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* BrokenPedestal: [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-10/02-to-remind-you-of-my-love/olympus/ Billie discovers just how hard it is]] to break the ruggedly reinforced pedestal on which the students in her new dorm, especially Lucy, have placed her -- despite her best efforts.
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** [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-10/02-to-remind-you-of-my-love/olympus/ Billie discovers just how hard it is]] to break the ruggedly reinforced pedestal on which the students in her new dorm, especially Lucy, have placed her -- despite her bestefforts.efforts.
** Joyce decides to look up her childhood crush Tristan and is disappointed to find out he-who had been apathetic about Christianity in his early teens-had gone further down the fundamentalist black hole.
** [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-10/02-to-remind-you-of-my-love/olympus/ Billie discovers just how hard it is]] to break the ruggedly reinforced pedestal on which the students in her new dorm, especially Lucy, have placed her -- despite her best
** Joyce decides to look up her childhood crush Tristan and is disappointed to find out he-who had been apathetic about Christianity in his early teens-had gone further down the fundamentalist black hole.
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* AdaptationNameChange: In the Walkyverse, Dina's surname was Sarazu. Here, it's Saruyama.
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* AdaptationalFriendship: Becky and Joyce are childhood friends, instead of meeting well into adulthood like they do in the original ''Webcomic/{{Walkyverse}}''.
* AdaptationalHeroism:
** Penny is Jason's ex and a sarcastic TA. She doesn't murder his father and lead a string of brutal attacks that leave dozens dead. On the other hand, she's not exactly ethical, and is carrying on an affair with a student, Joe.
** While not a villain, Mike's character in the Webcomic/{{Walkyverse}} was to be the biggest asshole in the world. Here, he's still an asshole but most of his quips are less about hurting people for no reason and more about forcing them to [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-6/02-that-perfect-girl/profane/ acknowledge hypocrisies]], [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/02-threes-a-crowd/kidding-2/ point out hard truths]] or [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-3/01-if-the-shoes-split/putyouup/ engage in uncomfortable conversations]].
* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: The characters in this comic don't share the same romantic relationships as their previous Walkyverse counterparts. They instead wind up with completely different partners.
* AdaptationalVillainy:
** Ryan may have been an asshole back in his only appearance in ''Roomies!'' Redux, but there him sleeping with Ruth was consensual. Here he's an attempted rapist.
** Blaine O'Malley. His appearance in DOA is much more direct than in ''Shortpacked'', his abuse is given more onscreen development, he kidnaps Danny to lure his daughter out, and his emotional abuse of his wife is upgraded to both emotional and physical. [[spoiler:And then he orchestrates the kidnapping of a good portion of the cast, murders Ross for disobeying orders, and then plans to kill his other conspirators, and potentially his hostages, to cover it up.]]
** Ross Macintyre. In ''Joyce & Walky'', while he looked down on the couple dancing and engaging in pre-marital sex, as well as Becky being friends with Joyce, the worst he ever did was voice these opinions. Here he's willing to do whatever he can to get his way, [[spoiler:[[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-6/01-to-those-whod-ground-me/deceptress/ including bringing a gun to a college campus]]]].
** Clint. In his only appearance in ''Shortpacked'', he beat up a guy for complaining about G.I. Joe toys. Here, he's emotionally and verbally abusive towards Ruth, and willing to use the threat of abusing Howard as a way to keep her in line.
** Joyce's parents in ''It's Walky!'' were devoutly religious but otherwise very supportive, understanding and even clever in their own way, the only problem being her mother [[IWantGrandkids pressuring Joyce to have kids]]. Here they are hard-right [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumpers]] who locked Joyce away in their bigoted Christian homeschool for most of her life, which rendered her emotionally stunted in the present.
* AdaptationalHeroism:
** Penny is Jason's ex and a sarcastic TA. She doesn't murder his father and lead a string of brutal attacks that leave dozens dead. On the other hand, she's not exactly ethical, and is carrying on an affair with a student, Joe.
** While not a villain, Mike's character in the Webcomic/{{Walkyverse}} was to be the biggest asshole in the world. Here, he's still an asshole but most of his quips are less about hurting people for no reason and more about forcing them to [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-6/02-that-perfect-girl/profane/ acknowledge hypocrisies]], [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/02-threes-a-crowd/kidding-2/ point out hard truths]] or [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-3/01-if-the-shoes-split/putyouup/ engage in uncomfortable conversations]].
* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: The characters in this comic don't share the same romantic relationships as their previous Walkyverse counterparts. They instead wind up with completely different partners.
* AdaptationalVillainy:
** Ryan may have been an asshole back in his only appearance in ''Roomies!'' Redux, but there him sleeping with Ruth was consensual. Here he's an attempted rapist.
** Blaine O'Malley. His appearance in DOA is much more direct than in ''Shortpacked'', his abuse is given more onscreen development, he kidnaps Danny to lure his daughter out, and his emotional abuse of his wife is upgraded to both emotional and physical. [[spoiler:And then he orchestrates the kidnapping of a good portion of the cast, murders Ross for disobeying orders, and then plans to kill his other conspirators, and potentially his hostages, to cover it up.]]
** Ross Macintyre. In ''Joyce & Walky'', while he looked down on the couple dancing and engaging in pre-marital sex, as well as Becky being friends with Joyce, the worst he ever did was voice these opinions. Here he's willing to do whatever he can to get his way, [[spoiler:[[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-6/01-to-those-whod-ground-me/deceptress/ including bringing a gun to a college campus]]]].
** Clint. In his only appearance in ''Shortpacked'', he beat up a guy for complaining about G.I. Joe toys. Here, he's emotionally and verbally abusive towards Ruth, and willing to use the threat of abusing Howard as a way to keep her in line.
** Joyce's parents in ''It's Walky!'' were devoutly religious but otherwise very supportive, understanding and even clever in their own way, the only problem being her mother [[IWantGrandkids pressuring Joyce to have kids]]. Here they are hard-right [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumpers]] who locked Joyce away in their bigoted Christian homeschool for most of her life, which rendered her emotionally stunted in the present.
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* AdaptationalFriendship: Becky and Joyce are childhood friends, instead of meeting well into adulthood like they do in the original ''Webcomic/{{Walkyverse}}''.
* AdaptationalHeroism:
** Penny is Jason's ex and a sarcastic TA. She doesn't murder his father and lead a string of brutal attacks that leave dozens dead. On the other hand, she's not exactly ethical, and is carrying on an affair with a student, Joe.
** While not a villain, Mike's character in the Webcomic/{{Walkyverse}} was to be the biggest asshole in the world. Here, he's still an asshole but most of his quips are less about hurting people for no reason and more about forcing them to [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-6/02-that-perfect-girl/profane/ acknowledge hypocrisies]], [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/02-threes-a-crowd/kidding-2/ point out hard truths]] or [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-3/01-if-the-shoes-split/putyouup/ engage in uncomfortable conversations]].
* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul:AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: The characters in this comic don't share the same romantic relationships as their previous Walkyverse counterparts. They instead wind up with completely different partners.
* AdaptationalVillainy:
** Ryan may have been an asshole back in his only appearance in ''Roomies!'' Redux, but there him sleeping with Ruth was consensual. Here he's an attempted rapist.
** Blaine O'Malley. His appearance in DOA is much more direct than in ''Shortpacked'', his abuse is given more onscreen development, he kidnaps Danny to lure his daughter out, and his emotional abuse of his wife is upgraded to both emotional and physical. [[spoiler:And then he orchestrates the kidnapping of a good portion of the cast, murders Ross for disobeying orders, and then plans to kill his other conspirators, and potentially his hostages, to cover it up.]]
** Ross Macintyre. In ''Joyce & Walky'', while he looked down on the couple dancing and engaging in pre-marital sex, as well as Becky being friends with Joyce, the worst he ever did was voice these opinions. Here he's willing to do whatever he can to get his way, [[spoiler:[[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-6/01-to-those-whod-ground-me/deceptress/ including bringing a gun to a college campus]]]].
