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* DoubleAgent: Toast is an unwilling double agent of Dusk for a period of time.
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* DoubleAgent: Toast is an unwilling double agent of Dusk for a period of time. time.
* DoubleSubversion: [[spoiler: After meeting Thor, Randy expects the next thundering voice to belong to something small and harmless. It's a timber wolf.]]
* DoubleSubversion: [[spoiler: After meeting Thor, Randy expects the next thundering voice to belong to something small and harmless. It's a timber wolf.]]
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* FeatherFingers: Myrtle Myrtle.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: As befitting the title of the comic, the majority of the animals' misadventures is the result of characters misinterpreting or misunderstanding key pieces of information.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: As befitting the title of the comic, the majority of the animals' misadventures is the result of characters misinterpreting or misunderstanding key pieces of information. [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?267 Lampshaded here]].
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Played straight on the one or two occasions we can see Cindy is a wild vixen. Subverted on one memorable occasion with Randy, who showed up to chase Dusk off ''with a rifle''. (He was sleepwalking at the time.)
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Played straight on the one or two occasions we can see Cindy is a wild vixen. Subverted on one memorable occasion with Randy, who showed up to chase Dusk off ''with a rifle''. (He was sleepwalking at the time.) Played straigther [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?145 here]].
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* AreWeThereYet: Amber, when she was woken up at the zoo.
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* LiteralMetaphor: "A little birdie told me."
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* AManIsNotAVirgin: Averted so very hard.Averted.
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** After Dusk, still brightly colored from her HumiliationConga, returns to the farm, one of the bunnies remarks that the new colors make her look [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?1398 "twenty percent cooler"]], quoting [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Rainbow Dash]] almost word for word. Dusk herself imitates Fluttershy's FlatJoy "yay."
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** After Dusk, still brightly colored from her HumiliationConga, returns to the farm, one of the bunnies remarks that the new colors make her look [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?1398 "twenty percent cooler"]], quoting [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Rainbow Dash]] almost word for word. Dusk herself imitates Fluttershy's FlatJoy "yay.""
* SomethingThatBeginsWithBoring: A pair of raccoons have progressed to [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?1523 "even more"]] and the inevitable "That's when I killed him".
* SomethingThatBeginsWithBoring: A pair of raccoons have progressed to [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?1523 "even more"]] and the inevitable "That's when I killed him".
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* AerithAndBob: Some of the names of the bunnies. Betty, Barbie, Barney, Bitsy... and Frank.
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** The cats use "Mary Ann" and "Ginger" in coded reference to the two vixens. The overwhelming favorite is Mary Ann, since "Ginger" is too scary.
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** The bunnies and the cats use "Mary Ann" and "Ginger" in coded reference to the two vixens. The overwhelming favorite is Mary Ann, since Randy does too, confiding once in Stu that "Ginger" is way too scary.
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* GloryDays: Averted for the most part; none of the animals seem to miss their showbiz days.
* GreenEyedMonster: Myrtle towardCindy.Cindy, at first.
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* Myrtle the hen, who can write (in chicken-scratch, natch), can't type (though she can hunt and peck) and is addicted to soap operas
* Arthur the glasses-wearing horse
* Stu and Edie (rabbits) and all of their offspring - the humans didn't know Edie was a doe
* Mighty Thor the mouse
* Kira, Toast and the other 142 cats, who love to play with Randy, which usually involves tying him up or turning him into a giant ball of yarn.
* Cocky the cockatiel, who can [[TalkingAnimal speak Human]]. Unfortunately it's mostly [[FunWithForeignLanguages in French]].
* Arthur the glasses-wearing horse
* Stu and Edie (rabbits) and all of their offspring - the humans didn't know Edie was a doe
* Mighty Thor the mouse
* Kira, Toast and the other 142 cats, who love to play with Randy, which usually involves tying him up or turning him into a giant ball of yarn.
* Cocky the cockatiel, who can [[TalkingAnimal speak Human]]. Unfortunately it's mostly [[FunWithForeignLanguages in French]].
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* Myrtle the hen, Myrtle, a hen who can write in English (in chicken-scratch, natch), can't type (though she can hunt and peck) and is addicted to television, particularly soap operas
*Arthur the glasses-wearing horse
Arthur, an intellectual horse who wears glasses and panics when anyone gets on his back
* Stu and Edie (rabbits)and plus all of their offspring - -- the humans didn't know Edie was a doe
* MightyThor Thor, a wild mouse who comes to the mouse
barn for recompense after someone (Dusk?) eats a member of his family
* Kira, Toast and the other142 cats, who barn cats and kittens. They love to play with Randy, which usually involves tying him up or turning him into a giant ball of yarn.
*Cocky the cockatiel, Cocky, a cockatiel who can [[TalkingAnimal speak Human]]. Unfortunately it's mostly [[FunWithForeignLanguages in French]].
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* Dusk, Cindy's cousin and rival
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* Dusk, another vixen; Cindy's cousin and rival
rival.
* Ricky and Al, two raccoons whohave escaped from were former residents of an animal center and recently once paid a visit to GMSA. GMSA. Ricky has dreams of a career in musical theater; Al is more grounded.
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* HonoraryUncle: It's when the little bunnies call her "Aunt Cindy" that Cindy yields on the food matter.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Myrtle. Randy's sister April is leaning this way, thinking Dusk would be a better mate for Randy than Cindy.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Myrtle. Randy's sister April is leaning this way, thinking Dusk would be a better mate for Randy than Cindy.
