm. Jeph is clearly a fan of Kiyohiko Azuma.
** You might miss the ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' shout-out in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1657 this comic]] until you look at the title and watch the beginning of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmIxxfk-Im4 the show's opening]]. Even then, it's kind of subtle.
*** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1661 Shelby]] the Great Pyrenees is drawn very similarly to [[http://azumanga.wikia.com/wiki/Tadakichi-san Tadakichi-san]]. Unsurprising, given ''Azumanga Daioh'''s influence on the comic.
** Marigold's hair in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1738 #1738]] looks an awful lot like Chiyo-chan's.
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1391 #1391]], covering eight different {{webcomics}}.
** There is [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1313 one]] to ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''. Hannelore mumbles part of Foul Ole Ron's catchphrase.
*** Said catchphrase ("millennium hand and shrimp") is itself a ShoutOut to TheyMightBeGiants, taking this UpToEleven.
** To ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' when Dale pulls the [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-gendo-pose Gendo pose.]] He's also a fan of LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya, going by the poster behind him.
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1501 Angus is reading a book]] by Creator/JimButcher.
** Marigold wearing a [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1528 Haruhi shirt]].
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1509 This page]] is one to ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}''.
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1999 Comic 1999]] has a anthro-pc breaking out into song. Said song is a parody of the lyrics to the song of the movie of the same name, TheSoundOfMusic.
** [[Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei SAYONARA]], [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1730 SHELBY SENSEI!]]
** [[CthulhuMythos Ia, ia,]] [[EnsembleDarkhorse Hannelore]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1753 fhtagn]].
*** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1754 And again, next page.]]
** The [=VespAvenger=] - a crazy girl on a Vespa who runs people down. [[Anime/{{FLCL}} Sounds familiar]].
** There are several panels featuring Jeph's webcomic artist friends from the Northampton area walking by in the background.
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=720 This]] is what [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=721 happens]] when Jeph tries to get every anime/RPG reference out of his system at once.
** Marten '''Tiberius''' Reed. A ''Franchise/StarTrek'' reference or maybe [[StephenColbert Stephen T. Colbert]]?
** A subtle reference to ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1844 this]] strange lady's singing.
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=333 I can do it!]] I can totally do it [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Nine_Times nine]] [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner times]]!
** [[SomethingPositive Davan and Nancy]] show up in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=511 this strip.]]
** "[[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1994 The PX-3500]] has [[TabletopGame/BattleTech dual ERPPCs and six medium lasers]]. It is NICE."
** There's a [[DieselSweeties Red Robot]], [[Franchise/MassEffect Geth]] and a [[LuckyStar Konata]] chassis for sale in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1998 this strip,]] which is even called "Robocameos". And the shop itself is called Literature/{{Idoru}}.
** To ''WeeblAndBob'' (more specifically, [[http://www.weebls-stuff.com/wab/team+laser+explosion/ Team Laser Explosion]]) in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=382 #382]].
** If you look at the Hot Topic in the background of [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1996 #1966]], you can see a poster advertising [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} troll horns]].
** [[Literature/{{Dune}} I must not laugh]]. Laughter is the Marten-killer. [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=351 Laughter is the little death that brings about total obliteration by an enraged Faye...]]
** Hell, Jacques even works a reference to ''[[Creator/EdgarAllanPoe The Cask of Amontillado]]'' in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1123 #1123.]]
** Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy: "[[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1978 Adam's Law]]".
** [[Film/ThePrincessBride "Mawwage!]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=481 Twue wuv!"]]
** Momo's original chassis is almost certainly a reference to Sumomo from ''Manga/{{Chobits}}''.
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2137 This comic]] appears to feature, in its third panel, [[{{Nichijou}} a certain seven-year-old professor...]]
*** Also note Marigold's [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1993 ringtone]].
** Shortly after, a minor character by the name of [[VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition Francis York]] appears.
** Marten refers to Clinton as [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Tom Servo]] during one particular moment of creepiness.
** Marigold has been shown wearing a "[[ThisVeryWiki This Troper]]" T-shirt on [[http://jephjacques.com/post/5819937113/this-troper Jeph's Tumblr]].
** Marigold is wearing Karkat's Cancer symbol shirt from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2275 in comic 2275]].
** [[HelloNurse Hel-LOOO,]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=946 Nurse!]]
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2112 Strip #2112]] is entitled [[Music/{{Rush}} Try Not To Rush.]]
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2292 "Script by]] Creator/CassandraClare." This was done in return for Clare writing in a QC reference in ''[[Literature/MortalInstruments City of Lost Souls]]'', in which she had Simon Lewis wear a "Clearly I Have Made Some Bad Decisions" T-shirt.
** Hannelore's dad in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2145 #2145]]: "Drat, I was hoping I'd finally get to test out the [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} paranormal containment unit]] I designed back in '84."
** Emily has an ImagineSpot where [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2361 she picture's Tai's hair a variety of different colors and styles.]] One of those styles is [[Manga/DragonBall Super Saiyan]].
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2397 Claire models]] [[Music/{{Bjork}} the infamous swan dress.]]
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* ShoutOut: Given its length and the artist's interests, very many.
** Marigold has an ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' T-Shirt.
** Two ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'' characters (Helen B. Narbon and Dave Davenport) appear in the first panel of [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=543 #543.]]
** [[Manga/MahouSenseiNegima Negi and Nodoka]] show up in the third panel of [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=656 #656]].
** [[DresdenCodak Kimiko Ross]], [[DieselSweeties Red Robot]], and [[{{Applegeeks}} Eve]] make an appearance in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1421 #1421]].
** Marigold has Manga/{{Yotsuba}} and [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh Osaka]] posters in her room, and in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1613 Magical Maidservant Mari-Chan]], Marigold has a [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh Sakaki]]-esque kawaii-gasm. Jeph is clearly a fan of Kiyohiko Azuma.
** You might miss the ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' shout-out in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1657 this comic]] until you look at the title and watch the beginning of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmIxxfk-Im4 the show's opening]]. Even then, it's kind of subtle.
*** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1661 Shelby]] the Great Pyrenees is drawn very similarly to [[http://azumanga.wikia.com/wiki/Tadakichi-san Tadakichi-san]]. Unsurprising, given ''Azumanga Daioh'''s influenceNow on the comic.
** Marigold's hair in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1738 #1738]] looks an awful lot like Chiyo-chan's.
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1391 #1391]], covering eight different {{webcomics}}.
** There is [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1313 one]] to ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''. Hannelore mumbles part of Foul Ole Ron's catchphrase.
*** Said catchphrase ("millennium hand and shrimp") is itself a ShoutOut to TheyMightBeGiants, taking this UpToEleven.
** To ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' when Dale pulls the [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-gendo-pose Gendo pose.]] He's also a fan of LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya, going by the poster behind him.
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1501 Angus is reading a book]] by Creator/JimButcher.
** Marigold wearing a [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1528 Haruhi shirt]].
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1509 This page]] is one to ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}''.
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1999 Comic 1999]] has a anthro-pc breaking out into song. Said song is a parody of the lyrics to the song of the movie of the same name, TheSoundOfMusic.
** [[Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei SAYONARA]], [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1730 SHELBY SENSEI!]]
** [[CthulhuMythos Ia, ia,]] [[EnsembleDarkhorse Hannelore]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1753 fhtagn]].
*** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1754 And again, next page.]]
** The [=VespAvenger=] - a crazy girl on a Vespa who runs people down. [[Anime/{{FLCL}} Sounds familiar]].
** There are several panels featuring Jeph's webcomic artist friends from the Northampton area walking by in the background.
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=720 This]] is what [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=721 happens]] when Jeph tries to get every anime/RPG reference out of his system at once.
** Marten '''Tiberius''' Reed. A ''Franchise/StarTrek'' reference or maybe [[StephenColbert Stephen T. Colbert]]?
** A subtle reference to ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1844 this]] strange lady's singing.
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=333 I can do it!]] I can totally do it [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Nine_Times nine]] [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner times]]!
