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* RuralGangsters: Lampshades and Zigzags this; the comic's MythArc after it transitions into colour involves Doc fighting against the "Cumberland Mafia". When he first learns of its existence, a footnote appears saying that Cumberland has a population of about 21,000, too small for any serious organized crime outfit. However, as pointed out in a later chapter, Cumberland is a few hour's drive from Washington, D.C. and is part of a larger metropolitan area with a population of about 90,000.
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* SoundEffectBleep: In the middle of a July day, Doc looks up to see [[spoiler:a solid wall of snow falling from the sky]] and manages to stammer out [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/22p02/ "What. The. *FUMP*"]].
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* SoundEffectBleep: In the middle of a July day, Doc looks up to see [[spoiler:a solid wall of snow falling from the sky]] and manages to stammer out [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/22p02/ "What. The. *FUMP*"]].*FUMP*".]]
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* StealthExpert: While he doesn't always utilize stealth, Dr. [=McNinja=] is proficient in it. Perhaps his most notable accomplishment was when dozens of clones attended years of schooling to attain advanced degrees, all without being seen.
* StealthHiBye: Utilized to great effect by the good doctor [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/10p36here]]. here.]] Somewhat understandable considering his love for one of the most prolific users of this trope.
* StealthHiBye: Utilized to great effect by the good doctor [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/10p36
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* StockVideoGamePuzzle: When exploring an ancient temple, Dr. [=McNinja=] has to open a door by lighting two torches. He does so while sarcastically saying, "Huh! How do I open ''this?'' HURR. DURR.". The AltText says, "I dare a Zelda game ''not'' to use this puzzle.".
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Beeman, a Franchise/{{Batman}} wannabe, faces several bank robbers with guns. They open fire on him, he gracefully flips through the air....and then flops across the floor, riddled with bullets instead of [[DodgingBullets miraculously avoiding the gunfire like a "real" superhero would]].
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Beeman, a Franchise/{{Batman}} wannabe, faces several bank robbers with guns. They open fire on him, he gracefully flips through the air....and then flops across the floor, riddled with bullets instead of [[DodgingBullets [[DodgeTheBullet miraculously avoiding the gunfire like a "real" superhero would]].
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** Beeman, a Franchise/{{Batman}} wannabe, faces several bank robbers with guns. They open fire on him, he gracefully flips through the air....and then flops across the floor, riddled with bullets. It's been the Trope Image for a long time for a reason.
** The only ones who can defeat a powerful, self-resurrecting demon are those of the Belstein family's "pure" bloodline. So, to keep the bloodline pure, they engaged in inbreeding, resulting in the last of the Belstein line being a crippled invalid.
** When [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/25p09/ a bunch of "bad dudes" get in the way of determined pizza delivery guys and their tooled out truck....]]
** At the end of the "D.A.R.E" story arc, Doc flat out admits to the audience that the villain's plan to take over the world wouldn't have worked out for a large number of reasons because just to take over America he would've had to have somehow murdered and replaced every single person in both the Judiciary and Legislative branches of government, including the President himself. Not that it would matter due to the massive amounts of constitutional red tape keeping him from going much further than that. [[spoiler:King Radical makes efforts to get around these problems by becoming Vice President first, not being seen as directly responsible for the President's disappearance, killing much of the Legislative branch, and fostering public goodwill.]]
*** [[spoiler:And for a moment, it looks like the trope will work against him when he ends up at a hearing to discuss the fact that both his being responsible for the president's disappearance, and him impersonating his alternate-universe self to be become vice president, are highly illegal. Then explosions ensue.]]
** Doc uses frozen shamrocks to save his family, just to call back to the story about the origin of the [=McNinjas=] he scoffed at earlier. He notes how stupid it is. When things settle down, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint they ask why he didn't just use the regular shurikens he still had in his coat]].
** Doc hopes that he can fly a spaceship just by winging it. When confronted with the ship's control panel, his tune changes pretty quickly.
** Beeman, a Franchise/{{Batman}} wannabe, faces several bank robbers with guns. They open fire on him, he gracefully flips through the air....and then flops across the floor, riddled with bullets. It's been the Trope Image for a long time for a reason.
** The only ones who can defeat a powerful, self-resurrecting demon are those of the Belstein family's "pure" bloodline. So, to keep the bloodline pure, they engaged in inbreeding, resulting in the last of the Belstein line being a crippled invalid.
** When [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/25p09/ a bunch of "bad dudes" get in the way of determined pizza delivery guys and their tooled out truck....]]
** At the end of the "D.A.R.E" story arc, Doc flat out admits to the audience that the villain's plan to take over the world wouldn't have worked out for a large number of reasons because just to take over America he would've had to have somehow murdered and replaced every single person in both the Judiciary and Legislative branches of government, including the President himself. Not that it would matter due to the massive amounts of constitutional red tape keeping him from going much further than that. [[spoiler:King Radical makes efforts to get around these problems by becoming Vice President first, not being seen as directly responsible for the President's disappearance, killing much of the Legislative branch, and fostering public goodwill.]]
*** [[spoiler:And for a moment, it looks like the trope will work against him when he ends up at a hearing to discuss the fact that both his being responsible for the president's disappearance, and him impersonating his alternate-universe self to be become vice president, are highly illegal. Then explosions ensue.]]
** Doc uses frozen shamrocks to save his family, just to call back to the story about the origin of the [=McNinjas=] he scoffed at earlier. He notes how stupid it is. When things settle down, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint they ask why he didn't just use the regular shurikens he still had in his coat]].
** Doc hopes that he can fly a spaceship just by winging it. When confronted with the ship's control panel, his tune changes pretty quickly.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
**SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Beeman, a Franchise/{{Batman}} wannabe, faces several bank robbers with guns. They open fire on him, he gracefully flips through the air....and then flops across the floor, riddled with bullets. It's been bullets instead of [[DodgingBullets miraculously avoiding the Trope Image for a long time for a reason.
** The only ones who can defeat a powerful, self-resurrecting demon are those of the Belstein family's "pure" bloodline. So, to keep the bloodline pure, they engaged in inbreeding, resulting in the last of the Belstein line being a crippled invalid.
** When [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/25p09/ a bunch of "bad dudes" get in the way of determined pizza delivery guys and their tooled out truck....]]
** At the end of the "D.A.R.E" story arc, Doc flat out admits to the audience that the villain's plan to take over the world wouldn't have worked out for a large number of reasons because just to take over America he would've had to have somehow murdered and replaced every single person in both the Judiciary and Legislative branches of government, including the President himself. Not that it would matter due to the massive amounts of constitutional red tape keeping him from going much further than that. [[spoiler:King Radical makes efforts to get around these problems by becoming Vice President first, not being seen as directly responsible for the President's disappearance, killing much of the Legislative branch, and fostering public goodwill.]]