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* HonoraryUncle: It's when the little bunnies call her "Aunt Cindy" that Cindy yields on the food matter.
matter. Even Dusk gets a pang of conscience when something she considers food greets her like one of the family.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Myrtle. Randy's sister Aprilis appeared to be leaning this way, thinking Dusk would be a better mate for Randy than Cindy.Cindy, though she later revealed she had Dusk's number a long time ago and was just playing along.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Myrtle. Randy's sister April
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--> [One of the human owners tries to ride Arthur, who gallops at high-speed in a panic.]
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--> [One of the human owners tries to ride Arthur, who gallops at high-speed by in a panic.]
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* ThirdPersonPerson: Thor, the field mouse. "Thor demands atonement!"
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* KangarooCourt: Randy is afraid that the cats will subject Cindy to this.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Myrtle toward Cindy.
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* TextileWorkIsFeminine: Myrtle claims to like knitting.
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* TalkAboutTheWeather
TalkAboutTheWeather: Something of a RunningGag. When humans talk about sex, Randy lies in his translation to Cindy, which gives her the impression that the topic of weather somehow bothers him.
*TalkingAnimal TalkingAnimal: Only Cocky can talk to humans, but the rest can all talk to each other.
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* WhatsAHenway: [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?1507 This strip]].
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Being produced by two professional writers and illustrators, the webcomic and artwork are of great quality. It is suitable for all ages, and contains occasional references and quotes from TV shows. As of early 2012, [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp2.cgi?1 the archive]] contains [[ArchiveBinge about 1400 comics]].
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Being produced by two professional writers and illustrators, the webcomic and artwork are of great quality. It is suitable for all ages, and contains occasional references and quotes from TV shows. As of early 2012, 2013, [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp2.cgi?1 the archive]] contains [[ArchiveBinge about 1400 1500 comics]].
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* EvilIsSexy: The in-universe reaction of some of the young male bunnies to Dusk.
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: Cindy takes the brunt of these, particularly when Dusk is around to 'help.'
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* [[WebcomicsLongRunners Webcomic Long Runner]]: The archive is well over 1300.
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Not to confused with, well, ''[[FeeFiFauxPas faux pas]]''.
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Not to be confused with, well, a ''[[FeeFiFauxPas faux pas]]''.
* KangarooPouchRide: April, at some point in her life in Australia. Her kits ask the Brisbane the wallaroo for a ride, but April clarifies that only females have pouches.
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* LoveTriangle: TriangRelations Type 4.
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* LoveTriangle: TriangRelations Type 4. Not everyone sees this as a bad thing...
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* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: The humans who own the farm are rarely seen, and when they are their faces are never shown.
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* LoveTriangle: TriangRelations Type 4 4.
--> '''April''' ''[to Randy]:'' It looks like you have ''two'' healthy, willing vixens to choose from as a mate. Way to go, brother mine!
--> '''April''' ''[to Randy]:'' It looks like you have ''two'' healthy, willing vixens to choose from as a mate. Way to go, brother mine!
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* ActionGirl: Cindy and Dusk.
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* ActionGirl: Cindy and Dusk. Dusk.
* AerithAndBob: Some of the names of the bunnies. Betty, Barbie, Barney, Bitsy... and Frank.
* AerithAndBob: Some of the names of the bunnies. Betty, Barbie, Barney, Bitsy... and Frank.
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* WillTheyOrWontThey: Randy and Cindy. Promotional art suggests that TheyDo -- eventually.
** But good '''God,''' it's sure taking them a long time. Just when you think the marriage is right around the corner, someone (usually Myrtle) does something stupid to extend the suspense another five or six weeks.
*** The comic's all about miscommunication which often delays events. Considering a big drive of the plot is Randy and Cindy slowly advancing their relationship, there's no incentive to hurry things up. Some of the other characters have noticed this feet-dragging and made attempts to kick things into gear.
** But good '''God,''' it's sure taking them a long time. Just when you think the marriage is right around the corner, someone (usually Myrtle) does something stupid to extend the suspense another five or six weeks.
*** The comic's all about miscommunication which often delays events. Considering a big drive of the plot is Randy and Cindy slowly advancing their relationship, there's no incentive to hurry things up. Some of the other characters have noticed this feet-dragging and made attempts to kick things into gear.
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* WillTheyOrWontThey: Randy and Cindy. Promotional art suggests that TheyDo -- eventually. \n** But good '''God,''' it's sure taking them a long time. Just when you think since the marriage is right around the corner, someone (usually Myrtle) does something stupid to extend the suspense another five or six weeks.
*** Thecomic's all about miscommunication which often delays events. Considering a big drive of and the plot is slow advancement of Randy and Cindy slowly advancing their Cindy's relationship, there's no incentive to hurry things up. Some of the other characters have noticed this feet-dragging and made attempts to kick things into gear.up.
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** Cocky quotes LordOfTheRings and {{Serenity}} [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp2.cgi?158 while drunk]]
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** Cocky quotes LordOfTheRings and {{Serenity}} Film/{{Serenity}} [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp2.cgi?158 while drunk]]
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* AmbiguousGender: Randy, at least to the humans; he was Miss April on a wildlife calendar.
** Edie was mistaken for male (and called Eddie), even by most of the animals; when the rabbit population suddenly jumped from 2 to 31, the truth was revealed.
*** It was canonically established that as of Week 201, Stu and Edie now have 53 kids.
** This happens to Edie again when Myrtle takes her along to see her "all-knowing seer", the mole named Vert Lin, to (prematurely) ask his advice about planning Randy and Cindy's wedding. Vert Lin mistakes Edie as being the "lucky groom".