** Clint. In his only appearance in ''Shortpacked'', he beat up a guy for complaining about G.I. Joe toys. Here, he's emotionally and verbally abusive towards Ruth, and willing to use the threat of abusing Howard as a way to keep her in line.
** Joyce's parents in ''It's Walky!'' were devoutly religious but otherwise very supportive, understanding and even clever in their own way, the only problem being her mother [[IWantGrandkids pressuring Joyce to have kids]]. Here they are hard-right [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumpers]] who locked Joyce away in their bigoted Christian homeschool for most of her life, which rendered her emotionally stunted in the present.partners.
* AdaptationalHeroism:
** Penny is Jason's ex and a sarcastic TA. She doesn't murder his father and lead a string of brutal attacks that leave dozens dead. On the other hand, she's not exactly ethical, and is carrying on an affair with a student, Joe.
** While not a villain, Mike's character in the Webcomic/{{Walkyverse}} was to be the biggest asshole in the world. Here, he's still an asshole but most of his quips are less about hurting people for no reason and more about forcing them to [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-6/02-that-perfect-girl/profane/ acknowledge hypocrisies]], [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/02-threes-a-crowd/kidding-2/ point out hard truths]] or [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-3/01-if-the-shoes-split/putyouup/ engage in uncomfortable conversations]].
* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul:
* AdaptationalVillainy:
** Ryan may have been an asshole back in his only appearance in ''Roomies!'' Redux, but there him sleeping with Ruth was consensual. Here he's an attempted rapist.
** Blaine O'Malley. His appearance in DOA is much more direct than in ''Shortpacked'', his abuse is given more onscreen development, he kidnaps Danny to lure his daughter out, and his emotional abuse of his wife is upgraded to both emotional and physical. [[spoiler:And then he orchestrates the kidnapping of a good portion of the cast, murders Ross for disobeying orders, and then plans to kill his other conspirators, and potentially his hostages, to cover it up.]]
** Ross Macintyre. In ''Joyce & Walky'', while he looked down on the couple dancing and engaging in pre-marital sex, as well as Becky being friends with Joyce, the worst he ever did was voice these opinions. Here he's willing to do whatever he can to get his way, [[spoiler:[[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-6/01-to-those-whod-ground-me/deceptress/ including bringing a gun to a college campus]]]].
** Clint. In his only appearance in ''Shortpacked'', he beat up a guy for complaining about G.I. Joe toys. Here, he's emotionally and verbally abusive towards Ruth, and willing to use the threat of abusing Howard as a way to keep her in line.
** Joyce's parents in ''It's Walky!'' were devoutly religious but otherwise very supportive, understanding and even clever in their own way, the only problem being her mother [[IWantGrandkids pressuring Joyce to have kids]]. Here they are hard-right [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumpers]] who locked Joyce away in their bigoted Christian homeschool for most of her life, which rendered her emotionally stunted in the present.
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* RevisitingTheRoots: After years of ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'''s mostly DenserAndWackier take on the franchise, ''Dumbing Of Age'' returns the ''Webcomic/{{Walkyverse}}'' to how it began: With the ComingOfAge SliceOfLife {{Dramedy}} of ''Roomies!'' and the DarkerAndEdgier tone of ''It's Walky!'', only now with Willis having over a decade of professional and personal improvement and the Sci-Fi elements removed.
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* RevisitingTheRoots: After years of ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'''s mostly DenserAndWackier take on the franchise, ''Dumbing Of Age'' returns the ''Webcomic/{{Walkyverse}}'' to how it began: With the ComingOfAge SliceOfLife ComingOfAge, SliceOfLife, and {{Dramedy}} aspects of ''Roomies!'' and the DarkerAndEdgier tone of ''It's Walky!'', only now with Willis having over a decade of professional and personal improvement and the Sci-Fi elements removed.
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*** Dorothy is faced with the prospect that her original goal in life of being the POTUS would require she make moral concessions she's not willing to make, something she is called out on by both Becky and Raidah. This causes her to suffer a full on IdentityBreakdown, resulting in her trying to inject herself into others lives, claiming it's to stop them from making a mistake when really it's thinly veiled self-interest, all for the sake of maintaining some level of control in her life, even going as far as to try and steal Walky back from Lucy after ''she'' was the one who pushed Walky into dating Lucy. Her treatment of Joyce in particular stands out, constantly infantilizing her and acting like Joyce is ''her'' responsibility, becoming territorial when Jennifer gives Joyce advice that actually ''succeeds'' where Dorothy failed, and tricks a visibly uncomfortable Joyce into masturbating for the first time in attempt to be a ShippingTorpedo for her new relationship with Joe, the entire time rationalizing it as "protecting" Joyce.
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*** Dorothy is faced with the prospect that her original goal in life of being the POTUS would require she make moral concessions she's not willing to make, something she is called out on by both Becky and Raidah. This causes her to suffer a full on IdentityBreakdown, resulting in her trying to inject herself into others lives, claiming it's to stop them from making a mistake when really it's thinly veiled self-interest, all for the sake of maintaining some level of control in her life, even going as far as to try and steal Walky back from Lucy after ''she'' was the one who pushed Walky into dating Lucy. Her treatment of Joyce in particular stands out, constantly infantilizing her and acting like Joyce is ''her'' responsibility, becoming territorial when Jennifer gives Joyce advice that actually ''succeeds'' where Dorothy failed, and tricks coerces a visibly uncomfortable Joyce into masturbating for the first time in attempt to be a ShippingTorpedo for her new relationship with Joe, the entire time rationalizing it as "protecting" Joyce.
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*** Dorothy is faced with the prospect that her original goal in life of being the POTUS would require she make moral concessions she's not willing to make, something she is called out on by both Becky and Raidah. This causes her to suffer a full on IdentityBreakdown, resulting in her trying to inject herself into others lives, claiming it's to stop them from making a mistake when really it's thinly veiled self-interest, all for the sake of maintaining some level of control in her life, even going as far as to try and steal Walky back from Lucy after ''she'' was the one who pushed Walky into dating Lucy. Her treatment of Joyce in particular stands out, constantly infantilizing her and acting like Joyce is ''her'' responsibility, becoming territorial when Jennifer gives Joyce advice that actually ''succeeds'' where Dorothy failed, and tricks a visibly uncomfortable Joyce into masturbating for the first time in attempt to be a ShippingTorpedo for her new relationship with Joe, the entire time rationalizing it as "protecting" Joyce.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: In parallel storylines, Jennifer falls (on the rebound) for ReformedCriminal Asher, while Joyce starts dating Joe. However, Asher turns out to be rather less of a bad boy than he first appears, even having things in common with [[{{Geek}} Walky]], and Joe, in an attempt to be worthy of Joyce, cleans up a bit, combing his hair and having a shave. Both women clearly prefer the older, badder versions of the guys, at least when it comes to appearance, and while Joyce and Joe manage to keep the relationship strong overall, Jennifer and Asher's relationship starts getting rocky, to the point Jennifer would ''prefer'' Asher cheated on her so as to make things more exciting, and Asher actually considers responding to [[spoiler:Ethan's]] advances.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: In parallel storylines, Jennifer falls (on the rebound) for ReformedCriminal Asher, while Joyce starts dating Joe. However, Asher turns out to be rather less of a bad boy than he first appears, even having things in common with [[{{Geek}} Walky]], and Joe, in an attempt to be worthy of Joyce, cleans up a bit, combing his hair and having a shave. Both women clearly prefer the older, badder versions of the guys, at least when it comes to appearance, and while Joyce and Joe manage to keep the relationship strong overall, Jennifer and Asher's relationship starts getting rocky, gets rocky to the point Jennifer would ''prefer'' Asher cheated on her so as to make things more exciting, and Asher actually considers responding to [[spoiler:Ethan's]] advances.