*** [[spoiler:And for a moment, it looksgunfire like the trope will work against him when he ends up at a hearing to discuss the fact that both his being responsible for the president's disappearance, and him impersonating his alternate-universe self to be become vice president, are highly illegal. Then explosions ensue.]]
** Doc uses frozen shamrocks to save his family, just to call back to the story about the origin of the [=McNinjas=] he scoffed at earlier. He notes how stupid it is. When things settle down, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint they ask why he didn't just use the regular shurikens he still had in his coat]].
** Doc hopes that he can fly a spaceship just by winging it. When confronted with the ship's control panel, his tune changes pretty quickly."real" superhero would]].
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** The only ones who can defeat a powerful, self-resurrecting demon are those of the Belstein family's "pure" bloodline. So, to keep the bloodline pure, they engaged in inbreeding, resulting in the last of the Belstein line being a crippled invalid.
** When [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/25p09/ a bunch of "bad dudes" get in the way of determined pizza delivery guys and their tooled out truck....]]
** At the end of the "D.A.R.E" story arc, Doc flat out admits to the audience that the villain's plan to take over the world wouldn't have worked out for a large number of reasons because just to take over America he would've had to have somehow murdered and replaced every single person in both the Judiciary and Legislative branches of government, including the President himself. Not that it would matter due to the massive amounts of constitutional red tape keeping him from going much further than that. [[spoiler:King Radical makes efforts to get around these problems by becoming Vice President first, not being seen as directly responsible for the President's disappearance, killing much of the Legislative branch, and fostering public goodwill.]]
*** [[spoiler:And for a moment, it looks
** Doc uses frozen shamrocks to save his family, just to call back to the story about the origin of the [=McNinjas=] he scoffed at earlier. He notes how stupid it is. When things settle down, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint they ask why he didn't just use the regular shurikens he still had in his coat]].
** Doc hopes that he can fly a spaceship just by winging it. When confronted with the ship's control panel, his tune changes pretty quickly.
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* [[BadNewsIrrelevantNews Switching To Geico]]: Subverted.
-->'''Dr. [=McNinja=]''': I'm really sorry, but it looks like the test confirmed it, and your cancer is back. But I do have some good news.\\
'''Patient''': Didja save a bunch of money on your car insurance, Doc?\\
'''Dr. [=McNinja=]''': [[VisibleSilence ...]] If any doctor were ever to say that they would lose their license immediately. Do you ''really'' think that's funny?\\
'''Patient''': It's a funny commercial on TV!\\
'''Dr. [=McNinja=]''': Is cancer funny to you? Is cancer ''funny'' to you?!\\
'''Patient''': I'm sorry.\\
'''Dr. [=McNinja=]''': You should be.
-->'''Dr. [=McNinja=]''': I'm really sorry, but it looks like the test confirmed it, and your cancer is back. But I do have some good news.\\
'''Patient''': Didja save a bunch of money on your car insurance, Doc?\\
'''Dr. [=McNinja=]''': [[VisibleSilence ...]] If any doctor were ever to say that they would lose their license immediately. Do you ''really'' think that's funny?\\
'''Patient''': It's a funny commercial on TV!\\
'''Dr. [=McNinja=]''': Is cancer funny to you? Is cancer ''funny'' to you?!\\
'''Patient''': I'm sorry.\\
'''Dr. [=McNinja=]''': You should be.
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* PapaWolf: Dan.
-->'''Dan [=McNinja=]''': OH YOU SONS OF SEA COWS WILL WISH YOU HAD NEVER BEEN BORN WITH LIMBS ON YOUR BODIES! BECAUSE I'M GOING TO COME ONTO THAT SHIP AND SHOW YOU HOW MANY DELICIOUS STOCKS AND BRAISES I CAN MAKE WITH THEM!
* PaperThinDisguise:
** [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p55 Gordito has been]] [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p68 donning a couple]] lately.
** Also [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/3p10 here.]] Keep in mind that our protagonist is already a doctor and is already dressed in full medical garb, so his disguise consists of ''a nametag.'' It is apparantly not the first time he's done this. To that particular doctor either.
** Lampshaded [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/20p60 here.]] [[spoiler:The nasaghasts]] believe Doc was trying to fool them by [[spoiler:putting on another astronaut's suit.]] This just annoys them further.
* ParentalAbandonment: Gordito's parents are dead.
%%* PickACard: [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/10p8 The Great Flying Shooting Juan.]]
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%%* APirate400YearsTooLate: SkyPirates.
* PiratesVersusNinjas: The [=McNinja=] clan and a specific group of pirates have their own personal feud. But pirates and ninjas in general are rivals because ninjas think it's funny.
* PoliceAreUseless: [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/23p21 "It's the mayor's job to deal with weird stuff. Look it up."]]
** "[[FridgeBrilliance There is a reason]] [[AltText you so rarely see the police in the pages of this comic.]]"
* PoorCommunicationKills: Responsible for every major problem in both "Space Savers" and "Futures Trading."
* PostVictoryCollapse: After jumping from the moon, once the adrenaline is out of his system, Doc just collapses. "Ohgodmylegs"
* PreAsskickingOneLiner: [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/2p40/ "We are on Eastern Pain Time, and it is Dan O'clock."]]
--> '''Alt Text:''' From Dan O' Clock to Dan Thirty, all mixed drinks are half-priced.
* PreemptiveDeclaration: At the beginning of ''D.A.R.E To Resist Ninja Drugs And Ninja Violence'':
-->'''Dan:''' Ha. Alright kids, not bad. Not bad. How about a drink in honor of all your beginners luck? Here. I'll pour you a Molson. It's got a higher alcohol content than most American beers. And maybe that will help sterilize all those cuts on your face.\\
'''Punk:''' Uh, what cuts, my man?\\
[[GrievousBottleyHarm *SMASH*]]\\
'''Dan:''' I have no idea.
* PreMortemOneLiner:
** Gordito has a little trouble ''[[IncrediblyLamePun executing]]'' his properly. He's getting better, though.
--->'''Gordito''': ''[talking to a midget doctor]'' Hey... cut the small-talk.
** [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p80 "I spy with my little eye... a ninja who's about to die."]] Subverted on the next page, of course.
** '''"I AIN'T AFRAID OF NO GHOSTS!"''' [[spoiler:*ghostpunch*]]
* PresidentEvil:
** The President of the [[BadFuture future]]. [[spoiler:He's a dinosaur too.]]
** Later, [[spoiler:King Radical.]]
* PressurePoint: [[http://www.drmcninja.com/archives/comic/27p27/ "Your turn to go to sleep."]]
* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Dark Smoke Puncher, though he does it so his parents won't find out how nerdy he really is (though Doc ''does'' remark that it sounds like he stole the name from someone he beat in ''VideoGame/CounterStrike'').
* ProductPlacement: In [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/14p44 this strip]] as an April Fool's Day gag. The page was edited back to normal on April 2. For those who missed it, Dr. [=McNinja=] was wearing a red t-shirt of himself instead of his labcoat.