** Edie was mistaken for male (and called Eddie), even by most of the animals; when the rabbit population suddenly jumped from 2 to 31, the truth was revealed.
*** It was canonically established that as of Week 201, Stu and Edie now have 53 kids.
** This happens to Edie again when Myrtle takes her along to see her "all-knowing seer", the mole named Vert Lin, to (prematurely) ask his advice about planning Randy and Cindy's wedding. Vert Lin mistakes Edie as being the "lucky groom".
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* AmbiguousGender: Randy, at least to Often. Justified since most of the humans; he main cast are animals without strong sexual dimorphism.
** Randy was Miss April on a wildlife calendar.
** Edie (female rabbit) wasmistaken originally "Eddie." When she and Stu started a family (as of Week 201, they have 53 kids) the secret was out, but 'outside' animals still mistake her for male (and called Eddie), even by most of the animals; when the rabbit population suddenly jumped from 2 to 31, the truth was revealed.male.
*** It was canonically established that as of Week 201, Stu ** Played straight and Edie now have 53 kids.
** This happens to Edie again when Myrtle takes her along to see her "all-knowing seer", the mole named Vert Lin, to (prematurely) ask his advice about planning Randy andaverted with Cindy's wedding. Vert Lin mistakes Edie as being the "lucky groom". brief modeling career.
** Randy was Miss April on a wildlife calendar.
** Edie (female rabbit) was
** This happens to Edie again when Myrtle takes her along to see her "all-knowing seer", the mole named Vert Lin, to (prematurely) ask his advice about planning Randy and
* PuppyDogEyes: Frequently. Weaponized [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?959 here]].
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''[[http://www.ozfoxes.com/fauxpas.htm Faux Pas]]'' (pronounced ''Fox Paws'') is a webcomic about the adventures of [[FurryComic the red fox Randy and the other Green Mountain Studio Animals]]. Most of the animals have been trained by humans; Randy himself is an actor who has appeared in ads, TV shows and movies.
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[[caption-width-right:339:Cindy explains while Randy chases Myrtle]]
''[[http://www.ozfoxes.com/fauxpas.htm Faux Pas]]'' (pronounced ''Fox Paws'') is a webcomic about the adventures of [[FurryComic the red fox Randy and the other Green Mountain Studio Animals]]. Most of the animals have been trained by humans; Randy himself is an actor who has appeared in ads, TV shows and movies.
Many {{story arc}}s deal with the result of Randy's sheltered upbringing; he's innocent and gullible, can't avoid traps or track scents, doesn't eat his fellow animals, and has no idea how to treat Cindy, the wild vixen he has a crush on -- or Dusk, the less scrupulous wild vixen who has a crush on him.
The webcomic has a strong continuity, so reading through the archives will help you understand the current story lines. A new comic appears every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Most of the cast has picked up a lot of human characteristics, even though they are portrayed at least semi-realistically.
* Myrtle the hen, who can write (in chicken-scratch, natch), can't type (though she can hunt and peck) and is addicted to soap operas
* Arthur the glasses-wearing horse
* Stu and Edie (rabbits) and all of their offspring - the humans didn't know Edie was a doe
* Mighty Thor the mouse
* Kira, Toast and the other 142 cats, who love to play with Randy, which usually involves tying him up or turning him into a giant ball of yarn.
* Cocky the cockatiel, who can [[TalkingAnimal speak Human]]. Unfortunately it's mostly [[FunWithForeignLanguages in French]].
Then there are the animals outside the studio:
* Cindy, the wild vixen Randy has a crush on; she's [[FishOutOfWater slowly adapting]] to living in a human-made environment.
* Dusk, Cindy's cousin and rival
* Ricky and Al, two raccoons who have escaped from an animal center and recently paid a visit to GMSA.
* Birdy, a bluebird friend from Cindy's childhood.
* April, Randy's sister recently arrived from Australia (with kits Amber, Ember, and Leaf). The fallout of confusion from her arrival has yet to settle.
Humans leave the animals mostly alone, although Randy has been doing some acting jobs for them. The animals can't communicate with the humans beyond Myrtle's very bad handwriting and Cocky's very bad translations, although everyone except Cindy understands English.
Being produced by two professional writers and illustrators, the webcomic and artwork are of great quality. It is suitable for all ages, and contains occasional references and quotes from TV shows. As of early 2012, [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp2.cgi?1 the archive]] contains [[ArchiveBinge about 1400 comics]].
Not to confused with, well, ''[[FeeFiFauxPas faux pas]]''.
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* ActionGirl: Cindy and Dusk.
* AmbiguousGender: Randy, at least to the humans; he was Miss April on a wildlife calendar.
** Edie was mistaken for male (and called Eddie), even by most of the animals; when the rabbit population suddenly jumped from 2 to 31, the truth was revealed.
*** It was canonically established that as of Week 201, Stu and Edie now have 53 kids.
** This happens to Edie again when Myrtle takes her along to see her "all-knowing seer", the mole named Vert Lin, to (prematurely) ask his advice about planning Randy and Cindy's wedding. Vert Lin mistakes Edie as being the "lucky groom".
* AnimalTalk
* ArtEvolution: The earliest strips didn't usually have backgrounds, unless they were important to the plot. Instead you'd see a wall of white and another color. Or just white. Or maybe a colored circle.
* AscendedExtra: Toast starts off as a nameless member of the "cat herd", but eventually becomes integral to the storyline. He actually makes quite a few appearances before his name is revealed, 20 weeks or so after his debut.
** Fluffy, the oldest child of Stu and Edie.
** Penny began as a nameless child of Stu and Edie, who became a semi-regular thanks in no small part to the fact that she's got a future mate, Jon. (Penny is the oldest daughter).