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** Following the {{timeskip}}, several characters have undergone this either due to lingering trauma surrounding [[spoiler:Mike's death]], or events that happened ''during'' the {{timeskip}}, in particular Halloween.
*** Jennifer has partly backslid into her AlphaBitch behavior from High School following [[spoiler:Ruth dumping her on Halloween out of the blue]], falling in with Raidah's group and letting her worst traits come out to the forefront. She's likewise severed ties with all of her old friend group sans Joyce, has ceased going by "Billie" in favor of her birth name, and acts behind a façade of maturity while bottling up resentment towards [[spoiler:Ruth for her [[CondescendingCompassion behavior]] and [[DidntThinkThisThrough reasoning]] for the break up]].
*** Joyce has embraced atheism as a result of the trauma brought upon by her former community and their fundamentalist beliefs, but with it comes a much more bitter and callous individual, not helped by having to deal with possible life changing details like needing glasses or being on the autism spectrum being thrown at her back to back. Her shift in attitude does little to endear her to her friends, but their attempts at trying to get her back to "normal" just ends up aggravating her and creates a much bigger rift.
*** [[spoiler:Ethan]] has had the most noticeable change in demeanor. In addition to losing muscle mass and not taking care of himself physically, he's much more jaded, dismissive, and overall self-destructive, all related to now suffering from depression over [[spoiler:Mike's death]]. This is especially noticeable when he begins flirting with Asher, who had already made clear he was in a relationship with Jennifer, making clear he just doesn't really ''care'' anymore and would rather just seduce Asher.
*** Jennifer has partly backslid into her AlphaBitch behavior from High School following [[spoiler:Ruth dumping her on Halloween out of the blue]], falling in with Raidah's group and letting her worst traits come out to the forefront. She's likewise severed ties with all of her old friend group sans Joyce, has ceased going by "Billie" in favor of her birth name, and acts behind a façade of maturity while bottling up resentment towards [[spoiler:Ruth for her [[CondescendingCompassion behavior]] and [[DidntThinkThisThrough reasoning]] for the break up]].
*** Joyce has embraced atheism as a result of the trauma brought upon by her former community and their fundamentalist beliefs, but with it comes a much more bitter and callous individual, not helped by having to deal with possible life changing details like needing glasses or being on the autism spectrum being thrown at her back to back. Her shift in attitude does little to endear her to her friends, but their attempts at trying to get her back to "normal" just ends up aggravating her and creates a much bigger rift.
*** [[spoiler:Ethan]] has had the most noticeable change in demeanor. In addition to losing muscle mass and not taking care of himself physically, he's much more jaded, dismissive, and overall self-destructive, all related to now suffering from depression over [[spoiler:Mike's death]]. This is especially noticeable when he begins flirting with Asher, who had already made clear he was in a relationship with Jennifer, making clear he just doesn't really ''care'' anymore and would rather just seduce Asher.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: In parallel storylines, Jennifer falls (on the rebound) for ReformedCriminal Asher, while Joyce starts dating Joe. However, Asher turns out to be rather less of a bad boy than he first appears, even having things in common with [[{{Geek}} Walky]], and Joe, in an attempt to be worthy of Joyce, cleans up a bit, combing his hair and having a shave. Both women clearly prefer the older, badder versions of the guys, at least when it comes to appearance.
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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: In parallel storylines, Jennifer falls (on the rebound) for ReformedCriminal Asher, while Joyce starts dating Joe. However, Asher turns out to be rather less of a bad boy than he first appears, even having things in common with [[{{Geek}} Walky]], and Joe, in an attempt to be worthy of Joyce, cleans up a bit, combing his hair and having a shave. Both women clearly prefer the older, badder versions of the guys, at least when it comes to appearance.appearance, and while Joyce and Joe manage to keep the relationship strong overall, Jennifer and Asher's relationship starts getting rocky, to the point Jennifer would ''prefer'' Asher cheated on her so as to make things more exciting, and Asher actually considers responding to [[spoiler:Ethan's]] advances.
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* DinosaursAreDragons: Discussed when, aside from her skepticism about evolution, Joyce "explains" to Dina that humans and dinosaurs existed in the same era, inspiring legends about dragons. She is also of the belief that the ''Parasaurolophus'' could breathe fire. [[WordOfGod Willis notes in the]] AltText [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer that this was an actual part of his Christian education.]][[invoked]]
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* CassandraTruth: When [[spoiler: Joyce]] confesses to being the Whiteboard Ding-Dong Bandit, Sierra cracks up laughing.
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* CassandraTruth: When [[spoiler: Joyce]] [[spoiler:Joyce]] confesses to being the Whiteboard Ding-Dong Bandit, Sierra cracks up laughing.
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** When Billie [[spoiler: finally tries to quit drinking]], she throws up off-panel a couple of times due to [[spoiler: Alcohol Withdrawal]].
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* StressVomit: In "The Whiteboard Dingdong Bandit", Billie is so hurt by Alice's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech that she throws up on Walky.
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** Ruth throws up on Billie's front as the latter tries to help her out of a drunken stupor in "Answers in Hennessy".
** PlayedWith when Billie {{Stress Vomit}}s on Walky in "The Whiteboard Dingdong Bandit", the act is off-panel, but we see his front covered in her puke in the next panel.
** When Billie [[spoiler: finally tries to quit drinking]], she throws up off-panel a couple of times due to [[spoiler: Alcohol Withdrawal]].
** Ruth throws up on Billie's front as the latter tries to help her out of a drunken stupor in "Answers in Hennessy".
** PlayedWith when Billie {{Stress Vomit}}s on Walky in "The Whiteboard Dingdong Bandit", the act is off-panel, but we see his front covered in her puke in the next panel.
** When Billie [[spoiler: finally tries to quit drinking]], she throws up off-panel a couple of times due to [[spoiler: Alcohol Withdrawal]].
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* DoubleMeaningTitle: The [[FunWithAcronyms acronym]] for the comic is "DOA", which could also stand for "Dead or Alive" or "Dead on Arrival", which accurately describes a fair bit of the cast's [[DysfunctionJunction mental state]], especially [[StrawNihilist Ruth]] and [[VigilanteMan Amber]].
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* MythologyGag:
** Every now and again. For example, [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/02-uphill-from-here/why/ this strip]] shows Leslie joking that every female in Gender Studies is a lesbian. Readers who've read ''Shortpacked!'' know that she ''is'' a lesbian. She also displays a noticeable crush on Congresswoman Robin [=DeSanto=], the same dynamic she had with Robin in ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}''.
** Walky mentioning that Sal is basically Batman (and is thus prone to disappearing). [[StealthHiBye Sal's usual method of entry]] (the window) was done as a Batman parody back in ''It's Walky!''.
** Sal's status as TheUnfavorite refers back to her being SwitchedAtBirth in ''It's Walky''.
** Sal's bikini has the yellow SEMME stripe.
** Mike's notes [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/02-uphill-from-here/notes/ here]].
** Walky tells Joyce that [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/06-yesterday-was-thursday/fast/ they can't be friends.]] In the Walkyverse, they're an OfficialCouple.
** Not exactly a gag, but Joyce losing her memory when she was drugged parallels nicely with being mind wiped in the Walkyverse.
** Dorothy's favorite episode of the "Dexter and Monkey Master" cartoon is the one where Head Alien crashes a wedding, a reference to the final (uncompleted) storyline of ''Joyce and Walky!'' Willis lampshades this in a [[https://itswalky.tumblr.com/post/32651588328/pivitor-this-is-me-this-is-me-so-hard-it-isnt Tumblr post]].