* ProfessionalKiller: Being a ninja at least theoretically implies being an assassin for hire. The Doctor isn't having any of that, and his parents see it as a serious defect.
* ProperlyParanoid: [[spoiler: Doc was right to be suspicious of King Radical.]]
* PseudoCrisis: Played for laughs. When the Doc is trying to [[spoiler:infiltrate NASA]], [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/20p46 a cop gets the drop on him]]. The [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/20p47 next comic]] reminds you that [+"'''HE IS A NINJA.'''"+] and cuts to him driving the cop's car.
* PsychologicalTormentZone: The White House uses one called the Negazone as a security system. Since most of its victims are super villains or the mentally disturbed, they succumb and lose their sense of self rather quickly. This also has the consequence that the visions used by the keeper of the Negazone are less than effective against a heroic character, at least beyond freaking him out briefly.
* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: Not so much "punch" as "sword swing", as when Doc desperately swings at the final Nasaghast's head but is horrorstruck when his sword simply passes through it without doing any damage.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Done quite frequently, usually by separating the words in different speech bubbles.
-->'''Mitzi''': That. Was. ''Pathetic.''
-->'''Dr. [=McNinja=]''': Please. Don't. ''Stabmeintheeyeballs.''
* PunnyName: Gordito Delgado. Translated from spanish it roughly means "Slim Fatty".
* PurgatoryAndLimbo: While Ben Franklin is dead (again) he spends his time in Purgatory, which resembles a ritzy restaurant, waiting for meals representing his sins. After two hundred years he's still on the bread.
* PyrrhicVictory: "Doc Gets Rad". [[spoiler:Doc defeats Sparklelord... but learns that said bike was the only way he could find to defeat King Radical.]]
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* QuipToBlack: The Doctor pulls this off when he gets the opportunity to try out his new bike.
-->'''Dr. [=McNinja=]''': Judy!\\
'''Judy''': Ugh. ''[tosses sword and motorcycle helmet to Doc]''\\
'''Dr. [=McNinja=]''': ''[catches and puts on the sword and helmet]'' ''Let's practice.''\\
'''AltText:''' [[LampshadeHanging Then]] [[Series/CSIMiami Horatio]] [[LampshadeHanging jumps out of the bushes and]] [[MemeticMutation puts on his sunglasses.]]
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* {{Ramprovisation}}: [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/8p37 These]] [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/15p33 three]] [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/15p23 examples]].
-->'''Doc:''' Man is only separated from heaven by that which he will not ramp.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: After a time-traveller from a dystopian future sits down with [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Cyberdyson]] to explain how their robotic vacuum cleaners eventually become sentient and take over the world, Cyberdyson makes sure the culprit chip is never put into production. Later on, the President is shown to be a decent, reasonable person who just wants to save her country during the events of "All the King's Dirtbikes and All the King's Men." She ''does'' get a little overexcited at the prospect of [[spoiler: piloting a [[HumongousMecha giant raptor-eagle robot]]]], but who wouldn't?
* RebusBubble: [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p52 Gorilla + Bazooka > Ninja]]
* RecklessSidekick: Gordito at times, can be incredibly gung-ho. Especially as a gun-toting and raptor-riding sidekick.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[spoiler: Frans Rayner's prosthetic]] robot eye.
* RedshirtArmy: The future rebels are [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/21p27 not terribly bright]]. Lampshaded in the AltText, where they're referred to as "La revolution incompetente."
* {{Retcon}}: On January 30 2012, the return of the McNinja burger in-comic, Hastings went and changed all "UsefulNotes/McDonalds" references to "[=McBonalds=]" so that he wouldn't have any legal issues printing the book later, including a modified logo and renaming Ronald [=McDonald=] to Donald [=McBonald=]. The protest signs [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/0p4/ on this page]] only had strokes added over the D's to change them to B's, rather than the letters being redrawn.
* TheReveal:
** About what King Radical is actually planning:[[spoiler: The world of Dr McNinja was created when bleed off from our universe and the Radical Land mixed together. King Radical's master plan is to merge the two universes completely, replacing all the Muggles (including his Army of the Common Man) with Radical citizens, but leaving everyone already Radical (like most of the main characters) untouched. ]]
** Of King Radical's identity: [[spoiler: King Radical is the version of Charles "Chuck" Goodrich from the Radical Lands!]]
* RiseFromYourGrave: The zombies, and [[spoiler:Both Ben Franklins]].
* TheRival: Doctor [=McLuchadore=] is this to Dr. [=McNinja=]. Apparently the former's tendency to treat his patients via insane wrestling moves got on the latter's nerves and the ninja-doctor ran the wrestler-doctor out.
%%* RobotMe: [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/11p45 Here]]
* RoboticReveal: Played straight with [[spoiler:Robot Dracula]], inverted with [[spoiler: Hortense]]
%%* RocketRide: [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/11p48 This page]]
* RocketlessReentry: In the finale of "Punch Dracula", Doc grabs Dracula and jumps off the moon hard enough to take them both on a collision course with Earth. But "Dracula" turns out to be just be a robotic duplicate. So Doc uses the robo-Dracula as a heat shield and safely surfs it down to Earth's surface.
* RuleOfCool and
* RuleOfFunny: Together with RefugeInAudacity, these rules cover everything that happens. ''Everything.'' There's considerable overlap, such as [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/11p32 blocking a sword swing from Dracula with a stethoscope]]. In the words of the creator, "Dr. [=McNinja=] lives in a world that operates like a Franchise/MortalKombat stage."
** King Radical [[DefiedTrope defies]] this with [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/25p49/ his office]], it's completely normal and bland with a plain desk loaded with paperwork and a water cooler (albeit one filled with Mountain Dew) against the wall; it's because he hates paperwork, so he made his office as lame as possible so that he doesn't want to spend time there.
** This actually gets an [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/25p107/ in-universe explanation]]. [[spoiler: The [=McNinja=] universe is crammed in-between the Radical Lands and our universe in the multiverse, and there's some bleed-over from both due to the vortex below Cumberland.]]
* RunningGag:
** '''Charles "Chuck" Goodrich: *Insert title here* '''
*** ''[[spoiler:The Most Radical Man in the Radical Land.]]''
** It's Dr. [=McNinja's=] birthday? He's going to die. Spectacularly.
** In the early days of the comic, an ad had the scene in which Doc punches a snake in the face as a selling point. Having dramatic scenes where he punches increasingly awesome beings in their faces has become something of a requirement for each story since then.
** The seemingly unkillable "Birdosaurus" stalking Doc.
*** [[spoiler:At least, until "Paleontologists, Politicians, and Prologue".]]
** Why a gorilla?
-->'''Doc:''' "Because she is a PROFESSIONAL, and she BEHAVES like one!"