* AssShove: Off-camera, but Cindy is ''very'' surprised when the vet takes her temperature.
* BettyAndVeronica: Cindy is Betty and Dusk is Veronica.
** The cats use "Mary Ann" and "Ginger" in coded reference to the two vixens. The overwhelming favorite is Mary Ann, since "Ginger" is too scary.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Played straight on the one or two occasions we can see Cindy is a wild vixen. Subverted on one memorable occasion with Randy, who showed up to chase Dusk off ''with a rifle''. (He was sleepwalking at the time.)
* BigEater: Myrtle, when she and Randy go on a trip away from home to find Cindy. She has a tendency to pause every 20 minutes or so for lunch, even though (since she's riding Randy) the fox is doing all the work.
--> '''Myrtle:''' With the sandwiches all gone, at least the load is lighter, eh?
--> '''Randy:''' All that food went out the pack, and into you! You didn't lighten the load-- you just raised the center of gravity.
* BigNo: It's Toast's turn to "play" with Randy, but he wouldn't dare do so with Cindy around. When he's told Cindy is heading to the woods, he gets excited because he's been waiting forever, but he lets out a big "NOOO!" when told that Randy's going with her.
* BucketBoobyTrap
* ButtMonkey: Randy, so very much.
* CaffeineBulletTime: Happens to Cindy after Myrtle doses her with some "triple s press o".
* CarnivoreConfusion: Though used to catching her own food, Cindy promises not to eat any of Randy's friends (eating Lamb 'n' Rice Medley fox chow is a-ok with both of them, though).
* CatsAreMean: The barn cats think Randy is a [[ComedicSociopathy fantastic source of entertainment]], though Kira and Toast are more sympathetic than otherwise.
* ChasteHero: Randy ''personifies'' this trope. He knows he's attracted to Cindy, and that the feeling's mutual, but is completely clueless in the ways of courtship-- he still believes babies come from storks.
* CloudCuckooLander: Myrtle, and ''how.''
** Ricky, the raccoon mime, who debuted in Week 54.
** Actually, pretty much every bird in the series, from the FunnyForeigner Cocky, ProudWarriorRaceGuy "Slayer" (a rather strange hawk), and Birdy, who is just kind of nuts.
* CluelessChickMagnet: Randy, to some extent.
* CompletelyMissingThePoint:
--> ''[[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?1240 "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes..."]]''
--> "Is he going on about thumbs '''''again??!'''''" "Looks like..."
* CunningLikeAFox: Definitely Dusk, probably Cindy, ''utterly'' averted by Randy.
* DescriptionCut: So, ''so'' many times. A character will frequently say something like, "I can't believe [x] would do something like that," and then we cut to [x] doing exactly that. Or, "I wonder what so-and-so is thinking."
* DoubleAgent: Toast is an unwilling double agent of Dusk for a period of time.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Fluffy, the eldest rabbit of Stu and Eddie's first clutch, would much rather be called Vlad, Attila or Thundarr.
* TheFaceless: We've never seen a human face in the comic.
* FeatherFingers: Myrtle
* FishOutOfWater: Cindy
* FurriesAreEasierToDraw: Humans are rarely seen and are in a low quality.
* FurryFemaleMane: The female foxes have longer fur on their necks to suggest hair.
* {{Glomp}}: Cindy does this to Randy in the final strip of Week 190, after Randy's pain drugs have (finally) worn off.
* HeelFaceTurn: Toast, eventually.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Myrtle. Randy's sister April is leaning this way, thinking Dusk would be a better mate for Randy than Cindy.
* HumiliationConga: After taking Myrtle's advice on how to snare Randy, Dusk winds up dyed purple and green, reeking of perfume, and suffering (at the very least) a massive headache from being startled whilst under a desk. She [[VillainExitStageLeft beats a strategic retreat]] shortly afterward.
* [[IThinkYouBrokeHim I Think You Broke Her]]: When Myrtle's television is taken away, she stands staring at where it used to be, in a catatonic state. When a remote control is put in her hands, she mindlessly clicks it, repeatedly. Eventually, the cats start using her to play Living Statues.
* TheIllegible: Myrtle is this to the other animals; she does the record-keeping because no one else can read her chicken scratches. The humans can read it, somewhat, even though they mistake "Myrtle Dehen" for "Meghan Dalton." Eventually they find her a typewriter.
--> '''Myrtle:''' Hey -- that's just my unique penmanship!
* IncrediblyLamePun: When Myrtle asks Kira where Randy is, she replies that he's doing quite ''well.'' It turns out the cats tossed him down a well.
** When Myrtle finds Randy after looking for him for hours, Randy says, "I was tied up all morning." Myrtle is furious, saying that Randy had promised he'd be helping ''her,'' when they overhear a cat telling Kira that her fox got loose -- yes, Randy was ''literally'' tied up all morning.
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] later when Randy overhears the cats overusing the words "well", and decides to make a last-minute trip away from the farm.
** [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?766 "I'm th'orry! Can I get you an ath'pirin?"]]
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: Cindy didn't tell Randy what happened. [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?1260 But Myrtle just did!]]
* IntellectualAnimal: Primarily Cindy, Dusk, and the cats. The less feral Green Mountain Studio Animals cast think more like humans.
* IsItSomethingYouEat: Cindy's response to most human things, especially at first.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Randy is immediately tongue-tied around Cindy. It takes him a ''long'' time to admit his feelings, though.
* LoveTriangle: TriangRelations Type 4
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Stu was a magician's rabbit and is implied to have some magic of his own, but we're not sure how much.
* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: Played with by one of the cats who hadn't yet learned of Cindy's presence, and thus thought Randy was the only fox around. Focused on dumping a bucket of green paint on Randy, Cindy inadvertently snuck up on him, causing him to dump the paint on himself.
--> '''Cat:''' Criminy! Three of my lives flashed before my eyes!
* AManIsNotAVirgin: Averted so very hard.
* NoodleIncident: When Randy is in the barn recovering from being doped up, and Cindy and Toast go out to try and find Stu, the cats see it as an opportunity to play with Randy, and such opportunities have been hard to come by now that Cindy's living in the barn. When next we see Randy, he's inside a giant ball of string. We don't see how he got there.
* OldShame: Arthur always freaks out when a human tries to ride him. The old horse has been doing this for years, to the point where, in his TV career, he was always cast as "Runaway Horse #2".
* PaperThinDisguise: Arthur dons one of these when one of his new human owners tries to ride him, he panics, and she ends up colliding with a covered bridge.
* PercussiveMaintenance: Stu repeatedly kicks a computer monitor to demonstrate that the humans sometimes use it for exercise.
* RunningGag: Randy getting tossed down the well by the cats.
** "Talking about the weather". See below under "Unusual Euphemism".
* ScheduleSlip: Sadly, real life often intrudes on this strip. When it does, the creators will offer up some nicely done filler art and an explanation of the reason they haven't updated. Always ended by some variation of "And be of good cheer".
* SchmuckBait: Which Randy falls into nevertheless.
--> '''Kira:''' It's amazing you lived so long to be so trusting!
* SelectiveObliviousness: Randy's innocence about sex is drifting from 'painful naivete' to 'deliberately maintained ignorance,' though Cindy apparently has plans to give him an education.
* ShoutOut: [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?1284 Here]] by the cats, of all characters to StarWars, of all things.
** There is a very subtle one during the second car commercial shoot; the crew are shown wearing outfits resembling some of the Scooby Doo cast.
** Cocky quotes LordOfTheRings and {{Serenity}} [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp2.cgi?158 while drunk]]
** While Ricky's practicing his acting, [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?1336 he holds a head prop of Skeletor from He-Man]].
** After Dusk, still brightly colored from her HumiliationConga, returns to the farm, one of the bunnies remarks that the new colors make her look [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?1398 "twenty percent cooler"]], quoting [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Rainbow Dash]] almost word for word. Dusk herself imitates Fluttershy's FlatJoy "yay."
* TakeThat: Myrtle places the completed supply order forms under a rock, deep in the mud, because she heard that's how [[TakeThat Microsoft handles its customer support]].
* TalkAboutTheWeather
* TalkingAnimal
* TemptingFate: Myrtle with this internal monologue:
--> '''Myrtle:''' This is just great. Randy's terrified of the cats, we have a new set of owners... what else can go wrong here?
--> [One of the human owners tries to ride Arthur, who gallops at high-speed in a panic.]
--> '''Myrtle:''' I give up!
** [[http://ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?1209 This strip]] also provides an example.
* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Female characters have long eyelashes. Justified since they're animals and there's no sexual dimorphism in the species (rabbits, cats, foxes) which the major characters are.
** Aside from the aforementioned eyelashes, the vixens also have a little mop of extra fur on their necks, making it look a bit like they have human hair. In addition, Dusk's fur pattern makes her look like she's wearing eyeshadow.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Thor. "Thor demands atonement!"
* TooDumbToLive: Randy, sometimes.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Cindy loves ice cream.
* TraumaCongaLine: When Cindy first comes to live in the barn, she is bashed on the head with a bucket of water from a doorsill trap, frightened away by the "cannons" section of the 1812 Overture played at full blast, catches cold from a miserable night in unfamiliar territory, and finally is overdosed with cold medicine in a misguided attempt by Myrtle to make her feel better.
* {{Tsundere}}: Eddie plays Type B for all it's worth. Made worse when she's pregnant, naturally.
--> '''Eddie:''' Kids? One thing. We're ''all'' worried about your father. He may need your help getting home. If he's hurt, then help him get back, any way you can. ''However''-- if you find he's having fun while ''I'm'' home worrying, I authorize you to subdue him and ''drag'' his fuzzy tail ''home!'' '''Is that clear??!'''
* UnusualEuphemism: When Randy takes Cindy to see his human owners so he can translate what they're saying, the humans start wondering out loud whether Randy and Cindy will mate and raise a family, which embarrasses Randy no end. He translates it for Cindy as "talking about the weather" -- which soon becomes code, among the guys, for sex.
--> '''Cindy:''' I don't understand ''any'' of this, Kira.
--> '''Kira:''' Must be a guy thing.
* VirginityMakesYouStupid: Randy has no idea.
* [[WebcomicsLongRunners Webcomic Long Runner]]: The archive is well over 1300.
* WeirdnessCensor: Cocky is a bird who can speak ''conversational'' English and French, and it's been proven that he can translate what Randy is saying. And the humans let it pass without a whole lot of commenting!
* WeirdnessMagnet: Raccoons Ricky and Al lampshade this quality of Randy's when he asks how they found him at the farm:
--> '''Al:''' Well, first we saw a rainbow-colored, grumbling vixen...
--> '''Ricky:''' And a cat covered in feathers, running for its life...
--> '''Al:''' ...then we tailed a fat chicken crawl-jogging by midnight... it seemed like your kind of crowd!
--> '''Ricky:''' Plus, [[CaptainObvious there's the sign out front.]]