** According to Mike's [[CharacterBlog Twitter]], his turn-ons are [[https://www.joyceandwalky.com/d/20020511.html hats]], [[https://www.shortpacked.com/2005/comic/book-2-pulls-the-drama-tag/01-addicted/iloveyoumaggie/ strong tempers]], and [[RefugeInAudacity fuckable moms on the brink of death]], referencing Mike's romantic relationships in ''It's Walky!'' and ''Shortpacked!''
** "[[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-2/06-strange-beerfellows/fifteen-2/ No, Joe isn't climbing out the windows to get into their rooms.]] [[https://www.bringbackroomies.com/comic/and-now/ That'd be ridiculous.]]"
** Joyce's discovery of [[spoiler:Walky in her old ''Hymmel the Humming Hymnal'' tape]] is supposed to parallel her meeting and then forgetting Walky as a toddler in the old 'verse.
** Dorothy's decision to [[spoiler:forget about Amazi-Girl's identity on the news]] by offhandedly referencing how ''Dexter and Monkey Master'' suffered a lacklustre PostScriptSeason and deciding to mindwipe everybody on the following season.
** Amber's early dedication to her laptop is akin to that of her early Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}} addiction to her computer. Only with several years advancement in technology meaning she isn't using Usenet, but playing online games.
** So Sal and Jason [[https://www.itswalky.com/comic/for-the-kid/ walk into]] [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/02-threes-a-crowd/quite/ a bar]]...
** Amber and Mike's ''Shortpacked!'' relationship is referenced in [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/04-the-whiteboard-dong-bandit/interrogation/ this strip]], with a LampshadeHanging in the AltText.
** The irony in Mary's [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/03-the-butterflies-fly-away/joke/ snide comment]] was lampshaded in the AltText.
** [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-6/01-to-those-whod-ground-me/wheel/ A redheaded character is in car that's out of control, with a truck speeding towards it]]. Just to drive it home, the character tags claim this is "definitely that same truck driver dude as in ''Roomies!''"
** When Joyce suggests [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/03-when-god-closes-the-door/replaced/ borrowing the car without asking her parents]], Becky thinks she's been replaced by "[[https://www.itswalky.com/comic/woah-there/ some sorta Anti-Joyce]]".
** Also lampshaded in the AltText: Walky saying that "[[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/03-when-god-closes-the-door/super-human/ bein' superhuman'd be a bummer]]".
** In early 2017, Leslie's apartment is shown to have a ''Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' poster hanging in it. ''Shortpacked'' established Leslie as being a ''Star Wars'' fan. Specifically, the poster is of General Leia. Back in ''Shortpacked'', Leslie told Robin that it was watching ''Return of the Jedi'' and seeing Leia in the slave bikini that helped her realize she was gay.
** Joyce spends one storyline convinced -- on the basis of zero evidence -- that having Fuckface the iguana sitting on her head compels people to do what she wants. Sydney Yus believed the same thing in ''Shortpacked'', and in that continuity, may even have been right.
** Lucy has [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2019/comic/book-9-comic/03-sometimes-the-sky-was-so-far-away/fog/ a poster]] of the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' version of Starfire. Her introduction in ''Shortpacked'' was as a representative of the demographic who loved the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' cartoon, bought ''Comicbook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws'' because they were told "Comicbook/TheNew52 is a great jumping on point and it's got Starfire in it" and were ... not impressed.
** "Is A Song Forever?", the last portion of Book 10, is named after one of the last chapters of ''Roomies!'' proper.
** Dina has [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-11/02-look-straight-ahead/gestalt/ strong opinions]] on which cereals may be combined based on their milk absorbtion, specificaly referencing Cap'n Crunch. This is a sideways reference to the "Soggies may rule" finale of ''Shortpacked'' [[spoiler:in which Walkyverse Dina made an unexpected return]].
** Walky's [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2021/comic/book-11/03-see-you-in-the-funny-page/geniuscartoondrawingperson/ idea]] for a comic strip is ''[[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/blog/lawsome/ LAWsome]]'', a strip Willis created starring Mike and Bart O'Ryan.
** Joyce's [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2021/comic/book-11/03-see-you-in-the-funny-page/prequel/ idea]] is a college prequel to her space opera stories, which is basically ''Roomies!''/this very strip in relation to ''It's Walky''. (Strictly speaking, "Space Captain Julia Gray" is equivalent to Willis's ''very'' old Danny, Joe and Ultra-Car stories, which inspired many elements of the Walkyverse when it went sci fi, but the analogy still holds.)
*** Her [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2021/comic/book-11/03-see-you-in-the-funny-page/betty/ first strip]] is directly based on the [[https://www.itswalky.com/comic/and-now/ first strip]] of ''Roomies,'' right down to the first word balloon extending past the panel's right edge. The strip is [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2022/comic/book-12/04-dont-stop-billie-ving/toog/ later named]] as ''Roommates!!!''
*** A Patreon bonus strip is based on [[https://www.itswalky.com/comic/i-hate-math/ Walkyverse Joyce's first appearance]], complete with the Danny character wearing a shirt with a psi on it (but also Dumbingverse Danny's hat). In keeping with their Dumbingverse non-relationship, the main difference is that Julia doesn't react to him in any way, and later tells Doris she vaguely remembers seeing a hat.
*** Another Patreon strip riffs on a ''Roomies'' strip in which Danny ignores Joe's GirlOfTheWeek, with Julia ignoring Doris claiming that a character based on Walky is going to be her Vice-President.
*** And one more doesn't riff on a specific strip, but does give Dina's counterpart, Cerie, Walkyverse Dina's hat.
*** When Joyce is planning the strip, she at one point considers that, since she needs some kind of conflict between Julia and Doris, maybe Doris ReallyGetsAround and Julia disapproves. The subtle mythology gag there is that, while Doris is based on Dorothy, her role in the strip is actually equivalent to ''Joe'''s role in ''Roomies!''
** Lyle's [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2022/comic/book-13/02-turning-saints-into-the-sea/defiling/ first appearance]] is pretty much an exact redo of his [[https://www.shortpacked.com/comic/lyle first appearance]] in ''Shortpacked!''
** Anti-Joyce gets referenced again when [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2023/comic/book-13/03-joementum/hussification/ Joyce attributes her sexual thoughts to her in order to process them]], which is pretty much exactly how Walkyverse Anti-Joyce worked, only not as a metaphor.
** Every now and again. For example, [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/02-uphill-from-here/why/ this strip]] shows Leslie joking that every female in Gender Studies is a lesbian. Readers who've read ''Shortpacked!'' know that she ''is'' a lesbian. She also displays a noticeable crush on Congresswoman Robin [=DeSanto=], the same dynamic she had with Robin in ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}''.
** Walky mentioning that Sal is basically Batman (and is thus prone to disappearing). [[StealthHiBye Sal's usual method of entry]] (the window) was done as a Batman parody back in ''It's Walky!''.
** Sal's status as TheUnfavorite refers back to her being SwitchedAtBirth in ''It's Walky''.
** Sal's bikini has the yellow SEMME stripe.
** Mike's notes [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/02-uphill-from-here/notes/ here]].
** Walky tells Joyce that [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/06-yesterday-was-thursday/fast/ they can't be friends.]] In the Walkyverse, they're an OfficialCouple.
** Not exactly a gag, but Joyce losing her memory when she was drugged parallels nicely with being mind wiped in the Walkyverse.
** Dorothy's favorite episode of the "Dexter and Monkey Master" cartoon is the one where Head Alien crashes a wedding, a reference to the final (uncompleted) storyline of ''Joyce and Walky!'' Willis lampshades this in a [[https://itswalky.tumblr.com/post/32651588328/pivitor-this-is-me-this-is-me-so-hard-it-isnt Tumblr post]].