** [[SomethingPositive Davan and Nancy]] show up in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=511 this strip.]]
** "[[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1994 The PX-3500]] has [[TabletopGame/BattleTech dual ERPPCs and six medium lasers]]. It is NICE."
** There's a [[DieselSweeties Red Robot]], [[Franchise/MassEffect Geth]] and a [[LuckyStar Konata]] chassis for sale in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1998 this strip,]] which is even called "Robocameos". And the shop itself is called Literature/{{Idoru}}.
** To ''WeeblAndBob'' (more specifically, [[http://www.weebls-stuff.com/wab/team+laser+explosion/ Team Laser Explosion]]) in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=382 #382]].
** If you look at the Hot Topic in the background of [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1996 #1966]], you can see a poster advertising [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} troll horns]].
** [[Literature/{{Dune}} I must not laugh]]. Laughter is the Marten-killer. [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=351 Laughter is the little death that brings about total obliteration by an enraged Faye...]]
** Hell, Jacques even works a reference to ''[[Creator/EdgarAllanPoe The Cask of Amontillado]]'' in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1123 #1123.]]
** Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy: "[[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1978 Adam's Law]]".
** [[Film/ThePrincessBride "Mawwage!]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=481 Twue wuv!"]]
** Momo's original chassis is almost certainly a reference to Sumomo from ''Manga/{{Chobits}}''.
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2137 This comic]] appears to feature, in its third panel, [[{{Nichijou}} a certain seven-year-old professor...]]
*** Also note Marigold's [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1993 ringtone]].
** Shortly after, a minor character by the name of [[VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition Francis York]] appears.
** Marten refers to Clinton as [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Tom Servo]] during one particular moment of creepiness.
** Marigold has been shown wearing a "[[ThisVeryWiki This Troper]]" T-shirt on [[http://jephjacques.com/post/5819937113/this-troper Jeph's Tumblr]].
** Marigold is wearing Karkat's Cancer symbol shirt from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2275 in comic 2275]].
** [[HelloNurse Hel-LOOO,]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=946 Nurse!]]
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2112 Strip #2112]] is entitled [[Music/{{Rush}} Try Not To Rush.]]
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2292 "Script by]] Creator/CassandraClare." This was done in return for Clare writing in a QC reference in ''[[Literature/MortalInstruments City of Lost Souls]]'', in which she had Simon Lewis wear a "Clearly I Have Made Some Bad Decisions" T-shirt.
** Hannelore's dad in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2145 #2145]]: "Drat, I was hoping I'd finally get to test out the [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} paranormal containment unit]] I designed back in '84."
** Emily has an ImagineSpot where [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2361 she picture's Tai's hair a variety of different colors and styles.]] One of those styles is [[Manga/DragonBall Super Saiyan]].
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2397 Claire models]] [[Music/{{Bjork}} the infamous swan dress.]][[ShoutOut/QuestionableContent their own page]].
** Marigold has an ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' T-Shirt.
** Two ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'' characters (Helen B. Narbon and Dave Davenport) appear in the first panel of [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=543 #543.]]
** [[Manga/MahouSenseiNegima Negi and Nodoka]] show up in the third panel of [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=656 #656]].
** [[DresdenCodak Kimiko Ross]], [[DieselSweeties Red Robot]], and [[{{Applegeeks}} Eve]] make an appearance in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1421 #1421]].
** Marigold has Manga/{{Yotsuba}} and [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh Osaka]] posters in her room, and in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1613 Magical Maidservant Mari-Chan]], Marigold has a [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh Sakaki]]-esque kawaii-gasm. Jeph is clearly a fan of Kiyohiko Azuma.
** You might miss the ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' shout-out in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1657 this comic]] until you look at the title and watch the beginning of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmIxxfk-Im4 the show's opening]]. Even then, it's kind of subtle.
*** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1661 Shelby]] the Great Pyrenees is drawn very similarly to [[http://azumanga.wikia.com/wiki/Tadakichi-san Tadakichi-san]]. Unsurprising, given ''Azumanga Daioh'''s influence
** Marigold's hair in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1738 #1738]] looks an awful lot like Chiyo-chan's.
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1391 #1391]], covering eight different {{webcomics}}.
** There is [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1313 one]] to ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''. Hannelore mumbles part of Foul Ole Ron's catchphrase.
*** Said catchphrase ("millennium hand and shrimp") is itself a ShoutOut to TheyMightBeGiants, taking this UpToEleven.
** To ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' when Dale pulls the [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-gendo-pose Gendo pose.]] He's also a fan of LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya, going by the poster behind him.
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1501 Angus is reading a book]] by Creator/JimButcher.
** Marigold wearing a [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1528 Haruhi shirt]].
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1509 This page]] is one to ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}''.
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1999 Comic 1999]] has a anthro-pc breaking out into song. Said song is a parody of the lyrics to the song of the movie of the same name, TheSoundOfMusic.
** [[Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei SAYONARA]], [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1730 SHELBY SENSEI!]]
** [[CthulhuMythos Ia, ia,]] [[EnsembleDarkhorse Hannelore]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1753 fhtagn]].
*** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1754 And again, next page.]]
** The [=VespAvenger=] - a crazy girl on a Vespa who runs people down. [[Anime/{{FLCL}} Sounds familiar]].
** There are several panels featuring Jeph's webcomic artist friends from the Northampton area walking by in the background.
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=720 This]] is what [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=721 happens]] when Jeph tries to get every anime/RPG reference out of his system at once.
** Marten '''Tiberius''' Reed. A ''Franchise/StarTrek'' reference or maybe [[StephenColbert Stephen T. Colbert]]?
** A subtle reference to ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1844 this]] strange lady's singing.
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=333 I can do it!]] I can totally do it [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Nine_Times nine]] [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner times]]!
** [[SomethingPositive Davan and Nancy]] show up in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=511 this strip.]]
** "[[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1994 The PX-3500]] has [[TabletopGame/BattleTech dual ERPPCs and six medium lasers]]. It is NICE."
** There's a [[DieselSweeties Red Robot]], [[Franchise/MassEffect Geth]] and a [[LuckyStar Konata]] chassis for sale in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1998 this strip,]] which is even called "Robocameos". And the shop itself is called Literature/{{Idoru}}.
** To ''WeeblAndBob'' (more specifically, [[http://www.weebls-stuff.com/wab/team+laser+explosion/ Team Laser Explosion]]) in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=382 #382]].
** If you look at the Hot Topic in the background of [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1996 #1966]], you can see a poster advertising [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} troll horns]].
** [[Literature/{{Dune}} I must not laugh]]. Laughter is the Marten-killer. [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=351 Laughter is the little death that brings about total obliteration by an enraged Faye...]]
** Hell, Jacques even works a reference to ''[[Creator/EdgarAllanPoe The Cask of Amontillado]]'' in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1123 #1123.]]
** Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy: "[[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1978 Adam's Law]]".
** [[Film/ThePrincessBride "Mawwage!]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=481 Twue wuv!"]]
** Momo's original chassis is almost certainly a reference to Sumomo from ''Manga/{{Chobits}}''.
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2137 This comic]] appears to feature, in its third panel, [[{{Nichijou}} a certain seven-year-old professor...]]
*** Also note Marigold's [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1993 ringtone]].
** Shortly after, a minor character by the name of [[VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition Francis York]] appears.
** Marten refers to Clinton as [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Tom Servo]] during one particular moment of creepiness.
** Marigold has been shown wearing a "[[ThisVeryWiki This Troper]]" T-shirt on [[http://jephjacques.com/post/5819937113/this-troper Jeph's Tumblr]].
** Marigold is wearing Karkat's Cancer symbol shirt from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2275 in comic 2275]].
** [[HelloNurse Hel-LOOO,]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=946 Nurse!]]
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2112 Strip #2112]] is entitled [[Music/{{Rush}} Try Not To Rush.]]
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2292 "Script by]] Creator/CassandraClare." This was done in return for Clare writing in a QC reference in ''[[Literature/MortalInstruments City of Lost Souls]]'', in which she had Simon Lewis wear a "Clearly I Have Made Some Bad Decisions" T-shirt.
