History Recap / PennyAndAggieTheLastSummerOfYouthMay

* PantyShot: Brandi's [[http://www.pennyandaggie.com/index.php?p=1128 skirt]] is a little too short for manual labour.
* ParlorGames: Switch.

Penny gathers her closest friends and acquaintances for a game of Switch, the object of which is to pretend one's sexual orientation has switched and to say which person, any person, would then be one's crush. Sara names [[Franchise/ArchieComics Archie Andrews]] because--inwardly picturing Lucy as she talks--she sees him as someone who's simple, uncomplicated, completely honest and (said with Daphne's onetime belief in the rape slander in mind) unlikely to "turn on you." During her turn, Sara also reflects inwardly on her still keeping in touch with Lucy twice a week, and on not yet having told Daphne.

** "[=20Never=]," in which Campbell parodies his own annual tradition of sans-dialogue storyline previews. Features the unlikely romantic pairings of Penny with [[Franchise/ArchieComics Archie]] and Aggie with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, as well as nods to fandom jokes and CrackFic.

** The third annual ''PennyAndAggie'' CrosswordPuzzle.

Michelle names Music/BritneySpears because, she says with due respect to Sara, she personally finds girl-girl relations "gross," so her match may as well be someone she could pretend is a "trashy, out-of-shape ''guy.''" Lisa, reluctant as always to commit to one gender preference, names HumphreyBogart as her guy-crush and, mischievously, Michelle as her preferred girl. When Michelle fails to realize Lisa's needling her, Lisa says the hopelessness of her crush is what makes it romantic.

* TheDitz: Michelle, despite her [[CharacterDevelopment emotional maturation]] over the course of the school year, remains comically slow in other respects, mispronouncing "critiques" as "critiquahs," assuming that when Penny says "I do watch trends, but I also watch friends" she means the [[{{Friends}} tv show]], and failing to realize that Lisa's joking about having a crush on her.

Michelle names BritneySpears because, she says with due respect to Sara, she personally finds girl-girl relations "gross," so her match may as well be someone she could pretend is a "trashy, out-of-shape ''guy.''" Lisa, reluctant as always to commit to one gender preference, names HumphreyBogart as her guy-crush and, mischievously, Michelle as her preferred girl. When Michelle fails to realize Lisa's needling her, Lisa says the hopelessness of her crush is what makes it romantic.

Penny gathers her closest friends and acquaintances for a game of Switch, the object of which is to pretend one's sexual orientation has switched and to say which person, any person, would then be one's crush. Sara names [[ArchieComics Archie Andrews]] because--inwardly picturing Lucy as she talks--she sees him as someone who's simple, uncomplicated, completely honest and (said with Daphne's onetime belief in the rape slander in mind) unlikely to "turn on you." During her turn, Sara also reflects inwardly on her still keeping in touch with Lucy twice a week, and on not yet having told Daphne.

** "[=20Never=]," in which Campbell parodies his own annual tradition of sans-dialogue storyline previews. Features the unlikely romantic pairings of Penny with [[ArchieComics Archie]] and Aggie with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, as well as nods to fandom jokes and CrackFic.

** Duane's choice of OscarWilde, as the game breaks up, is more facetious (playing off Jack's jokingly choosing Duane) but does reflect his love for literature.

-->''You wanna...pretend a little more for a minute?''

** Lisa, whose ever-changing celebrity crushes ''outside'' the game are a RunningGag, currently has one on Humphrey Bogart: "His eyes look like they've seen the whole world." As with her earlier RobertDowneyJr crush, her answer reveals HiddenDepths to her character.

* TeasingCreator: Campbell both amused and infuriated "Agenny" (Penny/Aggie) shippers by juxtaposing the characters' FirstKiss with Nick's observation that soap bubbles remain separate, self-enclosed entities even as they join and that "contents may settle during [[{{Pun}} shipping]]," and most of all with a final panel showing front and centre in Nick's class...Aggie's first crush, Marshall. The latter proved to be a [[spoiler: RedHerring]], as Aggie in fact [[spoiler: continues not to have any contact with Marshall for the remainder of the series]].

** Lagacé's early [[http://www.pennyandaggie.com/index.php?p=1119 conceptual sketches]] for the comic, featuring, among other things, Penny's little brother Matt who [[WhatCouldHaveBeen never made it into the comic]] after Campbell decided to focus on the teen leads rather than their families; a more jock-like Duane; and a blonde, sweeter-looking Charisma.

-->''"You wanna...pretend a little more for a minute?"''

--> You wanna...pretend a little more for a minute?

"The Last Summer of Youth" is the final major ''PennyAndAggie'' story arc and, at four chapters and a running time of nine months, the second-longest arc in the series. During its course, the romantic undercurrent in the title characters' relationship, [[ShipTease hinted at]] throughout much of the comic, finally comes to the surface, as Penny and Aggie explore being more than friends. The relationships, romantic and otherwise, of several supporting characters also undergo challenges and changes.