* WhyWasteAWedding: [[spoiler: Penny and Jon]] appear headed this direction, after [[spoiler: Cindy and Randy]] decide to wait, since [[spoiler: foxes only mate in the winter.]] Myrtle needs ''someone'' to get married, after all her preparations.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Randy and Cindy. Promotional art suggests that TheyDo -- eventually.
** But good '''God,''' it's sure taking them a long time. Just when you think the marriage is right around the corner, someone (usually Myrtle) does something stupid to extend the suspense another five or six weeks.
*** The comic's all about miscommunication which often delays events. Considering a big drive of the plot is Randy and Cindy slowly advancing their relationship, there's no incentive to hurry things up. Some of the other characters have noticed this feet-dragging and made attempts to kick things into gear.
* YouDoNOTWantToKnow: A variation of this was used by Dusk when a rabbit asks her what she likes to eat. "Kid... never ask a question if you won't like the answer."
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''[[http://www.ozfoxes.com/fauxpas.htm Faux Pas]]'' (pronounced ''Fox Paws'') is a webcomic about the adventures of [[FurryComic the red fox Randy and the other Green Mountain Studio Animals]]. Most of the animals have been trained by humans; Randy himself is an actor who has appeared in ads, TV shows and movies.
Many {{story arc}}s deal with the result of Randy's sheltered upbringing; he's innocent and gullible, can't avoid traps or track scents, doesn't eat his fellow animals, and has no idea how to treat Cindy, the wild vixen he has a crush on -- or Dusk, the less scrupulous wild vixen who has a crush on him.
The webcomic has a strong continuity, so reading through the archives will help you understand the current story lines. A new comic appears every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Most of the cast has picked up a lot of human characteristics, even though they are portrayed at least semi-realistically.
* Myrtle the hen, who can write (in chicken-scratch, natch), can't type (though she can hunt and peck) and is addicted to soap operas
* Arthur the glasses-wearing horse
* Stu and Edie (rabbits) and all of their offspring - the humans didn't know Edie was a doe
* Mighty Thor the mouse
* Kira, Toast and the other 142 cats, who love to play with Randy, which usually involves tying him up or turning him into a giant ball of yarn.
* Cocky the cockatiel, who can [[TalkingAnimal speak Human]]. Unfortunately it's mostly [[FunWithForeignLanguages in French]].
Then there are the animals outside the studio:
* Cindy, the wild vixen Randy has a crush on; she's [[FishOutOfWater slowly adapting]] to living in a human-made environment.
* Dusk, Cindy's cousin and rival
* Ricky and Al, two raccoons who have escaped from an animal center and recently paid a visit to GMSA.
* Birdy, a bluebird friend from Cindy's childhood.
* April, Randy's sister recently arrived from Australia (with kits Amber, Ember, and Leaf). The fallout of confusion from her arrival has yet to settle.
Humans leave the animals mostly alone, although Randy has been doing some acting jobs for them. The animals can't communicate with the humans beyond Myrtle's very bad handwriting and Cocky's very bad translations, although everyone except Cindy understands English.
Being produced by two professional writers and illustrators, the webcomic and artwork are of great quality. It is suitable for all ages, and contains occasional references and quotes from TV shows. As of early 2012, [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp2.cgi?1 the archive]] contains [[ArchiveBinge about 1400 comics]].
Not to confused with, well, ''[[FeeFiFauxPas faux pas]]''.
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!!''FauxPas'' provides examples of:
* ActionGirl: Cindy and Dusk.
* AmbiguousGender: Randy, at least to the humans; he was Miss April on a wildlife calendar.
** Edie was mistaken for male (and called Eddie), even by most of the animals; when the rabbit population suddenly jumped from 2 to 31, the truth was revealed.
*** It was canonically established that as of Week 201, Stu and Edie now have 53 kids.
** This happens to Edie again when Myrtle takes her along to see her "all-knowing seer", the mole named Vert Lin, to (prematurely) ask his advice about planning Randy and Cindy's wedding. Vert Lin mistakes Edie as being the "lucky groom".
* AnimalTalk
* ArtEvolution: The earliest strips didn't usually have backgrounds, unless they were important to the plot. Instead you'd see a wall of white and another color. Or just white. Or maybe a colored circle.
* AscendedExtra: Toast starts off as a nameless member of the "cat herd", but eventually becomes integral to the storyline. He actually makes quite a few appearances before his name is revealed, 20 weeks or so after his debut.
** Fluffy, the oldest child of Stu and Edie.
** Penny began as a nameless child of Stu and Edie, who became a semi-regular thanks in no small part to the fact that she's got a future mate, Jon. (Penny is the oldest daughter).
* AssShove: Off-camera, but Cindy is ''very'' surprised when the vet takes her temperature.
* BettyAndVeronica: Cindy is Betty and Dusk is Veronica.
** The cats use "Mary Ann" and "Ginger" in coded reference to the two vixens. The overwhelming favorite is Mary Ann, since "Ginger" is too scary.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Played straight on the one or two occasions we can see Cindy is a wild vixen. Subverted on one memorable occasion with Randy, who showed up to chase Dusk off ''with a rifle''. (He was sleepwalking at the time.)
* BigEater: Myrtle, when she and Randy go on a trip away from home to find Cindy. She has a tendency to pause every 20 minutes or so for lunch, even though (since she's riding Randy) the fox is doing all the work.
--> '''Myrtle:''' With the sandwiches all gone, at least the load is lighter, eh?
--> '''Randy:''' All that food went out the pack, and into you! You didn't lighten the load-- you just raised the center of gravity.