** Hannelore's dad in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2145 #2145]]: "Drat, I was hoping I'd finally get to test out the [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} paranormal containment unit]] I designed back in '84."
** Emily has an ImagineSpot where [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2361 she picture's Tai's hair a variety of different colors and styles.]] One of those styles is [[Manga/DragonBall Super Saiyan]].
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2397 Claire models]] [[Music/{{Bjork}} the infamous swan dress.]]
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* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: Pintsize behaves like this when Marten changes his locale to British.
* QuoteToQuoteCombat: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2243 #2243]] features an idiom battle between Marten and Tai. Marten wins.
* TheRant: Sometimes rather long and detailed, frequently an indecipherable drawl.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=187 According to Marten]].
* RapidFireComedy: Sometimes. It's supposed to be a gag-per-day format, aside from strips about relationships and angst. Most jokes are supported by snide comments from somebody else present in the same panel. If the strip features no beat panels and buildups, it can make each panel like that.
* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler:The Marten/Dora breakup]] is a well-written reflection on how real relationships can go south. Bonus points for using personality traits and behaviors they exhibited previously (in humorous context at the time) outside of their relationship.
* RealityIsUnrealistic: Occasionally complaints crop up about the ImprobablyFemaleCast, but it turns out that Northampton really is roughly 60% female and 40% male, largely due to the presence of the all-girls' Smith College. (Represented as "Smif College" in the QC universe.)
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: A week of unplanned guest comics ran in late October and early November 2011 due to an extended power outage caused by the late-October snowstorms' damage to what were already temporary post-Hurricane Irene repairs to the Western Mass power grid.
* RecklessGunUsage: Marten [[JugglingLoadedGuns doesn't observe]] ''taser'' safety and [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=529 accidentally electrocutes himself]]. Of course, he ''was'' drunk.
* RedEyesTakeWarning:
** [[spoiler:Faye issuing a death mandate to Pintsize against Sven's latest hook-up.]]
** Dora gets her turn when [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1754 Hanners asks Sven]] on a pretend date.
** Faye gets HER turn when [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1808 "convincing" Dora to get a therapist]].
* RefugeInAudacity:
** Mentioned in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=305 305]].
** Executed in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=982 982]], somewhat {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=989 989]].
** An unintentional example can be found in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1115 1115]].
* RememberTheNewGuy: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1640 Dale]].
* {{Retcon}}:
** Cosette's last name used to be Beaumarchais. Now it's Hurlbut.
** Also, Marten's father's boyfriend [[spoiler: and now husband]] used to be [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1516 an environmental engineer.]] Now he's [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2378 a golf instructor.]]
* ARiddleWrappedInAMysteryInsideAnEnigma: When someone references Raven's indecipherable status (Is she just a [[TheDitz Ditz]] given to being unusually insightful, or a GeniusDitz who uses ObfuscatingStupidity?), Raven responds, [[http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=542 "I'm a mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped in an AWESOME rack!"]]
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: Momo, as of strip 2000.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Implied if Marten had done anything [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2425 here.]]
--> [[BewareTheSillyOnes Clinton]]: Damnit, my hand is stuck is murder-mode. Let's go to the grocery store, I need to find something trachea-like for it to crush.
* {{Robosexual}}: [[http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1900 Only hinted at]].
** Some of the more humanoid [=AnthroPCs=] are [[http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1998 obviously meant to cater to this]], such as the prototype of one that [[http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1459 looked like Jude Law]] with a prehensile GagPenis. It's also mutual. Momo has fantasized about Sven before, and Pintsize is a LovablePervert.
---> [[http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1658 No one is quite sure who decided it would be useful for artificial intelligences to posess [sic] libidos, but it is generally agreed that it would be more trouble than it is worth to remove it. Besides, the horny little buggers would revolt.]]
** [[http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=2158 And then Station confesses his love to Hannelore]]. [[spoiler:Sadly for him, she platonically returns his feelings and wants to stay on Earth. He knew she'd answer that, and [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy he'd rather her be happy]].]]
* RobotBuddy: The [=AnthroPCs=].
* RobotGirl: Momo has [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1658 the weirdest dreams...]]
* [[BestialityIsDepraved Robot Sex Is Depraved]]: When Marten jokes that he imagines this is how AI was invented, Hanners says she once asked her father (who invented the technology), but he ''panicked and avoided answering the question.''
* RobotWar: Put on indefinite hold, mostly because the robots realized that if they won they'd be in charge, and who wants that responsibility?
* RosesAreRedVioletsAreBlue, you are really hot, let's fuck. [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1189 Yes, it's Sven]].
* RuleOfCool: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2110 The lens flare was added because lens flares are awesome and if you disagree you are dumb.]]
* RuleOfFunny: Most of the crazy stuff that happens, but Hannelore's obsessive-compulsive disorder deserves special mention since, as an OCD sufferer himself, Jacques can hardly be said to have not done the research.
* RunningGag:
** Surprise-kisses on Friday. [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=564 So far]] [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1079 there have]] [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1735 been]] [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2055 four]]. When there was [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1724 a kiss that WASN'T posted on Friday]], Jeph lampshaded it in the news post for that day.
** The specials list on the blackboard at Coffee of Doom.
* RussianReversal: In Soviet Russia, [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=145 cake mixes you!]]
* SandInMyEyes: Angus after [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2004 this]] touching moment.
* SarcasticConfession: Of sorts. [[spoiler:Hannelore's first meeting with Marten.]]
* ScaryShinyGlasses:
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1693 Somebody]] likes [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion NGE]]... [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1771 Somehow]] he can even do it without a light source!
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2282 He is not the only one]]. Amazingly, she can do it without even wearing glasses.
** Dale's constantly-shiny-from-any-angle-regardless-of-ambient-light glasses are [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2487 eventually revealed]] to be [[GogglesDoSomethingUnusual backlit AR specs]].
* SceneryCensor: Two conveniently placed bottles [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=519 protect Raven's breasts]] from us while she flashes Sven.
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1915 Mieville gets in on the act.]]
* ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder: Hannelore's father.
* ScoobyStack: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=676 Lampshaded.]]
* SecondLawMyAss: Pintsize.
* SeinfeldianConversation: Constantly.
-->'''[[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=857 Marten]]:''' I got a haircut.\\
'''Dora:''' You got a haircut?!\\
'''Faye:''' He got a haircut!
* SelfDeprecation: TheRant in many strips:
** From [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1704 #1704]]:
--->Don't worry, this isn't a setup to hire a new [=CoD=] girl. The last thing my comic needs right now is another female character!*\\
* watch- having said that, I'll introduce one tomorrow.
** From [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1705 #1705]]:
--->COMING MONDAY: SIXTEEN BRAND NEW FEMALE COFFEE OF DOOM EMPLOYEES, EACH WITH HER OWN ADORABLE QUIRK!\\
j/k\\
I hope
* SeriousBusiness: For Marigold, [[WorldOfWarcraft Horde vs. Alliance]] is [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1668 SERIOUS]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1680 BUSINESS]]. Followed up on [[ClaspYourHandsIfYouDeceive later with a]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1693 shout-out]].
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Marten lapses into this when drunk.
* SexForSolace: Referenced and {{defied| trope}} after [[spoiler:Dora breaks up with Marten...]]
-->'''[[TheCasanova Sven]]:''' Oh, and if you need some meaningless rebound sex, I know TONS of slutty chicks who'll-\\
'''Marten:''' OKAY THANK YOU BYE
* SexySantaDress: QC's Christmas comics!
* SheCleansUpNicely: Marigold [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1880 hates this trope]].
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Happens in Momo's fantasy shot.
* ShipperOnDeck:
** Dora ships [[spoiler:Angus/Faye]].
** Hanners ships Marigold/Francis (the scientist from John Ellicott's space station).
---> '''Hannelore:''' ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis MARIGOLD. HE. IS. FLIRTING. WITH. YOU!]]''
** Marten {{lampshade|d trope}}s this immediately afterwards.
---> '''Marten:''' "You're really ''dead set'' on that "reasonable number of babies", huh?