** A guest strip, written and drawn by [=R.C.=] Monroe of ''OutThere'', in which the imprisoned Charlotte chats online with Rich's assailant Gary.

* FlowerMotifs / LoveBubbles: These appear in the background twice during the Switch game: first, when Fred and Daphne play-kiss to convey the idea they'd be each other's true love if they were straight, and subsequently when Penny and Aggie exchange a LongingLook.

* WildTeenParty: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Not with Rob and Lynda around!

* BottleFairy: Yolanda, aka Drunk Girl.

* TeasingCreator: Campbell both amused and infuriated "Agenny" (Penny/Aggie) shippers by juxtaposing the characters' FirstKiss with Nick's observation that soap bubbles remain separate, self-enclosed entities even as they join and that "contents may settle during [[AWorldWidePunomenon shipping]]," and most of all with a final panel showing front and centre in Nick's class...Aggie's first crush, Marshall. The latter proved to be a [[spoiler: RedHerring]], as Aggie in fact [[spoiler: continues not to have any contact with Marshall for the remainder of the series]].

After the party, Aggie stays behind to help Penny clean up, and they discuss Bob's ban from future get-togethers. Responding to a mocking suggestion from her friend, Aggie asks for his phone number so she can try and reach out to the otherwise apparently friendless Bob. As they step outside to put out the soda cans, their discussion turns back to the Switch game, which Penny justifies by saying it's fun to pretend sometimes, and Aggie draws the analogy to their acting in ''{{Macbeth}}''. Nervous, Penny asks Aggie if she'd like to keep on playing (see page quote).

When Aggie assumes (or pretends to) that Penny's talking about playing at her being Meghan, Penny, to Aggie's initial surprise, kisses her. As Aggie kisses back and they say goodnight, with Penny's suggestion to her "pretend girlfriend" that they do this again, there is juxtaposed a lecture by Nick on the physics of soap bubbles, serving as an analogy for the state of things between the two girls right now (see below).

* FlowerMotifs / LoveBubbles: These appear in the background twice during the Switch game: first, when Fred and Daphne play-kiss to convey the idea they'd be each other's true love if they were straight, and subsequently when Penny and Aggie exchange a LongingLook.

* TeasingCreator: Campbell both amused and infuriated "Agenny" (Penny/Aggie) shippers by juxtaposing the characters' FirstKiss with Nick's observation that soap bubbles remain separate, self-enclosed entities even as they join and that "contents may settle during [[AWorldWidePunomenon shipping]]," and most of all with a final panel showing front and centre in Nick's class...Aggie's first crush, Marshall. The latter proved to be a [[spoiler: RedHerring]], as Aggie in fact [[spoiler: continues not to have any contact with Marshall for the remainder of the series]].

* HollywoodPudgy: Michelle's view of Britney Spears (she even hyperbolically pictures her as a morbidly obese couch potato) and, judging from their disgusted reaction, that of Katy-Ann, Sara and Brandi.

* AscendedMeme - Yolanda first appeared, briefly and sans dialogue (other than "Woooooo"), in [[Recap/PennyAndAggieVertigo Vertigo]] and [[Recap/PennyAndAggieAwakening Awakening]]. Though unnamed at the time, fans loved her for her sheer inebriated joy and [[FanNickname named]] her "Drunk Girl." When she reappears in this chapter, in a more substantial speaking role, she refers proudly to ''herself'' by that nickname.
* BookEnds - In the first comic, Nick lectures on the paradoxes inherent in the Möbius strip which, he says, is simultaneously one, two and three-dimensional and, depending on one's perspective, either has neither beginning nor ending, or ends where it starts. The final comic in the chapter shows Nick lecturing on the physics of soap bubbles, in particular the fact that two bubbles remain separate and sealed even when joined together. Both lectures are metaphors for Penny's and Aggie's complex, ever-changing relationship.
* BottleFairy - Yolanda, aka Drunk Girl.

* CelebCrush - Several characters play with this trope during the Switch game:

* ComingOutStory - Penny finally acts on her long-suppressed attraction to Aggie, both in front of friends and, more directly, in private. Aggie, for her part, though having been aware for some time she likes girls in general, recognizes for the first time her attraction to Penny.
* DeadpanSnarker - Rob Levac, in dealing with Bob. Rather than losing his temper, as many a parent might do in such a circumstance, he confines himself to wry insults.
* TheDitz - Michelle, despite her [[CharacterDevelopment emotional maturation]] over the course of the school year, remains comically slow in other respects, mispronouncing "critiques" as "critiquahs," assuming that when Penny says "I do watch trends, but I also watch friends" she means the [[{{Friends}} tv show]], and failing to realize that Lisa's joking about having a crush on her.