* RunTheGauntlet: In ''The End: Part 2'', all of the Dr.'s enemies seek {{Revenge}} and trap him in a magic maze with the intent of causing him emotional trauma then killing him. They fight him with new tricks meant to counter how the Dr. beat them before. The AltText outright {{Lampshade}}s that yes, it's a BossRush.
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* SceneryCensor: A gust of papers come out of nowhere to block Martin's genitals when he goes back to normal.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: While fighting Paul Bunyan, the cops see Yoshi. They draw the line at [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/13p3 dinosaurs]].
* ScrewYourself: Dan suspects it of the Doc and his clone. "It's what any of us would do!".
* SeadogPegLeg: As the Doc [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/2p30/ gleefully slaughters a pirate ship]], he proclaims, "Oooh, sorry. You're going to need a second peg leg. Woaah! And you're going to need a peg ''face!'' Haha! ''Peg faces for everyone!''"
** The next chapter has a CallBack when some of the same pirates reappear--and do have peg faces.
* SecretStabWound: Doc spends over an hour being [[MetronomicManMashing pummelled]] by a gorilla before knocking it out with PressurePoint technique. He then nonchalantly says he "needed a nap", (having been unconscious for most of the fight), and retires to a private room to "clean up". He then leans over a nearby washbasin and pulls out the bottom of his mask, causing a small waterfall of blood to ''pour'' out.
* SendInTheClones: [[spoiler:Frans Rayner]]'s plan once he learns about Old [=McNinja=].
* SeriousBusiness: Tennis, and with damn good reason. [[spoiler:Misunderstood reason, anyway.]]
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: The good Doctor. "Pirate, you have got some straight up testicular elephantitis, comin' in here, and sittin' next to a ninja."
--> '''Alt Text:''' He's saying the pirate has major balls.
* ShaggyDogStory: The entire "Death Volley" arc appears to have been one. [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/14p72 Or not]]?
* ShapedLikeItself: Used in [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/15p71/ this strip.]]
--> '''Alt Text:''' There's a hilarious joke that I snuck into panel 1753.
* ShipSinking: A pretty conclusive and concise [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/26p63/ two-for-one deal]].
* ShirtlessScene: The Doc has one [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/5p11 here.]]
* ShootingSuperman: [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/14p38 "Hello? Ninja?"]]
* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler: Agent Bearclaw's rescue after falling out of an airplane]].
* ShownTheirWork: The AltText usually confirms what they've studied in regards to things such as blood transfusions or submarine classes.
** One hilarious example is a sequence involving decompression on an airplane, the dramatic "[[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/14p16 hole blown in the side]]" type. While the sequence is proceeding, the AltText goes on about how Hastings asked his dad (who had flown a similar plane) what would probably happen, but decided to go with RuleOfCool.
** Maybe not always "[[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/15p30 studied]]", but hey, same diff.
** In "Why A Gorilla?", which takes place during Doc's college days, he gives a presentation on vampire myths, indicating that it's true vampires don't resolve on film. Afterward, a student excitedly asks if a bunch of other myths are true, including whether or not vampires are compelled to count rice if you throw it on the ground. A couple pages later, Doc escapes a pair of vampires by doing exactly this, and threatens that if they attack him again, he's telling everyone that myth is real. The AltText suggests burying loved ones with a bag of sand if you suspect they might be vampires to keep them busy--an actual 'remedy' included in early vampire myths.
%%* {{Sidekick}}: Gordito.
* SignatureLaugh: Dr. Knickerbockers, the evil midget doctor: "Eeeheeeheheheheheh!".
* SingleStrokeBattle: [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/14p39 Subverted]]
* SkyFace: At the end of the "DARE to Resist Ninja Drugs and Violence" arc, Doc explains to the readers that Frans Rayner's plan (to [[YouKillItYouBoughtIt become the US President by killing the President]]) would have failed even without Doc's intervention.
-->'''Dr. [=McNinja=]:''' You see, we were safe from Frans all along... Thanks to the real hero of this story... Ben Franklin. Thanks, Ben... wherever you are.\\
''[The face of Ben Franklin appears in the clouds. Doc's eyes grow wide with shock.]''\\
'''Ben Franklin's sky face:''' I didn't come up with those parts of the Constitution.
* SkyPirates: [[strike:Kidnapped the Doc.]] Thought they kidnapped the Doc, [[spoiler: but it was actually his clone.]] Later, Gordito singlehandedly kills them all because he gets stuck behind on the ship.
* SlowClap: Dan [=McNinja=] thinks the first recorded Slow Clap was delivered by the ninja who witnessed the ancient [=McNinjas=] staving off a {{Pirate}} attack. Then the AltText informs us that this is incorrect: the ''first'' Slow Clap was Peter's reaction upon seeing Jesus [[Literature/TheBible raise Lazarus from the dead]].
* TheSlowPath: Taken by [[spoiler:Mayor Chuck Goodrich]] after his plan to sabotage the [=McNinja=] clones goes wrong.
* SmokeOut: Played straight more often than not. Subverted once, when Doc deployed a smoke bomb as a startled response to encountering someone in public he was trying to avoid.
* SoftGlass: Lots of defenestrations or people using glass windows as entrances, without the worry of being hurt for the latter.
* SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX: Parodied in the alt text here: [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/20p53 Some of my best myselves are creepy lab clones.]]
* SoMuchForStealth: While the Good Doctor and his Family are ninjas, sometimes even they can mess up when it comes to stealth. Mostly from things they weren't counting on or expecting.
* SoundEffectBleep: In the middle of a July day, Doc looks up to see [[spoiler:a solid wall of snow falling from the sky]] and manages to stammer out [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/22p02/ "What. The. *FUMP*"]].
* SpaceX: Space lasso, because how else can you snatch a time portal?
* SpannerInTheWorks: Old [=McNinja=], for Rayner.
** Both Chuck Goodrich and Alt!Chuck Goodrich's co-pilot in the latest arc.
* SpontaneousMustache: Gordito proves that he is a man at heart (and therefore should be allowed to claim his inheritence) when he concentrates and grows a handlebar mustache through sheer force of will.
* SpoofAesop: Remember, it's better for people to think you're a moron than to think you're a jerk.
** [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/9p6 Never forget the teachings of those whom you shoot in the face after they become zombies.]] In case you don't have the context for that, [[spoiler:Gordito shot Ben Franklin after he became a zombie.]]
** Also, many of [[NoFourthWall Dr. McNinja's Final Thoughts]] feature this.
* StableTimeLoop: Sparklelord's fate. Also an [[TemporalParadox Ontological Paradox]], because of the question of what happens to his ''mass''.
** [[spoiler: [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/26p76/ As it turns out]] King Radical knows about Chuck Goodrich being a chrononaut thanks to one (and because he's also one).]]
* StarfishCharacter: At death's door, Dr. [=McNinja=]'s soul splits into a doctor and a ninja.