** Marten and Faye [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2226 both ship]] Dora/Tai.
** A drunken (and concerned about her own lack of long-term relationship) Mrs. Reed tries to blatant set up [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2379 Marten/Claire]].
* ShipSinking:
** Most vehemently, Marigold/Hannelore, complete with LampshadeHanging (and TakeThat) [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1492 here]] and more HeavyHanded [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1544 here]]. Jeph strongly dislikes how "Shippers" invade his forums and try to randomly place homosexuality upon his straight characters.
** Faye/Marten. Although put on hold before The Talk and his relationship with Dora, it was specifically sunk [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1737 here]], [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1739 two strips later]], and [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1807 these]][[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1838 two]].
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1792 Marigold/Tai.]]
* ShipTease:
** The entirety of the first 500 strips could be considered a ShipTease for Faye/Marten.
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1740 You bastard]].
** Hannelore/Sven: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1768 Unexpected twist?]] Well, [[GenreSavvy not really]]. The possibility that some shippers out there probably are tearing their hair out? Likely.
** Hannelore and Marten's [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=532 first meeting, conversation and interactions including some traditional]] ShipTease. Her characterization changed quite a bit later. 1500 strips and 5 and a half years later they get some new JustFriends styled ship tease, when [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1984 Strip 1984]] involves Marten pondering what he wants and needs from and out of life. The first thing he does upon figuring it out is to go straight to Hannelore. [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2147 Strip 2147 has Hannelore's father instantly think that Marten was the friend who taught Hannelore that physical contact is a good thing]]. And that the physical contact was sex. [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2152 Strip 2152 has a character assume they came up to space together for zero g sex]] and the word JustFriends starts getting thrown about.
** Tai/Dora is, from Strip 2200 on, starting to get teased in a big way. [[spoiler:They become tentatively not long later.]]
** Marigold/Sven, Marigold/Dale, Marigold/Angus, Marigold/Hannelore--Jeph likes Marigold.
*** Two out of these four have been sunk, but [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2485 Oh boy, is the Marigold/Dale]] [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2486 ship getting some teasing.]]
** Ever since Claire admitted to Marten that she's [[spoiler:transgender]], they've both been getting a lot of scenes together. It gets particularly blatant when Marten goes to his father's wedding and brings her along as his guest.
*** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2405 "I am trolling you guys pretty hard"]]
** Pretty much every couple gets a couple of teases in there somewhere.
* ShockSite: Turns out [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1829 Marten's mom knows the Goatse guy!]] As a side note, [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/goatse his name actually ''is'' Kirk.]]
* ShootTheShaggyDog: An InUniverse [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1907 example]], following [[spoiler: Marten and Dora's breakup in strip 1799]]. Also counts as a LampshadeHanging and, as noted above, a ContinuityNod / CallBack in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1965 this strip]] makes it fall under "AngstWhatAngst" territory.
* ShoutOut: Given its length and the artist's interests, very many.
** Marigold has an ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' T-Shirt.
** Two ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'' characters (Helen B. Narbon and Dave Davenport) appear in the first panel of [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=543 #543.]]
** [[Manga/MahouSenseiNegima Negi and Nodoka]] show up in the third panel of [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=656 #656]].
** [[DresdenCodak Kimiko Ross]], [[DieselSweeties Red Robot]], and [[{{Applegeeks}} Eve]] make an appearance in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1421 #1421]].
** Marigold has Manga/{{Yotsuba}} and [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh Osaka]] posters in her room, and in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1613 Magical Maidservant Mari-Chan]], Marigold has a [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh Sakaki]]-esque kawaii-gasm. Jeph is clearly a fan of Kiyohiko Azuma.
** You might miss the ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' shout-out in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1657 this comic]] until you look at the title and watch the beginning of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmIxxfk-Im4 the show's opening]]. Even then, it's kind of subtle.
*** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1661 Shelby]] the Great Pyrenees is drawn very similarly to [[http://azumanga.wikia.com/wiki/Tadakichi-san Tadakichi-san]]. Unsurprising, given ''Azumanga Daioh'''s influence on the comic.
** Marigold's hair in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1738 #1738]] looks an awful lot like Chiyo-chan's.
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1391 #1391]], covering eight different {{webcomics}}.
** There is [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1313 one]] to ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''. Hannelore mumbles part of Foul Ole Ron's catchphrase.
*** Said catchphrase ("millennium hand and shrimp") is itself a ShoutOut to TheyMightBeGiants, taking this UpToEleven.
** To ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' when Dale pulls the [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-gendo-pose Gendo pose.]] He's also a fan of LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya, going by the poster behind him.
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1501 Angus is reading a book]] by Creator/JimButcher.
** Marigold wearing a [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1528 Haruhi shirt]].
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1509 This page]] is one to ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}''.
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1999 Comic 1999]] has a anthro-pc breaking out into song. Said song is a parody of the lyrics to the song of the movie of the same name, TheSoundOfMusic.
** [[Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei SAYONARA]], [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1730 SHELBY SENSEI!]]
** [[CthulhuMythos Ia, ia,]] [[EnsembleDarkhorse Hannelore]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1753 fhtagn]].
*** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1754 And again, next page.]]
** The [=VespAvenger=] - a crazy girl on a Vespa who runs people down. [[Anime/{{FLCL}} Sounds familiar]].
** There are several panels featuring Jeph's webcomic artist friends from the Northampton area walking by in the background.
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=720 This]] is what [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=721 happens]] when Jeph tries to get every anime/RPG reference out of his system at once.
** Marten '''Tiberius''' Reed. A ''Franchise/StarTrek'' reference or maybe [[StephenColbert Stephen T. Colbert]]?
** A subtle reference to ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1844 this]] strange lady's singing.
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=333 I can do it!]] I can totally do it [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Nine_Times nine]] [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner times]]!
** [[SomethingPositive Davan and Nancy]] show up in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=511 this strip.]]
** "[[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1994 The PX-3500]] has [[TabletopGame/BattleTech dual ERPPCs and six medium lasers]]. It is NICE."
** There's a [[DieselSweeties Red Robot]], [[Franchise/MassEffect Geth]] and a [[LuckyStar Konata]] chassis for sale in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1998 this strip,]] which is even called "Robocameos". And the shop itself is called Literature/{{Idoru}}.
** To ''WeeblAndBob'' (more specifically, [[http://www.weebls-stuff.com/wab/team+laser+explosion/ Team Laser Explosion]]) in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=382 #382]].
** If you look at the Hot Topic in the background of [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1996 #1966]], you can see a poster advertising [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} troll horns]].
** [[Literature/{{Dune}} I must not laugh]]. Laughter is the Marten-killer. [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=351 Laughter is the little death that brings about total obliteration by an enraged Faye...]]
** Hell, Jacques even works a reference to ''[[Creator/EdgarAllanPoe The Cask of Amontillado]]'' in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1123 #1123.]]
** Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy: "[[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1978 Adam's Law]]".
** [[Film/ThePrincessBride "Mawwage!]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=481 Twue wuv!"]]
** Momo's original chassis is almost certainly a reference to Sumomo from ''Manga/{{Chobits}}''.
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2137 This comic]] appears to feature, in its third panel, [[{{Nichijou}} a certain seven-year-old professor...]]
*** Also note Marigold's [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1993 ringtone]].
** Shortly after, a minor character by the name of [[DeadlyPremonition Francis York]] appears.
** Marten refers to Clinton as [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Tom Servo]] during one particular moment of creepiness.
** Marigold has been shown wearing a "[[ThisVeryWiki This Troper]]" T-shirt on [[http://jephjacques.com/post/5819937113/this-troper Jeph's Tumblr]].
** Marigold is wearing Karkat's Cancer symbol shirt from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2275 in comic 2275]].
** [[HelloNurse Hel-LOOO,]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=946 Nurse!]]
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2112 Strip #2112]] is entitled [[Music/{{Rush}} Try Not To Rush.]]