* EveryoneCanSeeIt - Sara's claim, back in [[Recap/PennyAndAggieCampaignTrail Campaign Trail]], that the Penny/Aggie attraction was obvious to everyone, comes true. Even Brandi, who was the last of Sara's friends to realize she was gay, can see it.
* FillerStrip - Several filler pieces (strips and otherwise) ran in between "Missing Person" and this arc, in order to give Waltrip a Christmas vacation:

* FirstKiss - Not only Penny's and Aggie's first time kissing each other, but Aggie's first real kiss, period.
* {{Foreshadowing}} - Lisa's expression of sympathy for Stan, and look of distaste when Michelle makes a joke at his expense, presage her later [[spoiler: secret FriendsWithBenefits relationship]] with him as revealed in "July," as well as her later, more adamant defence of him in "August."
* FlowerMotifs / LoveBubbles - These appear in the background twice during the Switch game: first, when Fred and Daphne play-kiss to convey the idea they'd be each other's true love if they were straight, and subsequently when Penny and Aggie exchange a LongingLook.
* GoodParents - Rob and Lynda prevent a potential date rape at Penny's party and ensure that the intoxicated Yolanda gets home safely.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation - After all this time, Jack still feels he's not good enough for Katy-Ann, and that in fact he's "draggin' her down."
* HollywoodPudgy - Michelle's view of Britney Spears (she even hyperbolically pictures her as a morbidly obese couch potato) and, judging from their disgusted reaction, that of Katy-Ann, Sara and Brandi.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness - Jack, despite the events of [[Recap/PennyAndAggieCommunion Communion]], persists in seeing Katy-Ann as being on a loftier moral level than he is, and worries that he's pulling her down.
* InsecureLoveInterest - Jack.
* LimitedWardrobe - [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Penny, with regard to Aggie.
* LongingLook - Penny and Aggie exchange one during the Switch game, and another that evening before they kiss.
* PantyShot - Brandi's [[http://www.pennyandaggie.com/index.php?p=1128 skirt]] is a little too short for manual labour.
* ParlorGames - Switch.
* PleaseDumpMe - Sara, unable to muster the nerve to tell Daphne it's over, searches instead for pretexts that might force a breakup fight. First, she half-hopes that Daphne will "make a scene" over Penny's pompous behaviour. Later, she [[GreenEyedMonster glares]] at Daphne for platonically kissing Fred, but backs off when Daphne asks her point-blank whether she's jealous.
* ShipperOnDeck - Although, during the Switch game, [[EveryoneCanSeeIt everyone picks up]] on Penny's and Aggie's mutual attraction, Sara is the one who gets the most visibly excited at the prospect of Penny finally confessing her feelings.
* ShowDontTell - The comic, over time, shows Penny having twinges of attraction for, and {{Erotic Dream}}s about, Aggie, and her attempts to deny and repress them, even after she and Aggie become friends. Then, for several months in-universe, or over a year in real-world time, the comic drops this plot thread apart from occasional, mostly subtle hints of a growing closeness and synchronicity between the two girls. Then, in the current chapter, Penny makes a series of increasingly bold moves to signal her interest. Missing from the comic is the intermediate stage in which Penny would've finally accepted and embraced her feelings for Aggie and made the decision to act on them. Outside the strip, Campbell has [[ShrugOfGod declined]] to fill in the blanks, other than stating that the girls' conversation in [[Recap/PennyAndAggieMissingPersonSuspiciousMinds Suspicious Minds]] helped solidify Penny's decision.
* TeasingCreator - Campbell both amused and infuriated "Agenny" (Penny/Aggie) shippers by juxtaposing the characters' FirstKiss with Nick's observation that soap bubbles remain separate, self-enclosed entities even as they join and that "contents may settle during [[AWorldWidePunomenon shipping]]," and most of all with a final panel showing front and centre in Nick's class...Aggie's first crush, Marshall. The latter proved to be a [[spoiler: RedHerring]], as Aggie in fact [[spoiler: continues not to have any contact with Marshall for the remainder of the series]].
* WildTeenParty - [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Not with Rob and Lynda around!

* TheDitz - Michelle, despite her [[CharacterDevelopment emotional maturation]] over the course of the school year, remains comically slow in other respects, mispronouncing "critiques" as "critiquahs" and failing to realize that Lisa's joking about having a crush on her.

Fred and Daphne go next, play-kissing each other on the lips to show they'd be each other's crush. Daphne explains that Fred's always been there for her, helping her discover herself, come to terms with her mother's divorce and remarriage, and become a better person. Sara glares at Daphne for kissing him, but backs off from starting a break-up fight when Daphne asks her point-black if she's jealous and she denies it.