* StatingTheSimpleSolution: The Doctor himself [[spoiler:[[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p60 wonders why the not-quite-dead Frans Rayner doesn't just sic Mongo on him.]]]]
* StealthHiBye: Utilized to great effect by the good doctor [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/10p36 here]]. Somewhat understandable considering his love for one of the most prolific users of this trope.
* StealthPun:
** Dr [=McNinja=]'s clone who got a degree in agriculture and has a farm goes by "Old." As in "Old [=McNinja=]." (''[[DontExplainTheJoke E-I-E-I-O]]''.)
*** [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p58/ Four pages later]]: [[AltText Old [=McNinja=] has ADHD. EEE AYE EEE AYE OH]]
** In chapter 16, Dan finds Judy in a gambling club called 'Le Brouillard', French for 'the Mist'. All its clientele are... [[Film/GorillasInTheMist uh...]]
* SteppingStonesInTheSky: Dark Smoke Puncher does this with angel-winged flying sharks.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: The [[spoiler: Nasaghasts]] seem to work under this. Two are dispatched in short order by the doctor using holy shurikens, and the third taken by surprise and almost killed. Then it [[spoiler: flies into space, catches and ''throws back'' a launched missile, and returns in a surprising BigDamnHeroes moment to save Chuck. Unfortunately, it only acts when astronauts are being immediately threatened and stands by passively while the newly-released second Horrorsaurus tears through the human army (seeing as he's the only NASA astronaut present). But then the Horrorsaurus kills Chuck. And the Nasaghast [[UnstoppableRage grows to immense size and rips the Horrorsaurus apart.]]]]
* StuffBlowingUp: Cars, planes, ships, {{Mayincatec}} temples, trains, helicopters, airships, etc. The comic runs on this trope alongside RuleOfCool.
* StunnedSilence: Derek, the worst person you'll ever meet, is so awful that Dr. [=McLuchadore=] was rendered speechless after hearing three sentences from the man.
* SummonBiggerFish: Doc deliberately [[spoiler: sends a poorly armed Chuck Goodrich into battle against the dinosaur army, because the subsequent attempts to kill him summon a Nasaghast.]]
* SunglassesAtNight: Standard practice for Radical Landers, who tend to favor CoolShades. It gets {{Lampshade}}d by Doc.
* SuperCellReception: The doctor getting phone reception while traveling through space. He didn't lose his connection until he started atmospheric re-entry. It's lampshaded in the AltText that the other end of the call was in a submarine.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Beeman, a Franchise/{{Batman}} wannabe, faces several bank robbers with guns. They open fire on him, he gracefully flips through the air....and then flops across the floor, riddled with bullets. It's been the Trope Image for a long time for a reason.
** The only ones who can defeat a powerful, self-resurrecting demon are those of the Belstein family's "pure" bloodline. So, to keep the bloodline pure, they engaged in inbreeding, resulting in the last of the Belstein line being a crippled invalid.
** When [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/25p09/ a bunch of "bad dudes" get in the way of determined pizza delivery guys and their tooled out truck....]]
** At the end of the "D.A.R.E" story arc, Doc flat out admits to the audience that the villain's plan to take over the world wouldn't have worked out for a large number of reasons because just to take over America he would've had to have somehow murdered and replaced every single person in both the Judiciary and Legislative branches of government, including the President himself. Not that it would matter due to the massive amounts of constitutional red tape keeping him from going much further than that. [[spoiler:King Radical makes efforts to get around these problems by becoming Vice President first, not being seen as directly responsible for the President's disappearance, killing much of the Legislative branch, and fostering public goodwill.]]
*** [[spoiler:And for a moment, it looks like the trope will work against him when he ends up at a hearing to discuss the fact that both his being responsible for the president's disappearance, and him impersonating his alternate-universe self to be become vice president, are highly illegal. Then explosions ensue.]]
** Doc uses frozen shamrocks to save his family, just to call back to the story about the origin of the [=McNinjas=] he scoffed at earlier. He notes how stupid it is. When things settle down, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint they ask why he didn't just use the regular shurikens he still had in his coat]].
** Doc hopes that he can fly a spaceship just by winging it. When confronted with the ship's control panel, his tune changes pretty quickly.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/21p29 Of the Soylent Green variety.]]
** [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/23p14/ NOT my diary: don't look]]
* [[BadNewsIrrelevantNews Switching To Geico]]: Subverted.
-->'''Dr. [=McNinja=]''': I'm really sorry, but it looks like the test confirmed it, and your cancer is back. But I do have some good news.\\
'''Patient''': Didja save a bunch of money on your car insurance, Doc?\\
'''Dr. [=McNinja=]''': [[VisibleSilence ...]] If any doctor were ever to say that they would lose their license immediately. Do you ''really'' think that's funny?\\
'''Patient''': It's a funny commercial on TV!\\
'''Dr. [=McNinja=]''': Is cancer funny to you? Is cancer ''funny'' to you?!\\
'''Patient''': I'm sorry.\\
'''Dr. [=McNinja=]''': You should be.
[[/folder]]
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[[folder:P]]
* PapaWolf: Dan.
-->'''Dan [=McNinja=]''': OH YOU SONS OF SEA COWS WILL WISH YOU HAD NEVER BEEN BORN WITH LIMBS ON YOUR BODIES! BECAUSE I'M GOING TO COME ONTO THAT SHIP AND SHOW YOU HOW MANY DELICIOUS STOCKS AND BRAISES I CAN MAKE WITH THEM!
* PaperThinDisguise:
** [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p55 Gordito has been]] [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p68 donning a couple]] lately.
** Also [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/3p10 here.]] Keep in mind that our protagonist is already a doctor and is already dressed in full medical garb, so his disguise consists of ''a nametag.'' It is apparantly not the first time he's done this. To that particular doctor either.
** Lampshaded [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/20p60 here.]] [[spoiler:The nasaghasts]] believe Doc was trying to fool them by [[spoiler:putting on another astronaut's suit.]] This just annoys them further.
* ParentalAbandonment: Gordito's parents are dead.
%%* PickACard: [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/10p8 The Great Flying Shooting Juan.]]
%%* {{Pirate}}
%%* APirate400YearsTooLate: SkyPirates.
* PiratesVersusNinjas: The [=McNinja=] clan and a specific group of pirates have their own personal feud. But pirates and ninjas in general are rivals because ninjas think it's funny.
* PoliceAreUseless: [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/23p21 "It's the mayor's job to deal with weird stuff. Look it up."]]
** "[[FridgeBrilliance There is a reason]] [[AltText you so rarely see the police in the pages of this comic.]]"
* PoorCommunicationKills: Responsible for every major problem in both "Space Savers" and "Futures Trading."
* PostVictoryCollapse: After jumping from the moon, once the adrenaline is out of his system, Doc just collapses. "Ohgodmylegs"
* PreAsskickingOneLiner: [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/2p40/ "We are on Eastern Pain Time, and it is Dan O'clock."]]