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2292 "Script by]] Creator/CassandraClare." This was done in return for Clare writing in a QC reference in ''[[Literature/MortalInstruments City of Lost Souls]]'', in which she had Simon Lewis wear a "Clearly I Have Made Some Bad Decisions" T-shirt.
** Hannelore's dad in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2145 #2145]]: "Drat, I was hoping I'd finally get to test out the [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} paranormal containment unit]] I designed back in '84."
** Emily has an ImagineSpot where [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2361 she picture's Tai's hair a variety of different colors and styles.]] One of those styles is [[Manga/DragonBall Super Saiyan]].
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2397 Claire models]] [[Music/{{Bjork}} the infamous swan dress.]]
* ShownTheirWork: Fans from the Northampton area are continually impressed by the backgrounds of the city, since anyone familiar with the real Northampton can recognize the slightly-changed version of real places.
* ShowWithinAShow: The manga/anime ''Magical Love Gentleman''; Marigold is a '''serious''' fan, and introduced Hannelore and Angus to it.
* ShrinkingViolet: Marigold.
* SickeninglySweethearts: Referenced in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=772 #772]].
* SignificantMonogram: '''P'''enelope '''G'''aines. '''P'''izza '''G'''irl. Read into that what you will.
* SingleStrokeBattle: [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1485 Parodied]].
* SlasherSmile: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1323 Dora, what the hell?]]
* SleepCute:
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=185 Subverted]] with Marten and Faye.
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2406 Played straight]] with Marten and Claire.
* SlutShaming: Inverted when Faye [[spoiler:sleeps with Sven]]. She freaks out and calls herself a slut while her therapist reassures her that sex doesn't have to be bad and a casual relationship could be just what she needs.
* SmokingHotSex:
** ''Pintsize''.
** Faye's snarkgasm of '''SCORN!''': see UnsoundEffect below. "Phew! I need a cigarette!"
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2050 Again]], from Hannelore of all people.
* SocialSemiCircle: Marten's family's table at his [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2402 fathers' wedding]].
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent:
** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d to [[{{Pun}} hell]] and back with [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=666 strip #666]].
---> '''Marten''': Spontaneous metal interlude!
** Any one of Yelling Bird's strips.
* SophisticatedAsHell: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2142 The station computer]].
* SorkinRelationshipMoment: Partial trope namer.
* SpaghettiKiss: Done with a twist for how Marten's parents met in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2386 #2385]].
* SpiderSwarm: The comic has the Coffee of Doom's basement, also known ([[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2467 rightfully]]) as the Spider Zone.
* SpitTake:
** A double one - [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=47 Et voila]].
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1231 Lampshaded?]]
** Marten does one [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2152 in zero gravity]].
* SpockSpeak: Faye did this in the early strips, partly to disguise her [[AmericanAccents Southern accent]] and partly as a defense mechanism. It went away when she was drunk, and has been phased out completely as she's gotten a better grip on her issues.
* SpySpeak: ''No, mother, the peaches are NOT ripe!''
* {{Squee}}:
** Dora over the idea of Faye and Angus together. [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1663 Literally, even]]. And, previously, Marigold after going out to drink with the others.
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1708 Weaponized]] by Hannelore.
** Marten and Hannelore are [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2163 practically bursting with it]].
* StatlerAndWaldorf: [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=253 Marten feels Dora and Faye are acting like this.]]
* StealthPun: Look closely at [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=890 Winslow's eyebrows]]. [[note]]If your screen resolution isn't up to it, they're the word "beta".[[/note]]
* StockSuperheroDayJobs: Inverted by [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=374 Pizza Girl]] and [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=761 Chinese Delivery Man]]. Inversion kind-of {{lampshade| hanging}}d [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=399 here]]. Apparently the mundane is the new super! Though I suppose you'd have to be super to meet some of those delivery deadlines.
* StrictlyFormula: Mostly averted, though because of its day-to-day life storytelling qualities, the same situations pop up with great frequency. One of the most common plot threads in the series was Dora freaking out on Marten over something, Marten reacting negatively, the two talking to other people about their argument, then both apologizing and making up (this has happened about five times in major arcs thus far). Steve has gone through a few "has awkward hook-up with new girl, they awkwardly go through the first stages of a relationship, then they break up" storylines so far. This is largely {{justified|Trope}} considering it's mostly SliceOfLife, and real couples ''do'' do this sort of thing all the time.
* StylisticSuck:
** Marigold's ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic ''[[http://questionablecontent.net/spacewizards.html Hermione and Ginny versus the Space Wizards]]''.
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1236 This comic]], consisting of equal parts BreakingTheFourthWall (which the author normally hates), "lazily-rendered robot jokes," ridiculously blatant {{Fanservice}}, and near-total darkness (concealing more fanservice).
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Used often, but Hanners is the [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=525 creepy]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=596 goddess]] [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1093 of]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1609 this]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1638 trope]].
* SweatDrop: Momo can actually do this, by oozing a special liquid out of her scalp.
* TakeOurWordForIt: Marten's dad's wedding reception. [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2405# You Should've Seen It.]]
* TakeThat:
** Plenty to bands that Jacques doesn't like.
** [[http://jephjacques.tumblr.com/post/3439350865/suck-it-willis SUCK IT, WILLIS]]
* TakeThatAudience:
** Occasionally to the {{Shipping}} fanbase.
** See the quote at the top of the page.
* TechnicallyASmile:
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1585 Hannelore]].
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1215 Faye]].
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1584 Mieville]].
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted multiple times.
** Hannelore has regular therapy sessions, and Faye started seeing Hannelore's therapist.
** In the wake of [[spoiler:Dora and Marten's breakup]], Faye demanded that Dora see a therapist [[spoiler:because of [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1802 the stupidity of her reason]] for the breakup]], which she eventually did.
* ThinkingTic: Most characters will raise an index to their faces when thinking aloud
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=697 Strip 697]]
* ThousandYardStare: [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1276 Hannelore.]]
* TimeSkip: Between [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1310 1310]] and [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1311 1311]].
* ToiletHumor: A surprising amount, a symptom of what Jeph refers to as his "Butts disease" (whereby he is obsessed with butts and the inherent comedy they embody). May they never find a cure.
* TookALevelInBadass: At first, it was assumed that Steve's [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1350 'bus trip']] was the result of a drunken stupor. Then he was more or less validated with [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1406 this.]]
* TooMuchInformation: A common trope.
* TooSoon:
** After Faye [[spoiler:breaks up with Sven]], [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1349 she finds Pintsize in her bed]], ReadyForLovemaking and sporting a Tom Selleck chest wig & moustache:
--->'''Pintsize:''' I know it's a little soon, but- \\
'''Faye:''' The entire universe could have undergone HEAT DEATH and it'd still be too soon.
** Much later, after [[spoiler:Dora breaks up with Marten]], he gives us [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1812 this delightful sight]].
* TrashOfTheTitans: Marigold's epically messy apartment, until Hannelore got to it.
* TrainingMontage: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2212 Marten and the interns.]]
* TrollingCreator: Jeph proudly trolls the shippers with various shipteases and cliffhangers.
* TruthInTelevision: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1681 The turtle humping the shoe?]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd5WRkddJTA It exists.]]
* {{Tsundere}}:
** Faye, from start to finish. [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1525 Hannelore even gave her a shirt proclaiming such.]]
** Angus, [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1691 at times]]. Lampshaded by Marigold's giggle.
** May is originally a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]], as her [[{{Meido}} anime maid form]] was designed to appeal to [[{{Otaku}} Dale's interests,]] something she's quite bitter about. However, she gradually becomes [[DefrostingIceQueen less prickly]] and eventually has [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2514 a full tsundere moment.]]
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Mentioned by Faye when she issued a death warrant to Pintsize at someone.
-->'''Pintsize:''' [[AvertedTrope Actually, we put that on indefinite hiatus.]]\\
'''Faye:''' Damn. Okay, okay, how about if you ever [[AIIsACrapshoot lose your morality programming and go berserk]], she's the first one you kill?\\
'''Pintsize:''' I think I can do that.