** According to Mike's [[CharacterBlog Twitter]], his turn-ons are [[https://www.joyceandwalky.com/d/20020511.html hats]], [[https://www.shortpacked.com/2005/comic/book-2-pulls-the-drama-tag/01-addicted/iloveyoumaggie/ strong tempers]], and [[RefugeInAudacity fuckable moms on the brink of death]], referencing Mike's romantic relationships in ''It's Walky!'' and ''Shortpacked!''
** "[[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-2/06-strange-beerfellows/fifteen-2/ No, Joe isn't climbing out the windows to get into their rooms.]] [[https://www.bringbackroomies.com/comic/and-now/ That'd be ridiculous.]]"
** Joyce's discovery of [[spoiler:Walky in her old ''Hymmel the Humming Hymnal'' tape]] is supposed to parallel her meeting and then forgetting Walky as a toddler in the old 'verse.
** Dorothy's decision to [[spoiler:forget about Amazi-Girl's identity on the news]] by offhandedly referencing how ''Dexter and Monkey Master'' suffered a lacklustre PostScriptSeason and deciding to mindwipe everybody on the following season.
** Amber's early dedication to her laptop is akin to that of her early Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}} addiction to her computer. Only with several years advancement in technology meaning she isn't using Usenet, but playing online games.
** So Sal and Jason [[https://www.itswalky.com/comic/for-the-kid/ walk into]] [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/02-threes-a-crowd/quite/ a bar]]...
** Amber and Mike's ''Shortpacked!'' relationship is referenced in [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/04-the-whiteboard-dong-bandit/interrogation/ this strip]], with a LampshadeHanging in the AltText.
** The irony in Mary's [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/03-the-butterflies-fly-away/joke/ snide comment]] was lampshaded in the AltText.
** [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-6/01-to-those-whod-ground-me/wheel/ A redheaded character is in car that's out of control, with a truck speeding towards it]]. Just to drive it home, the character tags claim this is "definitely that same truck driver dude as in ''Roomies!''"
** When Joyce suggests [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/03-when-god-closes-the-door/replaced/ borrowing the car without asking her parents]], Becky thinks she's been replaced by "[[https://www.itswalky.com/comic/woah-there/ some sorta Anti-Joyce]]".
** Also lampshaded in the AltText: Walky saying that "[[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/03-when-god-closes-the-door/super-human/ bein' superhuman'd be a bummer]]".
** In early 2017, Leslie's apartment is shown to have a ''Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' poster hanging in it. ''Shortpacked'' established Leslie as being a ''Star Wars'' fan. Specifically, the poster is of General Leia. Back in ''Shortpacked'', Leslie told Robin that it was watching ''Return of the Jedi'' and seeing Leia in the slave bikini that helped her realize she was gay.
** Joyce spends one storyline convinced -- on the basis of zero evidence -- that having Fuckface the iguana sitting on her head compels people to do what she wants. Sydney Yus believed the same thing in ''Shortpacked'', and in that continuity, may even have been right.
** Lucy has [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2019/comic/book-9-comic/03-sometimes-the-sky-was-so-far-away/fog/ a poster]] of the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' version of Starfire. Her introduction in ''Shortpacked'' was as a representative of the demographic who loved the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' cartoon, bought ''Comicbook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws'' because they were told "Comicbook/TheNew52 is a great jumping on point and it's got Starfire in it" and were ... not impressed.
** "Is A Song Forever?", the last portion of Book 10, is named after one of the last chapters of ''Roomies!'' proper.
** Dina has [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-11/02-look-straight-ahead/gestalt/ strong opinions]] on which cereals may be combined based on their milk absorbtion, specificaly referencing Cap'n Crunch. This is a sideways reference to the "Soggies may rule" finale of ''Shortpacked'' [[spoiler:in which Walkyverse Dina made an unexpected return]].
** Walky's [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2021/comic/book-11/03-see-you-in-the-funny-page/geniuscartoondrawingperson/ idea]] for a comic strip is ''[[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/blog/lawsome/ LAWsome]]'', a strip Willis created starring Mike and Bart O'Ryan.
** Joyce's [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2021/comic/book-11/03-see-you-in-the-funny-page/prequel/ idea]] is a college prequel to her space opera stories, which is basically ''Roomies!''/this very strip in relation to ''It's Walky''. (Strictly speaking, "Space Captain Julia Gray" is equivalent to Willis's ''very'' old Danny, Joe and Ultra-Car stories, which inspired many elements of the Walkyverse when it went sci fi, but the analogy still holds.)
*** Her [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2021/comic/book-11/03-see-you-in-the-funny-page/betty/ first strip]] is directly based on the [[https://www.itswalky.com/comic/and-now/ first strip]] of ''Roomies,'' right down to the first word balloon extending past the panel's right edge. The strip is [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2022/comic/book-12/04-dont-stop-billie-ving/toog/ later named]] as ''Roommates!!!''
*** A Patreon bonus strip is based on [[https://www.itswalky.com/comic/i-hate-math/ Walkyverse Joyce's first appearance]], complete with the Danny character wearing a shirt with a psi on it (but also Dumbingverse Danny's hat). In keeping with their Dumbingverse non-relationship, the main difference is that Julia doesn't react to him in any way, and later tells Doris she vaguely remembers seeing a hat.
*** Another Patreon strip riffs on a ''Roomies'' strip in which Danny ignores Joe's GirlOfTheWeek, with Julia ignoring Doris claiming that a character based on Walky is going to be her Vice-President.
*** And one more doesn't riff on a specific strip, but does give Dina's counterpart, Cerie, Walkyverse Dina's hat.
*** When Joyce is planning the strip, she at one point considers that, since she needs some kind of conflict between Julia and Doris, maybe Doris ReallyGetsAround and Julia disapproves. The subtle mythology gag there is that, while Doris is based on Dorothy, her role in the strip is actually equivalent to ''Joe'''s role in ''Roomies!''
** Lyle's [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2022/comic/book-13/02-turning-saints-into-the-sea/defiling/ first appearance]] is pretty much an exact redo of his [[https://www.shortpacked.com/comic/lyle first appearance]] in ''Shortpacked!''
** Anti-Joyce gets referenced again when [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2023/comic/book-13/03-joementum/hussification/ Joyce attributes her sexual thoughts to her in order to process them]], which is pretty much exactly how Walkyverse Anti-Joyce worked, only not as a metaphor.
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* MythologyGag:
** Every now and again. For example, [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/02-uphill-from-here/why/ this strip]] shows Leslie joking that every female in Gender Studies is a lesbian. Readers who've read ''Shortpacked!'' know that she ''is'' a lesbian. She also displays a noticeable crush on Congresswoman Robin [=DeSanto=], the same dynamic she had with Robin in ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}''.
** Walky mentioning that Sal is basically Batman (and is thus prone to disappearing). [[StealthHiBye Sal's usual method of entry]] (the window) was done as a Batman parody back in ''It's Walky!''.
** Sal's status as TheUnfavorite refers back to her being SwitchedAtBirth in ''It's Walky''.
** Sal's bikini has the yellow SEMME stripe.
** Mike's notes [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/02-uphill-from-here/notes/ here]].
** Walky tells Joyce that [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/06-yesterday-was-thursday/fast/ they can't be friends.]] In the Walkyverse, they're an OfficialCouple.
** Not exactly a gag, but Joyce losing her memory when she was drugged parallels nicely with being mind wiped in the Walkyverse.
** Dorothy's favorite episode of the "Dexter and Monkey Master" cartoon is the one where Head Alien crashes a wedding, a reference to the final (uncompleted) storyline of ''Joyce and Walky!'' Willis lampshades this in a [[https://itswalky.tumblr.com/post/32651588328/pivitor-this-is-me-this-is-me-so-hard-it-isnt Tumblr post]].
** According to Mike's [[CharacterBlog Twitter]], his turn-ons are [[https://www.joyceandwalky.com/d/20020511.html hats]], [[https://www.shortpacked.com/2005/comic/book-2-pulls-the-drama-tag/01-addicted/iloveyoumaggie/ strong tempers]], and [[RefugeInAudacity fuckable moms on the brink of death]], referencing Mike's romantic relationships in ''It's Walky!'' and ''Shortpacked!''