--> '''Alt Text:''' From Dan O' Clock to Dan Thirty, all mixed drinks are half-priced.
* PreemptiveDeclaration: At the beginning of ''D.A.R.E To Resist Ninja Drugs And Ninja Violence'':
-->'''Dan:''' Ha. Alright kids, not bad. Not bad. How about a drink in honor of all your beginners luck? Here. I'll pour you a Molson. It's got a higher alcohol content than most American beers. And maybe that will help sterilize all those cuts on your face.\\
'''Punk:''' Uh, what cuts, my man?\\
[[GrievousBottleyHarm *SMASH*]]\\
'''Dan:''' I have no idea.
* PreMortemOneLiner:
** Gordito has a little trouble ''[[IncrediblyLamePun executing]]'' his properly. He's getting better, though.
--->'''Gordito''': ''[talking to a midget doctor]'' Hey... cut the small-talk.
** [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p80 "I spy with my little eye... a ninja who's about to die."]] Subverted on the next page, of course.
** '''"I AIN'T AFRAID OF NO GHOSTS!"''' [[spoiler:*ghostpunch*]]
* PresidentEvil:
** The President of the [[BadFuture future]]. [[spoiler:He's a dinosaur too.]]
** Later, [[spoiler:King Radical.]]
* PressurePoint: [[http://www.drmcninja.com/archives/comic/27p27/ "Your turn to go to sleep."]]
* PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy: Dark Smoke Puncher, though he does it so his parents won't find out how nerdy he really is (though Doc ''does'' remark that it sounds like he stole the name from someone he beat in ''VideoGame/CounterStrike'').
* ProductPlacement: In [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/14p44 this strip]] as an April Fool's Day gag. The page was edited back to normal on April 2. For those who missed it, Dr. [=McNinja=] was wearing a red t-shirt of himself instead of his labcoat.
* ProfessionalKiller: Being a ninja at least theoretically implies being an assassin for hire. The Doctor isn't having any of that, and his parents see it as a serious defect.
* ProperlyParanoid: [[spoiler: Doc was right to be suspicious of King Radical.]]
* PseudoCrisis: Played for laughs. When the Doc is trying to [[spoiler:infiltrate NASA]], [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/20p46 a cop gets the drop on him]]. The [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/20p47 next comic]] reminds you that [+"'''HE IS A NINJA.'''"+] and cuts to him driving the cop's car.
* PsychologicalTormentZone: The White House uses one called the Negazone as a security system. Since most of its victims are super villains or the mentally disturbed, they succumb and lose their sense of self rather quickly. This also has the consequence that the visions used by the keeper of the Negazone are less than effective against a heroic character, at least beyond freaking him out briefly.
* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: Not so much "punch" as "sword swing", as when Doc desperately swings at the final Nasaghast's head but is horrorstruck when his sword simply passes through it without doing any damage.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Done quite frequently, usually by separating the words in different speech bubbles.
-->'''Mitzi''': That. Was. ''Pathetic.''
-->'''Dr. [=McNinja=]''': Please. Don't. ''Stabmeintheeyeballs.''
* PunnyName: Gordito Delgado. Translated from spanish it roughly means "Slim Fatty".
* PurgatoryAndLimbo: While Ben Franklin is dead (again) he spends his time in Purgatory, which resembles a ritzy restaurant, waiting for meals representing his sins. After two hundred years he's still on the bread.
* PyrrhicVictory: "Doc Gets Rad". [[spoiler:Doc defeats Sparklelord... but learns that said bike was the only way he could find to defeat King Radical.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Q]]
* QuipToBlack: The Doctor pulls this off when he gets the opportunity to try out his new bike.
-->'''Dr. [=McNinja=]''': Judy!\\
'''Judy''': Ugh. ''[tosses sword and motorcycle helmet to Doc]''\\
'''Dr. [=McNinja=]''': ''[catches and puts on the sword and helmet]'' ''Let's practice.''\\
'''AltText:''' [[LampshadeHanging Then]] [[Series/CSIMiami Horatio]] [[LampshadeHanging jumps out of the bushes and]] [[MemeticMutation puts on his sunglasses.]]
[[/folder]+
[[folder:R]]
* {{Ramprovisation}}: [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/8p37 These]] [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/15p33 three]] [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/15p23 examples]].
-->'''Doc:''' Man is only separated from heaven by that which he will not ramp.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: After a time-traveller from a dystopian future sits down with [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} Cyberdyson]] to explain how their robotic vacuum cleaners eventually become sentient and take over the world, Cyberdyson makes sure the culprit chip is never put into production. Later on, the President is shown to be a decent, reasonable person who just wants to save her country during the events of "All the King's Dirtbikes and All the King's Men." She ''does'' get a little overexcited at the prospect of [[spoiler: piloting a [[HumongousMecha giant raptor-eagle robot]]]], but who wouldn't?
* RebusBubble: [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p52 Gorilla + Bazooka > Ninja]]
* RecklessSidekick: Gordito at times, can be incredibly gung-ho. Especially as a gun-toting and raptor-riding sidekick.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[spoiler: Frans Rayner's prosthetic]] robot eye.
* RedshirtArmy: The future rebels are [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/21p27 not terribly bright]]. Lampshaded in the AltText, where they're referred to as "La revolution incompetente."
* {{Retcon}}: On January 30 2012, the return of the McNinja burger in-comic, Hastings went and changed all "UsefulNotes/McDonalds" references to "[=McBonalds=]" so that he wouldn't have any legal issues printing the book later, including a modified logo and renaming Ronald [=McDonald=] to Donald [=McBonald=]. The protest signs [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/0p4/ on this page]] only had strokes added over the D's to change them to B's, rather than the letters being redrawn.
* TheReveal:
** About what King Radical is actually planning:[[spoiler: The world of Dr McNinja was created when bleed off from our universe and the Radical Land mixed together. King Radical's master plan is to merge the two universes completely, replacing all the Muggles (including his Army of the Common Man) with Radical citizens, but leaving everyone already Radical (like most of the main characters) untouched. ]]
** Of King Radical's identity: [[spoiler: King Radical is the version of Charles "Chuck" Goodrich from the Radical Lands!]]
* RiseFromYourGrave: The zombies, and [[spoiler:Both Ben Franklins]].
* TheRival: Doctor [=McLuchadore=] is this to Dr. [=McNinja=]. Apparently the former's tendency to treat his patients via insane wrestling moves got on the latter's nerves and the ninja-doctor ran the wrestler-doctor out.
%%* RobotMe: [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/11p45 Here]]
* RoboticReveal: Played straight with [[spoiler:Robot Dracula]], inverted with [[spoiler: Hortense]]
%%* RocketRide: [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/11p48 This page]]
* RocketlessReentry: In the finale of "Punch Dracula", Doc grabs Dracula and jumps off the moon hard enough to take them both on a collision course with Earth. But "Dracula" turns out to be just be a robotic duplicate. So Doc uses the robo-Dracula as a heat shield and safely surfs it down to Earth's surface.