* TwentyPercentMoreAwesome: Fournier-Goldman Happiness Units.
* TwerpSweating: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=459 Female version.]]
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* QuoteToQuoteCombat: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2243 #2243]] features an idiom battle between Marten and Tai. Marten wins.
* TheRant: Sometimes rather long and detailed, frequently an indecipherable drawl.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=187 According to Marten]].
* RapidFireComedy: Sometimes. It's supposed to be a gag-per-day format, aside from strips about relationships and angst. Most jokes are supported by snide comments from somebody else present in the same panel. If the strip features no beat panels and buildups, it can make each panel like that.
* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler:The Marten/Dora breakup]] is a well-written reflection on how real relationships can go south. Bonus points for using personality traits and behaviors they exhibited previously (in humorous context at the time) outside of their relationship.
* RealityIsUnrealistic: Occasionally complaints crop up about the ImprobablyFemaleCast, but it turns out that Northampton really is roughly 60% female and 40% male, largely due to the presence of the all-girls' Smith College. (Represented as "Smif College" in the QC universe.)
* RealLifeWritesThePlot: A week of unplanned guest comics ran in late October and early November 2011 due to an extended power outage caused by the late-October snowstorms' damage to what were already temporary post-Hurricane Irene repairs to the Western Mass power grid.
* RecklessGunUsage: Marten [[JugglingLoadedGuns doesn't observe]] ''taser'' safety and [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=529 accidentally electrocutes himself]]. Of course, he ''was'' drunk.
* RedEyesTakeWarning:
** [[spoiler:Faye issuing a death mandate to Pintsize against Sven's latest hook-up.]]
** Dora gets her turn when [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1754 Hanners asks Sven]] on a pretend date.
** Faye gets HER turn when [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1808 "convincing" Dora to get a therapist]].
* RefugeInAudacity:
** Mentioned in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=305 305]].
** Executed in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=982 982]], somewhat {{lampshade|Hanging}}d in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=989 989]].
** An unintentional example can be found in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1115 1115]].
* RememberTheNewGuy: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1640 Dale]].
* {{Retcon}}:
** Cosette's last name used to be Beaumarchais. Now it's Hurlbut.
** Also, Marten's father's boyfriend [[spoiler: and now husband]] used to be [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1516 an environmental engineer.]] Now he's [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2378 a golf instructor.]]
* ARiddleWrappedInAMysteryInsideAnEnigma: When someone references Raven's indecipherable status (Is she just a [[TheDitz Ditz]] given to being unusually insightful, or a GeniusDitz who uses ObfuscatingStupidity?), Raven responds, [[http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=542 "I'm a mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped in an AWESOME rack!"]]
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: Momo, as of strip 2000.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Implied if Marten had done anything [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2425 here.]]
--> [[BewareTheSillyOnes Clinton]]: Damnit, my hand is stuck is murder-mode. Let's go to the grocery store, I need to find something trachea-like for it to crush.
* {{Robosexual}}: [[http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1900 Only hinted at]].
** Some of the more humanoid [=AnthroPCs=] are [[http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1998 obviously meant to cater to this]], such as the prototype of one that [[http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1459 looked like Jude Law]] with a prehensile GagPenis. It's also mutual. Momo has fantasized about Sven before, and Pintsize is a LovablePervert.
---> [[http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=1658 No one is quite sure who decided it would be useful for artificial intelligences to posess [sic] libidos, but it is generally agreed that it would be more trouble than it is worth to remove it. Besides, the horny little buggers would revolt.]]
** [[http://questionablecontent.net./view.php?comic=2158 And then Station confesses his love to Hannelore]]. [[spoiler:Sadly for him, she platonically returns his feelings and wants to stay on Earth. He knew she'd answer that, and [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy he'd rather her be happy]].]]
* RobotBuddy: The [=AnthroPCs=].
* RobotGirl: Momo has [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1658 the weirdest dreams...]]
* [[BestialityIsDepraved Robot Sex Is Depraved]]: When Marten jokes that he imagines this is how AI was invented, Hanners says she once asked her father (who invented the technology), but he ''panicked and avoided answering the question.''
* RobotWar: Put on indefinite hold, mostly because the robots realized that if they won they'd be in charge, and who wants that responsibility?
* RosesAreRedVioletsAreBlue, you are really hot, let's fuck. [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1189 Yes, it's Sven]].
* RuleOfCool: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2110 The lens flare was added because lens flares are awesome and if you disagree you are dumb.]]
* RuleOfFunny: Most of the crazy stuff that happens, but Hannelore's obsessive-compulsive disorder deserves special mention since, as an OCD sufferer himself, Jacques can hardly be said to have not done the research.
* RunningGag:
** Surprise-kisses on Friday. [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=564 So far]] [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1079 there have]] [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1735 been]] [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2055 four]]. When there was [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1724 a kiss that WASN'T posted on Friday]], Jeph lampshaded it in the news post for that day.
** The specials list on the blackboard at Coffee of Doom.
* RussianReversal: In Soviet Russia, [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=145 cake mixes you!]]
* SandInMyEyes: Angus after [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2004 this]] touching moment.
* SarcasticConfession: Of sorts. [[spoiler:Hannelore's first meeting with Marten.]]
* ScaryShinyGlasses:
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1693 Somebody]] likes [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion NGE]]... [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1771 Somehow]] he can even do it without a light source!
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2282 He is not the only one]]. Amazingly, she can do it without even wearing glasses.
** Dale's constantly-shiny-from-any-angle-regardless-of-ambient-light glasses are [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2487 eventually revealed]] to be [[GogglesDoSomethingUnusual backlit AR specs]].
* SceneryCensor: Two conveniently placed bottles [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=519 protect Raven's breasts]] from us while she flashes Sven.
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1915 Mieville gets in on the act.]]
* ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder: Hannelore's father.
* ScoobyStack: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=676 Lampshaded.]]
* SecondLawMyAss: Pintsize.
* SeinfeldianConversation: Constantly.
-->'''[[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=857 Marten]]:''' I got a haircut.\\
'''Dora:''' You got a haircut?!\\
'''Faye:''' He got a haircut!
* SelfDeprecation: TheRant in many strips:
** From [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1704 #1704]]:
--->Don't worry, this isn't a setup to hire a new [=CoD=] girl. The last thing my comic needs right now is another female character!*\\
* watch- having said that, I'll introduce one tomorrow.
** From [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1705 #1705]]:
--->COMING MONDAY: SIXTEEN BRAND NEW FEMALE COFFEE OF DOOM EMPLOYEES, EACH WITH HER OWN ADORABLE QUIRK!\\
j/k\\
I hope
* SeriousBusiness: For Marigold, [[WorldOfWarcraft Horde vs. Alliance]] is [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1668 SERIOUS]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1680 BUSINESS]]. Followed up on [[ClaspYourHandsIfYouDeceive later with a]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1693 shout-out]].
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Marten lapses into this when drunk.
* SexForSolace: Referenced and {{defied| trope}} after [[spoiler:Dora breaks up with Marten...]]
-->'''[[TheCasanova Sven]]:''' Oh, and if you need some meaningless rebound sex, I know TONS of slutty chicks who'll-\\
'''Marten:''' OKAY THANK YOU BYE
* SexySantaDress: QC's Christmas comics!
* SheCleansUpNicely: Marigold [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1880 hates this trope]].
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Happens in Momo's fantasy shot.
* ShipperOnDeck:
** Dora ships [[spoiler:Angus/Faye]].
** Hanners ships Marigold/Francis (the scientist from John Ellicott's space station).
---> '''Hannelore:''' ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis MARIGOLD. HE. IS. FLIRTING. WITH. YOU!]]''
** Marten {{lampshade|d trope}}s this immediately afterwards.
---> '''Marten:''' "You're really ''dead set'' on that "reasonable number of babies", huh?
** Marten and Faye [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2226 both ship]] Dora/Tai.
** A drunken (and concerned about her own lack of long-term relationship) Mrs. Reed tries to blatant set up [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2379 Marten/Claire]].