** "[[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-2/06-strange-beerfellows/fifteen-2/ No, Joe isn't climbing out the windows to get into their rooms.]] [[https://www.bringbackroomies.com/comic/and-now/ That'd be ridiculous.]]"
** Joyce's discovery of [[spoiler:Walky in her old ''Hymmel the Humming Hymnal'' tape]] is supposed to parallel her meeting and then forgetting Walky as a toddler in the old 'verse.
** Dorothy's decision to [[spoiler:forget about Amazi-Girl's identity on the news]] by offhandedly referencing how ''Dexter and Monkey Master'' suffered a lacklustre PostScriptSeason and deciding to mindwipe everybody on the following season.
** Amber's early dedication to her laptop is akin to that of her early Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}} addiction to her computer. Only with several years advancement in technology meaning she isn't using Usenet, but playing online games.
** So Sal and Jason [[https://www.itswalky.com/comic/for-the-kid/ walk into]] [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/02-threes-a-crowd/quite/ a bar]]...
** Amber and Mike's ''Shortpacked!'' relationship is referenced in [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/04-the-whiteboard-dong-bandit/interrogation/ this strip]], with a LampshadeHanging in the AltText.
** The irony in Mary's [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/03-the-butterflies-fly-away/joke/ snide comment]] was lampshaded in the AltText.
** [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-6/01-to-those-whod-ground-me/wheel/ A redheaded character is in car that's out of control, with a truck speeding towards it]]. Just to drive it home, the character tags claim this is "definitely that same truck driver dude as in ''Roomies!''"
** When Joyce suggests [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/03-when-god-closes-the-door/replaced/ borrowing the car without asking her parents]], Becky thinks she's been replaced by "[[https://www.itswalky.com/comic/woah-there/ some sorta Anti-Joyce]]".
** Also lampshaded in the AltText: Walky saying that "[[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/03-when-god-closes-the-door/super-human/ bein' superhuman'd be a bummer]]".
** In early 2017, Leslie's apartment is shown to have a ''Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' poster hanging in it. ''Shortpacked'' established Leslie as being a ''Star Wars'' fan. Specifically, the poster is of General Leia. Back in ''Shortpacked'', Leslie told Robin that it was watching ''Return of the Jedi'' and seeing Leia in the slave bikini that helped her realize she was gay.
** Joyce spends one storyline convinced -- on the basis of zero evidence -- that having Fuckface the iguana sitting on her head compels people to do what she wants. Sydney Yus believed the same thing in ''Shortpacked'', and in that continuity, may even have been right.
** Lucy has [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2019/comic/book-9-comic/03-sometimes-the-sky-was-so-far-away/fog/ a poster]] of the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' version of Starfire. Her introduction in ''Shortpacked'' was as a representative of the demographic who loved the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' cartoon, bought ''Comicbook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws'' because they were told "Comicbook/TheNew52 is a great jumping on point and it's got Starfire in it" and were ... not impressed.
** "Is A Song Forever?", the last portion of Book 10, is named after one of the last chapters of ''Roomies!'' proper.
** Dina has [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-11/02-look-straight-ahead/gestalt/ strong opinions]] on which cereals may be combined based on their milk absorbtion, specificaly referencing Cap'n Crunch. This is a sideways reference to the "Soggies may rule" finale of ''Shortpacked'' [[spoiler:in which Walkyverse Dina made an unexpected return]].
** Walky's [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2021/comic/book-11/03-see-you-in-the-funny-page/geniuscartoondrawingperson/ idea]] for a comic strip is ''[[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/blog/lawsome/ LAWsome]]'', a strip Willis created starring Mike and Bart O'Ryan.
** Joyce's [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2021/comic/book-11/03-see-you-in-the-funny-page/prequel/ idea]] is a college prequel to her space opera stories, which is basically ''Roomies!''/this very strip in relation to ''It's Walky''. (Strictly speaking, "Space Captain Julia Gray" is equivalent to Willis's ''very'' old Danny, Joe and Ultra-Car stories, which inspired many elements of the Walkyverse when it went sci fi, but the analogy still holds.)
*** Her [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2021/comic/book-11/03-see-you-in-the-funny-page/betty/ first strip]] is directly based on the [[https://www.itswalky.com/comic/and-now/ first strip]] of ''Roomies,'' right down to the first word balloon extending past the panel's right edge. The strip is [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2022/comic/book-12/04-dont-stop-billie-ving/toog/ later named]] as ''Roommates!!!''
*** A Patreon bonus strip is based on [[https://www.itswalky.com/comic/i-hate-math/ Walkyverse Joyce's first appearance]], complete with the Danny character wearing a shirt with a psi on it (but also Dumbingverse Danny's hat). In keeping with their Dumbingverse non-relationship, the main difference is that Julia doesn't react to him in any way, and later tells Doris she vaguely remembers seeing a hat.
*** Another Patreon strip riffs on a ''Roomies'' strip in which Danny ignores Joe's GirlOfTheWeek, with Julia ignoring Doris claiming that a character based on Walky is going to be her Vice-President.
*** And one more doesn't riff on a specific strip, but does give Dina's counterpart, Cerie, Walkyverse Dina's hat.
*** When Joyce is planning the strip, she at one point considers that, since she needs some kind of conflict between Julia and Doris, maybe Doris ReallyGetsAround and Julia disapproves. The subtle mythology gag there is that, while Doris is based on Dorothy, her role in the strip is actually equivalent to ''Joe'''s role in ''Roomies!''
** Lyle's [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2022/comic/book-13/02-turning-saints-into-the-sea/defiling/ first appearance]] is pretty much an exact redo of his [[https://www.shortpacked.com/comic/lyle first appearance]] in ''Shortpacked!''
** Anti-Joyce gets referenced again when [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2023/comic/book-13/03-joementum/hussification/ Joyce attributes her sexual thoughts to her in order to process them]], which is pretty much exactly how Walkyverse Anti-Joyce worked, only not as a metaphor.MythologyGag: Has [[MythologyGag/DumbingOfAge its own subpage]].
** Every now and again. For example, [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/02-uphill-from-here/why/ this strip]] shows Leslie joking that every female in Gender Studies is a lesbian. Readers who've read ''Shortpacked!'' know that she ''is'' a lesbian. She also displays a noticeable crush on Congresswoman Robin [=DeSanto=], the same dynamic she had with Robin in ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}''.
** Walky mentioning that Sal is basically Batman (and is thus prone to disappearing). [[StealthHiBye Sal's usual method of entry]] (the window) was done as a Batman parody back in ''It's Walky!''.
** Sal's status as TheUnfavorite refers back to her being SwitchedAtBirth in ''It's Walky''.
** Sal's bikini has the yellow SEMME stripe.
** Mike's notes [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/02-uphill-from-here/notes/ here]].
** Walky tells Joyce that [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/06-yesterday-was-thursday/fast/ they can't be friends.]] In the Walkyverse, they're an OfficialCouple.
** Not exactly a gag, but Joyce losing her memory when she was drugged parallels nicely with being mind wiped in the Walkyverse.
** Dorothy's favorite episode of the "Dexter and Monkey Master" cartoon is the one where Head Alien crashes a wedding, a reference to the final (uncompleted) storyline of ''Joyce and Walky!'' Willis lampshades this in a [[https://itswalky.tumblr.com/post/32651588328/pivitor-this-is-me-this-is-me-so-hard-it-isnt Tumblr post]].
** According to Mike's [[CharacterBlog Twitter]], his turn-ons are [[https://www.joyceandwalky.com/d/20020511.html hats]], [[https://www.shortpacked.com/2005/comic/book-2-pulls-the-drama-tag/01-addicted/iloveyoumaggie/ strong tempers]], and [[RefugeInAudacity fuckable moms on the brink of death]], referencing Mike's romantic relationships in ''It's Walky!'' and ''Shortpacked!''