* BigNo: It's Toast's turn to "play" with Randy, but he wouldn't dare do so with Cindy around. When he's told Cindy is heading to the woods, he gets excited because he's been waiting forever, but he lets out a big "NOOO!" when told that Randy's going with her.
* BucketBoobyTrap
* ButtMonkey: Randy, so very much.
* CaffeineBulletTime: Happens to Cindy after Myrtle doses her with some "triple s press o".
* CarnivoreConfusion: Though used to catching her own food, Cindy promises not to eat any of Randy's friends (eating Lamb 'n' Rice Medley fox chow is a-ok with both of them, though).
* CatsAreMean: The barn cats think Randy is a [[ComedicSociopathy fantastic source of entertainment]], though Kira and Toast are more sympathetic than otherwise.
* ChasteHero: Randy ''personifies'' this trope. He knows he's attracted to Cindy, and that the feeling's mutual, but is completely clueless in the ways of courtship-- he still believes babies come from storks.
* CloudCuckooLander: Myrtle, and ''how.''
** Ricky, the raccoon mime, who debuted in Week 54.
** Actually, pretty much every bird in the series, from the FunnyForeigner Cocky, ProudWarriorRaceGuy "Slayer" (a rather strange hawk), and Birdy, who is just kind of nuts.
* CluelessChickMagnet: Randy, to some extent.
* CompletelyMissingThePoint:
--> ''[[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?1240 "By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes..."]]''
--> "Is he going on about thumbs '''''again??!'''''" "Looks like..."
* CunningLikeAFox: Definitely Dusk, probably Cindy, ''utterly'' averted by Randy.
* DescriptionCut: So, ''so'' many times. A character will frequently say something like, "I can't believe [x] would do something like that," and then we cut to [x] doing exactly that. Or, "I wonder what so-and-so is thinking."
* DoubleAgent: Toast is an unwilling double agent of Dusk for a period of time.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Fluffy, the eldest rabbit of Stu and Eddie's first clutch, would much rather be called Vlad, Attila or Thundarr.
* TheFaceless: We've never seen a human face in the comic.
* FeatherFingers: Myrtle
* FishOutOfWater: Cindy
* FurriesAreEasierToDraw: Humans are rarely seen and are in a low quality.
* FurryFemaleMane: The female foxes have longer fur on their necks to suggest hair.
* {{Glomp}}: Cindy does this to Randy in the final strip of Week 190, after Randy's pain drugs have (finally) worn off.
* HeelFaceTurn: Toast, eventually.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Myrtle. Randy's sister April is leaning this way, thinking Dusk would be a better mate for Randy than Cindy.
* HumiliationConga: After taking Myrtle's advice on how to snare Randy, Dusk winds up dyed purple and green, reeking of perfume, and suffering (at the very least) a massive headache from being startled whilst under a desk. She [[VillainExitStageLeft beats a strategic retreat]] shortly afterward.
* [[IThinkYouBrokeHim I Think You Broke Her]]: When Myrtle's television is taken away, she stands staring at where it used to be, in a catatonic state. When a remote control is put in her hands, she mindlessly clicks it, repeatedly. Eventually, the cats start using her to play Living Statues.
* TheIllegible: Myrtle is this to the other animals; she does the record-keeping because no one else can read her chicken scratches. The humans can read it, somewhat, even though they mistake "Myrtle Dehen" for "Meghan Dalton." Eventually they find her a typewriter.
--> '''Myrtle:''' Hey -- that's just my unique penmanship!
* IncrediblyLamePun: When Myrtle asks Kira where Randy is, she replies that he's doing quite ''well.'' It turns out the cats tossed him down a well.
** When Myrtle finds Randy after looking for him for hours, Randy says, "I was tied up all morning." Myrtle is furious, saying that Randy had promised he'd be helping ''her,'' when they overhear a cat telling Kira that her fox got loose -- yes, Randy was ''literally'' tied up all morning.
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] later when Randy overhears the cats overusing the words "well", and decides to make a last-minute trip away from the farm.
** [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?766 "I'm th'orry! Can I get you an ath'pirin?"]]
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: Cindy didn't tell Randy what happened. [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?1260 But Myrtle just did!]]
* IntellectualAnimal: Primarily Cindy, Dusk, and the cats. The less feral Green Mountain Studio Animals cast think more like humans.
* IsItSomethingYouEat: Cindy's response to most human things, especially at first.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Randy is immediately tongue-tied around Cindy. It takes him a ''long'' time to admit his feelings, though.
* LoveTriangle: TriangRelations Type 4
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Stu was a magician's rabbit and is implied to have some magic of his own, but we're not sure how much.
* MyLifeFlashedBeforeMyEyes: Played with by one of the cats who hadn't yet learned of Cindy's presence, and thus thought Randy was the only fox around. Focused on dumping a bucket of green paint on Randy, Cindy inadvertently snuck up on him, causing him to dump the paint on himself.
--> '''Cat:''' Criminy! Three of my lives flashed before my eyes!
* AManIsNotAVirgin: Averted so very hard.
* NoodleIncident: When Randy is in the barn recovering from being doped up, and Cindy and Toast go out to try and find Stu, the cats see it as an opportunity to play with Randy, and such opportunities have been hard to come by now that Cindy's living in the barn. When next we see Randy, he's inside a giant ball of string. We don't see how he got there.
* OldShame: Arthur always freaks out when a human tries to ride him. The old horse has been doing this for years, to the point where, in his TV career, he was always cast as "Runaway Horse #2".
* PaperThinDisguise: Arthur dons one of these when one of his new human owners tries to ride him, he panics, and she ends up colliding with a covered bridge.