* ShipSinking:
** Most vehemently, Marigold/Hannelore, complete with LampshadeHanging (and TakeThat) [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1492 here]] and more HeavyHanded [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1544 here]]. Jeph strongly dislikes how "Shippers" invade his forums and try to randomly place homosexuality upon his straight characters.
** Faye/Marten. Although put on hold before The Talk and his relationship with Dora, it was specifically sunk [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1737 here]], [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1739 two strips later]], and [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1807 these]][[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1838 two]].
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1792 Marigold/Tai.]]
* ShipTease:
** The entirety of the first 500 strips could be considered a ShipTease for Faye/Marten.
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1740 You bastard]].
** Hannelore/Sven: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1768 Unexpected twist?]] Well, [[GenreSavvy not really]]. The possibility that some shippers out there probably are tearing their hair out? Likely.
** Hannelore and Marten's [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=532 first meeting, conversation and interactions including some traditional]] ShipTease. Her characterization changed quite a bit later. 1500 strips and 5 and a half years later they get some new JustFriends styled ship tease, when [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1984 Strip 1984]] involves Marten pondering what he wants and needs from and out of life. The first thing he does upon figuring it out is to go straight to Hannelore. [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2147 Strip 2147 has Hannelore's father instantly think that Marten was the friend who taught Hannelore that physical contact is a good thing]]. And that the physical contact was sex. [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2152 Strip 2152 has a character assume they came up to space together for zero g sex]] and the word JustFriends starts getting thrown about.
** Tai/Dora is, from Strip 2200 on, starting to get teased in a big way. [[spoiler:They become tentatively not long later.]]
** Marigold/Sven, Marigold/Dale, Marigold/Angus, Marigold/Hannelore--Jeph likes Marigold.
*** Two out of these four have been sunk, but [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2485 Oh boy, is the Marigold/Dale]] [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2486 ship getting some teasing.]]
** Ever since Claire admitted to Marten that she's [[spoiler:transgender]], they've both been getting a lot of scenes together. It gets particularly blatant when Marten goes to his father's wedding and brings her along as his guest.
*** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2405 "I am trolling you guys pretty hard"]]
** Pretty much every couple gets a couple of teases in there somewhere.
* ShockSite: Turns out [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1829 Marten's mom knows the Goatse guy!]] As a side note, [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/goatse his name actually ''is'' Kirk.]]
* ShootTheShaggyDog: An InUniverse [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1907 example]], following [[spoiler: Marten and Dora's breakup in strip 1799]]. Also counts as a LampshadeHanging and, as noted above, a ContinuityNod / CallBack in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1965 this strip]] makes it fall under "AngstWhatAngst" territory.
* ShoutOut: Given its length and the artist's interests, very many.
** Marigold has an ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}'' T-Shirt.
** Two ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'' characters (Helen B. Narbon and Dave Davenport) appear in the first panel of [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=543 #543.]]
** [[Manga/MahouSenseiNegima Negi and Nodoka]] show up in the third panel of [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=656 #656]].
** [[DresdenCodak Kimiko Ross]], [[DieselSweeties Red Robot]], and [[{{Applegeeks}} Eve]] make an appearance in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1421 #1421]].
** Marigold has Manga/{{Yotsuba}} and [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh Osaka]] posters in her room, and in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1613 Magical Maidservant Mari-Chan]], Marigold has a [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh Sakaki]]-esque kawaii-gasm. Jeph is clearly a fan of Kiyohiko Azuma.
** You might miss the ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' shout-out in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1657 this comic]] until you look at the title and watch the beginning of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmIxxfk-Im4 the show's opening]]. Even then, it's kind of subtle.
*** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1661 Shelby]] the Great Pyrenees is drawn very similarly to [[http://azumanga.wikia.com/wiki/Tadakichi-san Tadakichi-san]]. Unsurprising, given ''Azumanga Daioh'''s influence on the comic.
** Marigold's hair in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1738 #1738]] looks an awful lot like Chiyo-chan's.
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1391 #1391]], covering eight different {{webcomics}}.
** There is [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1313 one]] to ''Literature/{{Discworld}}''. Hannelore mumbles part of Foul Ole Ron's catchphrase.
*** Said catchphrase ("millennium hand and shrimp") is itself a ShoutOut to TheyMightBeGiants, taking this UpToEleven.
** To ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' when Dale pulls the [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-gendo-pose Gendo pose.]] He's also a fan of LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya, going by the poster behind him.
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1501 Angus is reading a book]] by Creator/JimButcher.
** Marigold wearing a [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1528 Haruhi shirt]].
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1509 This page]] is one to ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}''.
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1999 Comic 1999]] has a anthro-pc breaking out into song. Said song is a parody of the lyrics to the song of the movie of the same name, TheSoundOfMusic.
** [[Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei SAYONARA]], [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1730 SHELBY SENSEI!]]
** [[CthulhuMythos Ia, ia,]] [[EnsembleDarkhorse Hannelore]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1753 fhtagn]].
*** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1754 And again, next page.]]
** The [=VespAvenger=] - a crazy girl on a Vespa who runs people down. [[Anime/{{FLCL}} Sounds familiar]].
** There are several panels featuring Jeph's webcomic artist friends from the Northampton area walking by in the background.
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=720 This]] is what [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=721 happens]] when Jeph tries to get every anime/RPG reference out of his system at once.
** Marten '''Tiberius''' Reed. A ''Franchise/StarTrek'' reference or maybe [[StephenColbert Stephen T. Colbert]]?
** A subtle reference to ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1844 this]] strange lady's singing.
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=333 I can do it!]] I can totally do it [[http://www.hrwiki.org/wiki/Nine_Times nine]] [[WebAnimation/HomestarRunner times]]!
** [[SomethingPositive Davan and Nancy]] show up in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=511 this strip.]]
** "[[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1994 The PX-3500]] has [[TabletopGame/BattleTech dual ERPPCs and six medium lasers]]. It is NICE."
** There's a [[DieselSweeties Red Robot]], [[Franchise/MassEffect Geth]] and a [[LuckyStar Konata]] chassis for sale in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1998 this strip,]] which is even called "Robocameos". And the shop itself is called Literature/{{Idoru}}.
** To ''WeeblAndBob'' (more specifically, [[http://www.weebls-stuff.com/wab/team+laser+explosion/ Team Laser Explosion]]) in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=382 #382]].
** If you look at the Hot Topic in the background of [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1996 #1966]], you can see a poster advertising [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} troll horns]].
** [[Literature/{{Dune}} I must not laugh]]. Laughter is the Marten-killer. [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=351 Laughter is the little death that brings about total obliteration by an enraged Faye...]]
** Hell, Jacques even works a reference to ''[[Creator/EdgarAllanPoe The Cask of Amontillado]]'' in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1123 #1123.]]
** Franchise/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy: "[[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1978 Adam's Law]]".
** [[Film/ThePrincessBride "Mawwage!]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=481 Twue wuv!"]]
** Momo's original chassis is almost certainly a reference to Sumomo from ''Manga/{{Chobits}}''.
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2137 This comic]] appears to feature, in its third panel, [[{{Nichijou}} a certain seven-year-old professor...]]
*** Also note Marigold's [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1993 ringtone]].
** Shortly after, a minor character by the name of [[DeadlyPremonition Francis York]] appears.
** Marten refers to Clinton as [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Tom Servo]] during one particular moment of creepiness.
** Marigold has been shown wearing a "[[ThisVeryWiki This Troper]]" T-shirt on [[http://jephjacques.com/post/5819937113/this-troper Jeph's Tumblr]].
** Marigold is wearing Karkat's Cancer symbol shirt from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2275 in comic 2275]].
** [[HelloNurse Hel-LOOO,]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=946 Nurse!]]
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2112 Strip #2112]] is entitled [[Music/{{Rush}} Try Not To Rush.]]
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2292 "Script by]] Creator/CassandraClare." This was done in return for Clare writing in a QC reference in ''[[Literature/MortalInstruments City of Lost Souls]]'', in which she had Simon Lewis wear a "Clearly I Have Made Some Bad Decisions" T-shirt.