** "[[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-2/06-strange-beerfellows/fifteen-2/ No, Joe isn't climbing out the windows to get into their rooms.]] [[https://www.bringbackroomies.com/comic/and-now/ That'd be ridiculous.]]"
** Joyce's discovery of [[spoiler:Walky in her old ''Hymmel the Humming Hymnal'' tape]] is supposed to parallel her meeting and then forgetting Walky as a toddler in the old 'verse.
** Dorothy's decision to [[spoiler:forget about Amazi-Girl's identity on the news]] by offhandedly referencing how ''Dexter and Monkey Master'' suffered a lacklustre PostScriptSeason and deciding to mindwipe everybody on the following season.
** Amber's early dedication to her laptop is akin to that of her early Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}} addiction to her computer. Only with several years advancement in technology meaning she isn't using Usenet, but playing online games.
** So Sal and Jason [[https://www.itswalky.com/comic/for-the-kid/ walk into]] [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/02-threes-a-crowd/quite/ a bar]]...
** Amber and Mike's ''Shortpacked!'' relationship is referenced in [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/04-the-whiteboard-dong-bandit/interrogation/ this strip]], with a LampshadeHanging in the AltText.
** The irony in Mary's [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/03-the-butterflies-fly-away/joke/ snide comment]] was lampshaded in the AltText.
** [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-6/01-to-those-whod-ground-me/wheel/ A redheaded character is in car that's out of control, with a truck speeding towards it]]. Just to drive it home, the character tags claim this is "definitely that same truck driver dude as in ''Roomies!''"
** When Joyce suggests [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/03-when-god-closes-the-door/replaced/ borrowing the car without asking her parents]], Becky thinks she's been replaced by "[[https://www.itswalky.com/comic/woah-there/ some sorta Anti-Joyce]]".
** Also lampshaded in the AltText: Walky saying that "[[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/03-when-god-closes-the-door/super-human/ bein' superhuman'd be a bummer]]".
** In early 2017, Leslie's apartment is shown to have a ''Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' poster hanging in it. ''Shortpacked'' established Leslie as being a ''Star Wars'' fan. Specifically, the poster is of General Leia. Back in ''Shortpacked'', Leslie told Robin that it was watching ''Return of the Jedi'' and seeing Leia in the slave bikini that helped her realize she was gay.
** Joyce spends one storyline convinced -- on the basis of zero evidence -- that having Fuckface the iguana sitting on her head compels people to do what she wants. Sydney Yus believed the same thing in ''Shortpacked'', and in that continuity, may even have been right.
** Lucy has [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2019/comic/book-9-comic/03-sometimes-the-sky-was-so-far-away/fog/ a poster]] of the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' version of Starfire. Her introduction in ''Shortpacked'' was as a representative of the demographic who loved the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' cartoon, bought ''Comicbook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws'' because they were told "Comicbook/TheNew52 is a great jumping on point and it's got Starfire in it" and were ... not impressed.
** "Is A Song Forever?", the last portion of Book 10, is named after one of the last chapters of ''Roomies!'' proper.
** Dina has [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-11/02-look-straight-ahead/gestalt/ strong opinions]] on which cereals may be combined based on their milk absorbtion, specificaly referencing Cap'n Crunch. This is a sideways reference to the "Soggies may rule" finale of ''Shortpacked'' [[spoiler:in which Walkyverse Dina made an unexpected return]].
** Walky's [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2021/comic/book-11/03-see-you-in-the-funny-page/geniuscartoondrawingperson/ idea]] for a comic strip is ''[[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/blog/lawsome/ LAWsome]]'', a strip Willis created starring Mike and Bart O'Ryan.
** Joyce's [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2021/comic/book-11/03-see-you-in-the-funny-page/prequel/ idea]] is a college prequel to her space opera stories, which is basically ''Roomies!''/this very strip in relation to ''It's Walky''. (Strictly speaking, "Space Captain Julia Gray" is equivalent to Willis's ''very'' old Danny, Joe and Ultra-Car stories, which inspired many elements of the Walkyverse when it went sci fi, but the analogy still holds.)
*** Her [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2021/comic/book-11/03-see-you-in-the-funny-page/betty/ first strip]] is directly based on the [[https://www.itswalky.com/comic/and-now/ first strip]] of ''Roomies,'' right down to the first word balloon extending past the panel's right edge. The strip is [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2022/comic/book-12/04-dont-stop-billie-ving/toog/ later named]] as ''Roommates!!!''
*** A Patreon bonus strip is based on [[https://www.itswalky.com/comic/i-hate-math/ Walkyverse Joyce's first appearance]], complete with the Danny character wearing a shirt with a psi on it (but also Dumbingverse Danny's hat). In keeping with their Dumbingverse non-relationship, the main difference is that Julia doesn't react to him in any way, and later tells Doris she vaguely remembers seeing a hat.
*** Another Patreon strip riffs on a ''Roomies'' strip in which Danny ignores Joe's GirlOfTheWeek, with Julia ignoring Doris claiming that a character based on Walky is going to be her Vice-President.
*** And one more doesn't riff on a specific strip, but does give Dina's counterpart, Cerie, Walkyverse Dina's hat.
*** When Joyce is planning the strip, she at one point considers that, since she needs some kind of conflict between Julia and Doris, maybe Doris ReallyGetsAround and Julia disapproves. The subtle mythology gag there is that, while Doris is based on Dorothy, her role in the strip is actually equivalent to ''Joe'''s role in ''Roomies!''
** Lyle's [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2022/comic/book-13/02-turning-saints-into-the-sea/defiling/ first appearance]] is pretty much an exact redo of his [[https://www.shortpacked.com/comic/lyle first appearance]] in ''Shortpacked!''
** Anti-Joyce gets referenced again when [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2023/comic/book-13/03-joementum/hussification/ Joyce attributes her sexual thoughts to her in order to process them]], which is pretty much exactly how Walkyverse Anti-Joyce worked, only not as a metaphor.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: In sharp contrast to [[Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}} the comic preceding it]], this is by far ''the'' darkest story in the ''Webcomic/{{Walkyverse}}'' thus far, even out-doing the [[CerebusSyndrome latter half]] of ''[[Webcomic/RoomiesItsWalkyJoyceAndWalky It's Walky!]]'' despite having far fewer deaths. The [[AdaptationalMundanity fantastical elements removed or subverted]], leaving the comic firmly in a CrapsackWorld of BlackAndGreyMorality, with the characters now more [[AdaptationalJerkass bitter]] and [[AdaptationalAngstUpgrade broken]] versions of their former selves, their issues now stemming completely from difficult real-life issues like depression and AbusiveParents (instead of that plus AlienAbduction). Storylines often end on [[BittersweetEnding dower]] [[DownerEnding notes]], with the characters recovering and relapsing on bad habits.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: In sharp contrast to [[Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}} the comic preceding it]], this is by far ''the'' darkest story in the ''Webcomic/{{Walkyverse}}'' thus far, even out-doing the [[CerebusSyndrome latter half]] of ''[[Webcomic/RoomiesItsWalkyJoyceAndWalky It's Walky!]]'' despite having far fewer deaths. The [[AdaptationalMundanity fantastical elements removed or subverted]], leaving the comic firmly in a CrapsackWorld of BlackAndGreyMorality, with the characters now more [[AdaptationalJerkass bitter]] and [[AdaptationalAngstUpgrade broken]] versions of their former selves, their issues now stemming completely from difficult real-life issues like depression and AbusiveParents (instead of that plus AlienAbduction). Storylines often end on [[BittersweetEnding dower]] [[DownerEnding notes]], bittersweet]] of not outright DownerEnding notes, with the characters recovering and relapsing on bad habits.