* RuleOfCool and
* RuleOfFunny: Together with RefugeInAudacity, these rules cover everything that happens. ''Everything.'' There's considerable overlap, such as [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/11p32 blocking a sword swing from Dracula with a stethoscope]]. In the words of the creator, "Dr. [=McNinja=] lives in a world that operates like a Franchise/MortalKombat stage."
** King Radical [[DefiedTrope defies]] this with [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/25p49/ his office]], it's completely normal and bland with a plain desk loaded with paperwork and a water cooler (albeit one filled with Mountain Dew) against the wall; it's because he hates paperwork, so he made his office as lame as possible so that he doesn't want to spend time there.
** This actually gets an [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/25p107/ in-universe explanation]]. [[spoiler: The [=McNinja=] universe is crammed in-between the Radical Lands and our universe in the multiverse, and there's some bleed-over from both due to the vortex below Cumberland.]]
* RunningGag:
** '''Charles "Chuck" Goodrich: *Insert title here* '''
*** ''[[spoiler:The Most Radical Man in the Radical Land.]]''
** It's Dr. [=McNinja's=] birthday? He's going to die. Spectacularly.
** In the early days of the comic, an ad had the scene in which Doc punches a snake in the face as a selling point. Having dramatic scenes where he punches increasingly awesome beings in their faces has become something of a requirement for each story since then.
** The seemingly unkillable "Birdosaurus" stalking Doc.
*** [[spoiler:At least, until "Paleontologists, Politicians, and Prologue".]]
** Why a gorilla?
-->'''Doc:''' "Because she is a PROFESSIONAL, and she BEHAVES like one!"
* RunTheGauntlet: In ''The End: Part 2'', all of the Dr.'s enemies seek {{Revenge}} and trap him in a magic maze with the intent of causing him emotional trauma then killing him. They fight him with new tricks meant to counter how the Dr. beat them before. The AltText outright {{Lampshade}}s that yes, it's a BossRush.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:S]]
* SceneryCensor: A gust of papers come out of nowhere to block Martin's genitals when he goes back to normal.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: While fighting Paul Bunyan, the cops see Yoshi. They draw the line at [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/13p3 dinosaurs]].
* ScrewYourself: Dan suspects it of the Doc and his clone. "It's what any of us would do!".
* SeadogPegLeg: As the Doc [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/2p30/ gleefully slaughters a pirate ship]], he proclaims, "Oooh, sorry. You're going to need a second peg leg. Woaah! And you're going to need a peg ''face!'' Haha! ''Peg faces for everyone!''"
** The next chapter has a CallBack when some of the same pirates reappear--and do have peg faces.
* SecretStabWound: Doc spends over an hour being [[MetronomicManMashing pummelled]] by a gorilla before knocking it out with PressurePoint technique. He then nonchalantly says he "needed a nap", (having been unconscious for most of the fight), and retires to a private room to "clean up". He then leans over a nearby washbasin and pulls out the bottom of his mask, causing a small waterfall of blood to ''pour'' out.
* SendInTheClones: [[spoiler:Frans Rayner]]'s plan once he learns about Old [=McNinja=].
* SeriousBusiness: Tennis, and with damn good reason. [[spoiler:Misunderstood reason, anyway.]]
* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: The good Doctor. "Pirate, you have got some straight up testicular elephantitis, comin' in here, and sittin' next to a ninja."
--> '''Alt Text:''' He's saying the pirate has major balls.
* ShaggyDogStory: The entire "Death Volley" arc appears to have been one. [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/14p72 Or not]]?
* ShapedLikeItself: Used in [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/15p71/ this strip.]]
--> '''Alt Text:''' There's a hilarious joke that I snuck into panel 1753.
* ShipSinking: A pretty conclusive and concise [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/26p63/ two-for-one deal]].
* ShirtlessScene: The Doc has one [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/5p11 here.]]
* ShootingSuperman: [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/14p38 "Hello? Ninja?"]]
* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler: Agent Bearclaw's rescue after falling out of an airplane]].
* ShownTheirWork: The AltText usually confirms what they've studied in regards to things such as blood transfusions or submarine classes.
** One hilarious example is a sequence involving decompression on an airplane, the dramatic "[[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/14p16 hole blown in the side]]" type. While the sequence is proceeding, the AltText goes on about how Hastings asked his dad (who had flown a similar plane) what would probably happen, but decided to go with RuleOfCool.
** Maybe not always "[[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/15p30 studied]]", but hey, same diff.
** In "Why A Gorilla?", which takes place during Doc's college days, he gives a presentation on vampire myths, indicating that it's true vampires don't resolve on film. Afterward, a student excitedly asks if a bunch of other myths are true, including whether or not vampires are compelled to count rice if you throw it on the ground. A couple pages later, Doc escapes a pair of vampires by doing exactly this, and threatens that if they attack him again, he's telling everyone that myth is real. The AltText suggests burying loved ones with a bag of sand if you suspect they might be vampires to keep them busy--an actual 'remedy' included in early vampire myths.
%%* {{Sidekick}}: Gordito.
* SignatureLaugh: Dr. Knickerbockers, the evil midget doctor: "Eeeheeeheheheheheh!".
* SingleStrokeBattle: [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/14p39 Subverted]]
* SkyFace: At the end of the "DARE to Resist Ninja Drugs and Violence" arc, Doc explains to the readers that Frans Rayner's plan (to [[YouKillItYouBoughtIt become the US President by killing the President]]) would have failed even without Doc's intervention.
-->'''Dr. [=McNinja=]:''' You see, we were safe from Frans all along... Thanks to the real hero of this story... Ben Franklin. Thanks, Ben... wherever you are.\\
''[The face of Ben Franklin appears in the clouds. Doc's eyes grow wide with shock.]''\\
'''Ben Franklin's sky face:''' I didn't come up with those parts of the Constitution.
* SkyPirates: [[strike:Kidnapped the Doc.]] Thought they kidnapped the Doc, [[spoiler: but it was actually his clone.]] Later, Gordito singlehandedly kills them all because he gets stuck behind on the ship.
* SlowClap: Dan [=McNinja=] thinks the first recorded Slow Clap was delivered by the ninja who witnessed the ancient [=McNinjas=] staving off a {{Pirate}} attack. Then the AltText informs us that this is incorrect: the ''first'' Slow Clap was Peter's reaction upon seeing Jesus [[Literature/TheBible raise Lazarus from the dead]].
* TheSlowPath: Taken by [[spoiler:Mayor Chuck Goodrich]] after his plan to sabotage the [=McNinja=] clones goes wrong.
* SmokeOut: Played straight more often than not. Subverted once, when Doc deployed a smoke bomb as a startled response to encountering someone in public he was trying to avoid.