** Hannelore's dad in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2145 #2145]]: "Drat, I was hoping I'd finally get to test out the [[Film/{{Ghostbusters}} paranormal containment unit]] I designed back in '84."
** Emily has an ImagineSpot where [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2361 she picture's Tai's hair a variety of different colors and styles.]] One of those styles is [[Manga/DragonBall Super Saiyan]].
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2397 Claire models]] [[Music/{{Bjork}} the infamous swan dress.]]
* ShownTheirWork: Fans from the Northampton area are continually impressed by the backgrounds of the city, since anyone familiar with the real Northampton can recognize the slightly-changed version of real places.
* ShowWithinAShow: The manga/anime ''Magical Love Gentleman''; Marigold is a '''serious''' fan, and introduced Hannelore and Angus to it.
* ShrinkingViolet: Marigold.
* SickeninglySweethearts: Referenced in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=772 #772]].
* SignificantMonogram: '''P'''enelope '''G'''aines. '''P'''izza '''G'''irl. Read into that what you will.
* SingleStrokeBattle: [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1485 Parodied]].
* SlasherSmile: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1323 Dora, what the hell?]]
* SleepCute:
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=185 Subverted]] with Marten and Faye.
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2406 Played straight]] with Marten and Claire.
* SlutShaming: Inverted when Faye [[spoiler:sleeps with Sven]]. She freaks out and calls herself a slut while her therapist reassures her that sex doesn't have to be bad and a casual relationship could be just what she needs.
* SmokingHotSex:
** ''Pintsize''.
** Faye's snarkgasm of '''SCORN!''': see UnsoundEffect below. "Phew! I need a cigarette!"
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2050 Again]], from Hannelore of all people.
* SocialSemiCircle: Marten's family's table at his [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2402 fathers' wedding]].
* SomethingCompletelyDifferent:
** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d to [[{{Pun}} hell]] and back with [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=666 strip #666]].
---> '''Marten''': Spontaneous metal interlude!
** Any one of Yelling Bird's strips.
* SophisticatedAsHell: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2142 The station computer]].
* SorkinRelationshipMoment: Partial trope namer.
* SpaghettiKiss: Done with a twist for how Marten's parents met in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2386 #2385]].
* SpiderSwarm: The comic has the Coffee of Doom's basement, also known ([[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2467 rightfully]]) as the Spider Zone.
* SpitTake:
** A double one - [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=47 Et voila]].
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1231 Lampshaded?]]
** Marten does one [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2152 in zero gravity]].
* SpockSpeak: Faye did this in the early strips, partly to disguise her [[AmericanAccents Southern accent]] and partly as a defense mechanism. It went away when she was drunk, and has been phased out completely as she's gotten a better grip on her issues.
* SpySpeak: ''No, mother, the peaches are NOT ripe!''
* {{Squee}}:
** Dora over the idea of Faye and Angus together. [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1663 Literally, even]]. And, previously, Marigold after going out to drink with the others.
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1708 Weaponized]] by Hannelore.
** Marten and Hannelore are [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2163 practically bursting with it]].
* StatlerAndWaldorf: [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=253 Marten feels Dora and Faye are acting like this.]]
* StealthPun: Look closely at [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=890 Winslow's eyebrows]]. [[note]]If your screen resolution isn't up to it, they're the word "beta".[[/note]]
* StockSuperheroDayJobs: Inverted by [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=374 Pizza Girl]] and [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=761 Chinese Delivery Man]]. Inversion kind-of {{lampshade| hanging}}d [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=399 here]]. Apparently the mundane is the new super! Though I suppose you'd have to be super to meet some of those delivery deadlines.
* StrictlyFormula: Mostly averted, though because of its day-to-day life storytelling qualities, the same situations pop up with great frequency. One of the most common plot threads in the series was Dora freaking out on Marten over something, Marten reacting negatively, the two talking to other people about their argument, then both apologizing and making up (this has happened about five times in major arcs thus far). Steve has gone through a few "has awkward hook-up with new girl, they awkwardly go through the first stages of a relationship, then they break up" storylines so far. This is largely {{justified|Trope}} considering it's mostly SliceOfLife, and real couples ''do'' do this sort of thing all the time.
* StylisticSuck:
** Marigold's ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfic ''[[http://questionablecontent.net/spacewizards.html Hermione and Ginny versus the Space Wizards]]''.
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1236 This comic]], consisting of equal parts BreakingTheFourthWall (which the author normally hates), "lazily-rendered robot jokes," ridiculously blatant {{Fanservice}}, and near-total darkness (concealing more fanservice).
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Used often, but Hanners is the [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=525 creepy]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=596 goddess]] [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1093 of]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1609 this]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1638 trope]].
* SweatDrop: Momo can actually do this, by oozing a special liquid out of her scalp.
* TakeOurWordForIt: Marten's dad's wedding reception. [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2405# You Should've Seen It.]]
* TakeThat:
** Plenty to bands that Jacques doesn't like.
** [[http://jephjacques.tumblr.com/post/3439350865/suck-it-willis SUCK IT, WILLIS]]
* TakeThatAudience:
** Occasionally to the {{Shipping}} fanbase.
** See the quote at the top of the page.
* TechnicallyASmile:
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1585 Hannelore]].
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1215 Faye]].
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1584 Mieville]].
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted multiple times.
** Hannelore has regular therapy sessions, and Faye started seeing Hannelore's therapist.
** In the wake of [[spoiler:Dora and Marten's breakup]], Faye demanded that Dora see a therapist [[spoiler:because of [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1802 the stupidity of her reason]] for the breakup]], which she eventually did.
* ThinkingTic: Most characters will raise an index to their faces when thinking aloud
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=697 Strip 697]]
* ThousandYardStare: [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1276 Hannelore.]]
* TimeSkip: Between [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1310 1310]] and [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1311 1311]].
* ToiletHumor: A surprising amount, a symptom of what Jeph refers to as his "Butts disease" (whereby he is obsessed with butts and the inherent comedy they embody). May they never find a cure.
* TookALevelInBadass: At first, it was assumed that Steve's [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1350 'bus trip']] was the result of a drunken stupor. Then he was more or less validated with [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1406 this.]]
* TooMuchInformation: A common trope.
* TooSoon:
** After Faye [[spoiler:breaks up with Sven]], [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1349 she finds Pintsize in her bed]], ReadyForLovemaking and sporting a Tom Selleck chest wig & moustache:
--->'''Pintsize:''' I know it's a little soon, but- \\
'''Faye:''' The entire universe could have undergone HEAT DEATH and it'd still be too soon.
** Much later, after [[spoiler:Dora breaks up with Marten]], he gives us [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1812 this delightful sight]].
* TrashOfTheTitans: Marigold's epically messy apartment, until Hannelore got to it.
* TrainingMontage: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2212 Marten and the interns.]]
* TrollingCreator: Jeph proudly trolls the shippers with various shipteases and cliffhangers.
* TruthInTelevision: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1681 The turtle humping the shoe?]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd5WRkddJTA It exists.]]
* {{Tsundere}}:
** Faye, from start to finish. [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1525 Hannelore even gave her a shirt proclaiming such.]]
** Angus, [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1691 at times]]. Lampshaded by Marigold's giggle.
** May is originally a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]], as her [[{{Meido}} anime maid form]] was designed to appeal to [[{{Otaku}} Dale's interests,]] something she's quite bitter about. However, she gradually becomes [[DefrostingIceQueen less prickly]] and eventually has [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2514 a full tsundere moment.]]
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Mentioned by Faye when she issued a death warrant to Pintsize at someone.
-->'''Pintsize:''' [[AvertedTrope Actually, we put that on indefinite hiatus.]]\\
'''Faye:''' Damn. Okay, okay, how about if you ever [[AIIsACrapshoot lose your morality programming and go berserk]], she's the first one you kill?\\
'''Pintsize:''' I think I can do that.
* TwentyPercentMoreAwesome: Fournier-Goldman Happiness Units.
* TwerpSweating: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=459 Female version.]]
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