* PercussiveMaintenance: Stu repeatedly kicks a computer monitor to demonstrate that the humans sometimes use it for exercise.
* RunningGag: Randy getting tossed down the well by the cats.
** "Talking about the weather". See below under "Unusual Euphemism".
* ScheduleSlip: Sadly, real life often intrudes on this strip. When it does, the creators will offer up some nicely done filler art and an explanation of the reason they haven't updated. Always ended by some variation of "And be of good cheer".
* SchmuckBait: Which Randy falls into nevertheless.
--> '''Kira:''' It's amazing you lived so long to be so trusting!
* SelectiveObliviousness: Randy's innocence about sex is drifting from 'painful naivete' to 'deliberately maintained ignorance,' though Cindy apparently has plans to give him an education.
* ShoutOut: [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?1284 Here]] by the cats, of all characters to StarWars, of all things.
** There is a very subtle one during the second car commercial shoot; the crew are shown wearing outfits resembling some of the Scooby Doo cast.
** Cocky quotes LordOfTheRings and {{Serenity}} [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp2.cgi?158 while drunk]]
** While Ricky's practicing his acting, [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?1336 he holds a head prop of Skeletor from He-Man]].
** After Dusk, still brightly colored from her HumiliationConga, returns to the farm, one of the bunnies remarks that the new colors make her look [[http://www.ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?1398 "twenty percent cooler"]], quoting [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Rainbow Dash]] almost word for word. Dusk herself imitates Fluttershy's FlatJoy "yay."
* TakeThat: Myrtle places the completed supply order forms under a rock, deep in the mud, because she heard that's how [[TakeThat Microsoft handles its customer support]].
* TalkAboutTheWeather
* TalkingAnimal
* TemptingFate: Myrtle with this internal monologue:
--> '''Myrtle:''' This is just great. Randy's terrified of the cats, we have a new set of owners... what else can go wrong here?
--> [One of the human owners tries to ride Arthur, who gallops at high-speed in a panic.]
--> '''Myrtle:''' I give up!
** [[http://ozfoxes.net/cgi/pl-fp1.cgi?1209 This strip]] also provides an example.
* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Female characters have long eyelashes. Justified since they're animals and there's no sexual dimorphism in the species (rabbits, cats, foxes) which the major characters are.
** Aside from the aforementioned eyelashes, the vixens also have a little mop of extra fur on their necks, making it look a bit like they have human hair. In addition, Dusk's fur pattern makes her look like she's wearing eyeshadow.
* ThirdPersonPerson: Thor. "Thor demands atonement!"
* TooDumbToLive: Randy, sometimes.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Cindy loves ice cream.
* TraumaCongaLine: When Cindy first comes to live in the barn, she is bashed on the head with a bucket of water from a doorsill trap, frightened away by the "cannons" section of the 1812 Overture played at full blast, catches cold from a miserable night in unfamiliar territory, and finally is overdosed with cold medicine in a misguided attempt by Myrtle to make her feel better.
* {{Tsundere}}: Eddie plays Type B for all it's worth. Made worse when she's pregnant, naturally.
--> '''Eddie:''' Kids? One thing. We're ''all'' worried about your father. He may need your help getting home. If he's hurt, then help him get back, any way you can. ''However''-- if you find he's having fun while ''I'm'' home worrying, I authorize you to subdue him and ''drag'' his fuzzy tail ''home!'' '''Is that clear??!'''
* UnusualEuphemism: When Randy takes Cindy to see his human owners so he can translate what they're saying, the humans start wondering out loud whether Randy and Cindy will mate and raise a family, which embarrasses Randy no end. He translates it for Cindy as "talking about the weather" -- which soon becomes code, among the guys, for sex.
--> '''Cindy:''' I don't understand ''any'' of this, Kira.
--> '''Kira:''' Must be a guy thing.
* VirginityMakesYouStupid: Randy has no idea.
* [[WebcomicsLongRunners Webcomic Long Runner]]: The archive is well over 1300.
* WeirdnessCensor: Cocky is a bird who can speak ''conversational'' English and French, and it's been proven that he can translate what Randy is saying. And the humans let it pass without a whole lot of commenting!
* WeirdnessMagnet: Raccoons Ricky and Al lampshade this quality of Randy's when he asks how they found him at the farm:
--> '''Al:''' Well, first we saw a rainbow-colored, grumbling vixen...
--> '''Ricky:''' And a cat covered in feathers, running for its life...
--> '''Al:''' ...then we tailed a fat chicken crawl-jogging by midnight... it seemed like your kind of crowd!
--> '''Ricky:''' Plus, [[CaptainObvious there's the sign out front.]]
* WhyWasteAWedding: [[spoiler: Penny and Jon]] appear headed this direction, after [[spoiler: Cindy and Randy]] decide to wait, since [[spoiler: foxes only mate in the winter.]] Myrtle needs ''someone'' to get married, after all her preparations.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Randy and Cindy. Promotional art suggests that TheyDo -- eventually.
** But good '''God,''' it's sure taking them a long time. Just when you think the marriage is right around the corner, someone (usually Myrtle) does something stupid to extend the suspense another five or six weeks.
*** The comic's all about miscommunication which often delays events. Considering a big drive of the plot is Randy and Cindy slowly advancing their relationship, there's no incentive to hurry things up. Some of the other characters have noticed this feet-dragging and made attempts to kick things into gear.
* YouDoNOTWantToKnow: A variation of this was used by Dusk when a rabbit asks her what she likes to eat. "Kid... never ask a question if you won't like the answer."
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