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* CapePunk: Amber's double identity as Amazi-Girl is portrayed in a much more gritty, realistic manner. On one hand, she is well-meaning and does a decent job of being a real-life superhero at the university. On the other hand, Amazi-Girl is more of an outlet for Amber's internalized aggression due to her horrific upbringing and has devolved into an increasingly unhinged SplitPersonality.
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* CapePunk: Amber's double identity as Amazi-Girl is portrayed in a much more [[VigilanteMan gritty, realistic manner.manner]]. On one hand, she is well-meaning and does a decent job of being a real-life superhero at the university. On the other hand, Amazi-Girl is more of an outlet for Amber's internalized aggression due to her horrific upbringing and has devolved into an increasingly unhinged SplitPersonality.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: In sharp contrast to [[Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}} the comic preceding it]], this is by far ''the'' darkest story in the ''Webcomic/{{Walkyverse}}'' thus far, even out-doing the [[CerebusSyndrome latter half]] of ''[[Webcomic/RoomiesItsWalkyJoyceAndWalky It's Walky!]]'' despite having far fewer deaths. The [[AdaptationalMundanity fantastical elements removed or subverted]], leaving the comic firmly in a CrapsackWorld of BlackAndGreyMorality, with the characters now more [[AdaptationalJerkass bitter]] and [[AdaptationalAngstUpgrade broken]] versions of their former selves, their issues now stemming completely from difficult real-life issues like depression and AbusiveParents (instead of that plus AlienAbduction). Storylines often end on [[BittersweetEnding dower]] [[DownerEnding notes]], with the characters recovering and relapsing on bad habits.
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** Joyce's parents in ''It's Walky!'' were devoutly religious but otherwise very supportive, understanding and even clever in their own way, the only problem being her mother [[IWantGrandkids pressuring Joyce to have kids]]. while here they are hard-right [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumpers]] who locked Joyce away in their bigoted Christian homeschool for most of her life, which rendered her emotionally stunted in the present.
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** Joyce's parents in ''It's Walky!'' were devoutly religious but otherwise very supportive, understanding and even clever in their own way, the only problem being her mother [[IWantGrandkids pressuring Joyce to have kids]]. while here Here they are hard-right [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumpers]] who locked Joyce away in their bigoted Christian homeschool for most of her life, which rendered her emotionally stunted in the present.
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* CassandraTruth: When [[spoiler:Joyce]] confesses to being the Whiteboard Ding-Dong Bandit, Sierra cracks up laughing.
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* CapePunk: Amber's double identity as Amazi-Girl is portrayed in a much more gritty, realistic manner. On one hand, she is well-meaning and does a decent job of being a real-life superhero at the university. On the other hand, Amazi-Girl is more of an outlet for Amber's internalized aggression due to her horrific upbringing and has devolved into an increasingly unhinged SplitPersonality.
* CassandraTruth: When[[spoiler:Joyce]] [[spoiler: Joyce]] confesses to being the Whiteboard Ding-Dong Bandit, Sierra cracks up laughing.
* CassandraTruth: When
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** Joyce's parents in ''It's Walky!'' were devoutly religious but otherwise very supportive, understanding and even clever in their own way, the only problem being her mother [[IWantGrandkids pressuring Joyce to have kids]]. while here they are Hard-Right [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumpers]] who locked Joyce away in their bigoted Christian homeschool for most of her life, which rendered her emotionally stunted in the present.
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** Joyce's parents in ''It's Walky!'' were devoutly religious but otherwise very supportive, understanding and even clever in their own way, the only problem being her mother [[IWantGrandkids pressuring Joyce to have kids]]. while here they are Hard-Right hard-right [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumpers]] who locked Joyce away in their bigoted Christian homeschool for most of her life, which rendered her emotionally stunted in the present.
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* AmicableExes: Pretty much every couple that breaks up remain friends, and those that start off icier still warm back up to each other eventually anyway. The only possible exception is [[spoiler:Hank and Carol.]]
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** Joyce's parents in ''It's Walky!'' were devoutly religious but otherwise very supportive, understanding and even clever in their own way, the only problem being her mother [[IWantGrandkids pressuring Joyce to have kids]]. while here they are Hard-Right [[TheFundamentalist Bible-thumpers]] who locked Joyce away in their bigoted Christian homeschool for most of her life, which rendered her emotionally stunted in the present.
* AmicableExes: Pretty much every couple that breaks upremain friends, remains friends and those that start off icier still warm back up to each other eventually anyway. The only possible exception is [[spoiler:Hank and Carol.]]
* AmicableExes: Pretty much every couple that breaks up
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[[caption-width-right:344:''[[{{Tagline}} Nothing prepares you for the outside world except being stupid over and over and over.]]'']]
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* AsideGlance: Done [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2024/comic/book-14/02-its-the-love-i-havent-got/everywhere-2/ by Asher]] when Ethan shuts down their flirting to check Franchise/{{Transformers}} pre-orders, and {{lampshaded}} in the comic's AltText.
-->he's not looking at the audience, he's looking over his shoulder, DUH
-->he's not looking at the audience, he's looking over his shoulder, DUH
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** Sal's outfits in [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/01-move-in-day/schoolgirl/ this strip]] look an awful lot like the school uniforms in ''{{Webcomic/Avalon}}'', which ''It's Walky!'' did a little crossover with during the "Anomalie" storyline.
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** Sal's outfits in [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/01-move-in-day/schoolgirl/ this strip]] look an awful lot like the school uniforms in ''{{Webcomic/Avalon}}'', ''{{Webcomic/Avalon|1999}}'', which ''It's Walky!'' did a little crossover with during the "Anomalie" storyline.
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** Mary inexplicably being naked when people barge in on her, even in the middle of the afternoon, though this stopped eventually.
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* SelfDeprecation: In a Patreon strip, Joyce gives Dina's ''Roommates!!!'' counterpart the PunnyName Cerie because she loves cereal. Sarah complains that this seems reductive, which is Willis criticising his own creation of characters like Leslie Bean the lesbian and, yes, Dina Sarazu[=/=]Saruyama the dinosaur fan.
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* SelfDeprecation: In a Patreon strip, Joyce gives Dina's ''Roommates!!!'' counterpart the PunnyName Cerie because she loves cereal. Sarah complains that this seems reductive, which is Willis criticising his own creation of characters like Leslie Bean the lesbian and, yes, Dina Sarazu[=/=]Saruyama Sarazu/Saruyama the dinosaur fan.
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* ClarkKenting: Unlike in ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'', people in this continuity don't seem to see through Amazi-Girl's disguise. (Granted, she actually operates at night or is moving too quickly for identification most of the time.)
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* PaperThinDisguise: Unlike in ''Webcomic/{{Shortpacked}}'' people in this continuity don't seem to see through Amazi-Girl's disguise. (Granted, she actually operates at night or is moving too quickly for identification most of the time.)
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* AuthorTract: Willis often uses his comic to explore bigotry, specifically the way fundamentalism can nurture that quality in people and the effects it can have on others. Joyce's arc is about exorcising hers, while Becky, Leslie, and Carla's arcs are about dealing with other people's. Sal specifically is struggling with the way her parents treated her [[ButNotTooBlack for having a darker skin-tone]] than [[ParentalFavoritism her brother]]. He is not very subtle about it and has lashed at the audience for "not getting it" in the past.
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* AuthorTract: Willis often uses his comic to explore bigotry, specifically the way fundamentalism can nurture that quality in people and the effects it can have on others. Joyce's arc is about exorcising hers, while Becky, Leslie, and Carla's arcs are about dealing with other people's. Sal specifically is struggling with the way her parents treated her [[ButNotTooBlack for having a darker skin-tone]] than [[ParentalFavoritism her brother]]. He is not very subtle about it and has lashed out at the audience for "not getting it" in the past.