* SoftGlass: Lots of defenestrations or people using glass windows as entrances, without the worry of being hurt for the latter.
* SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX: Parodied in the alt text here: [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/20p53 Some of my best myselves are creepy lab clones.]]
* SoMuchForStealth: While the Good Doctor and his Family are ninjas, sometimes even they can mess up when it comes to stealth. Mostly from things they weren't counting on or expecting.
* SoundEffectBleep: In the middle of a July day, Doc looks up to see [[spoiler:a solid wall of snow falling from the sky]] and manages to stammer out [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/22p02/ "What. The. *FUMP*"]].
* SpaceX: Space lasso, because how else can you snatch a time portal?
* SpannerInTheWorks: Old [=McNinja=], for Rayner.
** Both Chuck Goodrich and Alt!Chuck Goodrich's co-pilot in the latest arc.
* SpontaneousMustache: Gordito proves that he is a man at heart (and therefore should be allowed to claim his inheritence) when he concentrates and grows a handlebar mustache through sheer force of will.
* SpoofAesop: Remember, it's better for people to think you're a moron than to think you're a jerk.
** [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/9p6 Never forget the teachings of those whom you shoot in the face after they become zombies.]] In case you don't have the context for that, [[spoiler:Gordito shot Ben Franklin after he became a zombie.]]
** Also, many of [[NoFourthWall Dr. McNinja's Final Thoughts]] feature this.
* StableTimeLoop: Sparklelord's fate. Also an [[TemporalParadox Ontological Paradox]], because of the question of what happens to his ''mass''.
** [[spoiler: [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/26p76/ As it turns out]] King Radical knows about Chuck Goodrich being a chrononaut thanks to one (and because he's also one).]]
* StarfishCharacter: At death's door, Dr. [=McNinja=]'s soul splits into a doctor and a ninja.
* StatingTheSimpleSolution: The Doctor himself [[spoiler:[[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p60 wonders why the not-quite-dead Frans Rayner doesn't just sic Mongo on him.]]]]
* StealthHiBye: Utilized to great effect by the good doctor [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/10p36 here]]. Somewhat understandable considering his love for one of the most prolific users of this trope.
* StealthPun:
** Dr [=McNinja=]'s clone who got a degree in agriculture and has a farm goes by "Old." As in "Old [=McNinja=]." (''[[DontExplainTheJoke E-I-E-I-O]]''.)
*** [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p58/ Four pages later]]: [[AltText Old [=McNinja=] has ADHD. EEE AYE EEE AYE OH]]
** In chapter 16, Dan finds Judy in a gambling club called 'Le Brouillard', French for 'the Mist'. All its clientele are... [[Film/GorillasInTheMist uh...]]
* SteppingStonesInTheSky: Dark Smoke Puncher does this with angel-winged flying sharks.
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: The [[spoiler: Nasaghasts]] seem to work under this. Two are dispatched in short order by the doctor using holy shurikens, and the third taken by surprise and almost killed. Then it [[spoiler: flies into space, catches and ''throws back'' a launched missile, and returns in a surprising BigDamnHeroes moment to save Chuck. Unfortunately, it only acts when astronauts are being immediately threatened and stands by passively while the newly-released second Horrorsaurus tears through the human army (seeing as he's the only NASA astronaut present). But then the Horrorsaurus kills Chuck. And the Nasaghast [[UnstoppableRage grows to immense size and rips the Horrorsaurus apart.]]]]
* StuffBlowingUp: Cars, planes, ships, {{Mayincatec}} temples, trains, helicopters, airships, etc. The comic runs on this trope alongside RuleOfCool.
* StunnedSilence: Derek, the worst person you'll ever meet, is so awful that Dr. [=McLuchadore=] was rendered speechless after hearing three sentences from the man.
* SummonBiggerFish: Doc deliberately [[spoiler: sends a poorly armed Chuck Goodrich into battle against the dinosaur army, because the subsequent attempts to kill him summon a Nasaghast.]]
* SunglassesAtNight: Standard practice for Radical Landers, who tend to favor CoolShades. It gets {{Lampshade}}d by Doc.
* SuperCellReception: The doctor getting phone reception while traveling through space. He didn't lose his connection until he started atmospheric re-entry. It's lampshaded in the AltText that the other end of the call was in a submarine.
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Beeman, a Franchise/{{Batman}} wannabe, faces several bank robbers with guns. They open fire on him, he gracefully flips through the air....and then flops across the floor, riddled with bullets. It's been the Trope Image for a long time for a reason.
** The only ones who can defeat a powerful, self-resurrecting demon are those of the Belstein family's "pure" bloodline. So, to keep the bloodline pure, they engaged in inbreeding, resulting in the last of the Belstein line being a crippled invalid.
** When [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/25p09/ a bunch of "bad dudes" get in the way of determined pizza delivery guys and their tooled out truck....]]
** At the end of the "D.A.R.E" story arc, Doc flat out admits to the audience that the villain's plan to take over the world wouldn't have worked out for a large number of reasons because just to take over America he would've had to have somehow murdered and replaced every single person in both the Judiciary and Legislative branches of government, including the President himself. Not that it would matter due to the massive amounts of constitutional red tape keeping him from going much further than that. [[spoiler:King Radical makes efforts to get around these problems by becoming Vice President first, not being seen as directly responsible for the President's disappearance, killing much of the Legislative branch, and fostering public goodwill.]]
*** [[spoiler:And for a moment, it looks like the trope will work against him when he ends up at a hearing to discuss the fact that both his being responsible for the president's disappearance, and him impersonating his alternate-universe self to be become vice president, are highly illegal. Then explosions ensue.]]
** Doc uses frozen shamrocks to save his family, just to call back to the story about the origin of the [=McNinjas=] he scoffed at earlier. He notes how stupid it is. When things settle down, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint they ask why he didn't just use the regular shurikens he still had in his coat]].
** Doc hopes that he can fly a spaceship just by winging it. When confronted with the ship's control panel, his tune changes pretty quickly.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/21p29 Of the Soylent Green variety.]]
** [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/23p14/ NOT my diary: don't look]]
* [[BadNewsIrrelevantNews Switching To Geico]]: Subverted.
-->'''Dr. [=McNinja=]''': I'm really sorry, but it looks like the test confirmed it, and your cancer is back. But I do have some good news.\\
'''Patient''': Didja save a bunch of money on your car insurance, Doc?\\
'''Dr. [=McNinja=]''': [[VisibleSilence ...]] If any doctor were ever to say that they would lose their license immediately. Do you ''really'' think that's funny?\\
'''Patient''': It's a funny commercial on TV!\\
'''Dr. [=McNinja=]''': Is cancer funny to you? Is cancer ''funny'' to you?!\\
'''Patient''': I'm sorry.\\
'''Dr. [=McNinja=]''': You should be.
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