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** And Todd, playing with the [[BlandNameProduct Metalformers]] [[FunnyBackgroundEvent in the background]] while Jeff and Cody [[{{Fanservice}} talk about his hunkiness]] [[{{Shipping}} and "experimenting"]].
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** And Todd, playing with the [[BlandNameProduct Metalformers]] [[FunnyBackgroundEvent in the background]] while Jeff and Cody [[{{Fanservice}} [[invoked]][[{{Fanservice}} talk about his hunkiness]] [[{{Shipping}} and "experimenting"]].
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** And Todd, playing with the [[BlandNameProduct Metalformers]] [[FunnyBackgroundEvent in the background]] while Jeff and Cody [[{{Fanservice}} talk about his hunkiness]] [[{{Shipping}} and "experimenting"]].
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* ZanyScheme: Cody's plan to have [[spoiler:Sam]] impersonate his girlfriend when his parents come to town for lunch. [[LampshadeHanging Nate points out]] that all such plans are doomed to failure--but in a subversion, Cody reveals he ''wants'' the plan to fail, because the point isn't to genuinely convince the Frosts he and [[spoiler:Sam]] are an item, it's to have her break up with him in front of his parents, so as to get them off his back about finding a girl and leave him to date Doug in peace. Further subverted when the appearance of Jake and Becky as {{Spanner in the Work}}s causes the plot to collapse--with the exact end result Cody had hoped for. The downside? [[InnocentBystander Jake gets hurt in the process]], and Cody is [[WhatTheHellHero left to wonder for the first time]] whether keeping his orientation a secret is really worth it, if it just keeps hurting his friends, and if he'd really rather be thought a HandsomeLech (or worse a CasanovaWannabe) instead of gay. And the crowning bit? [[spoiler:Like almost all {{Zany Scheme}}s, it wasn't even necessary because his parents end up being perfectly fine with him being gay, and one already suspected.]]
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* ZanyScheme: Cody's plan to have [[spoiler:Sam]] impersonate his girlfriend when his parents come to town for lunch. [[LampshadeHanging Nate points out]] that all such plans are doomed to failure--but in a subversion, Cody reveals he ''wants'' the plan to fail, because the point isn't to genuinely convince the Frosts he and [[spoiler:Sam]] are an item, it's to have her break up with him in front of his parents, so as to get them off his back about finding a girl and leave him to date Doug in peace. Further subverted when the appearance of Jake and Becky as {{Spanner [[SpannerInTheWorks Spanners in the Work}}s Works]] causes the plot to collapse--with the exact end result Cody had hoped for. The downside? [[InnocentBystander Jake gets hurt in the process]], and Cody is [[WhatTheHellHero left to wonder for the first time]] whether keeping his orientation a secret is really worth it, if it just keeps hurting his friends, and if he'd really rather be thought a HandsomeLech (or worse a CasanovaWannabe) instead of gay. And the crowning bit? [[spoiler:Like almost all {{Zany Scheme}}s, it wasn't even necessary because his parents end up being perfectly fine with him being gay, and one already suspected.]]
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* RuleOfThree: "I must not die a virgin I must not die a virgin I must not die a virgin..." "Whew! Not gonna die a virgin." [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments "Aw, crap. I am]] ''[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments so]]'' [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments gonna die a virgin..."]][[labelnote:Explanation]]The first two bookend his attempting to scale the dorm roof to explore what turns out to be Thor's secret greenhouse, and succeeding at doing so. The last one comes after Thor is spotted heading to the room and Cody has to hide under a table.[[/labelnote]]
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* RuleOfThree: "I must not die a virgin I must not die a virgin I must not die a virgin..." "Whew! Not gonna die a virgin." [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments "Aw, crap. I am]] ''[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments so]]'' [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments gonna die a virgin..."]][[labelnote:Explanation]]The "]] [[labelnote:Explanation]]The first two bookend his attempting to scale the dorm roof to explore what turns out to be Thor's secret greenhouse, and succeeding at doing so. The last one comes after Thor is spotted heading to the room and Cody has to hide under a table.[[/labelnote]]
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* RuleOfThree: "I must not die a virgin I must not die a virgin I must not die a virgin..." "Whew! Not gonna die a virgin." [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments "Aw, crap. I am]] ''[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments so]]'' [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments gonna die a virgin..."]]
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* RuleOfThree: "I must not die a virgin I must not die a virgin I must not die a virgin..." "Whew! Not gonna die a virgin." [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments "Aw, crap. I am]] ''[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments so]]'' [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments gonna die a virgin..."]]"]][[labelnote:Explanation]]The first two bookend his attempting to scale the dorm roof to explore what turns out to be Thor's secret greenhouse, and succeeding at doing so. The last one comes after Thor is spotted heading to the room and Cody has to hide under a table.[[/labelnote]]
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: PlayedForLaughs and also Invoked|Trope by Jeff--by claiming he needs a certain red baseball cap (which Doug [[ContrivedCoincidence just so happens to be wearing]]), then using a motorized button to make Doug spill his drink tray right when he's next to Jake, he engineers it so that Jake drags Doug off toward the Hangout bathroom to obtain the hat...so that an observing Cody thinks [[ChekhovsGun the drinking game]], Doug's mussed hair, and [[AnythingThatMoves Jake's reputation]] means the two of them were making out. All of this is meant to [[CannotSpitItOut push Cody into finally talking to Doug and asking him out]], when he thinks the latter might get taken by another guy--and it works.
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: PlayedForLaughs and also Invoked|Trope {{Invoked|Trope}} by Jeff--by claiming he needs a certain red baseball cap (which Doug [[ContrivedCoincidence just so happens to be wearing]]), then using a motorized button to make Doug spill his drink tray right when he's next to Jake, he engineers it so that Jake drags Doug off toward the Hangout bathroom to obtain the hat...so that an observing Cody thinks [[ChekhovsGun the drinking game]], Doug's mussed hair, and [[AnythingThatMoves Jake's reputation]] means the two of them were making out. All of this is meant to [[CannotSpitItOut push Cody into finally talking to Doug and asking him out]], when he thinks the latter might get taken by another guy--and it works.
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* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Jake has five brothers. Most of them are also beefcake or {{Fanservice}} in some way, but there's actually a nice amount of varying body types. Unsurprisingly, several of them are also quite lusty, if not to the same extent Jake is.
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* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Jake has five brothers. Most of them are also beefcake or {{Fanservice}} in some way, but there's actually a nice amount of varying body types.types among them. Unsurprisingly, several of them are also quite lusty, if not to the same extent Jake is.
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* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Jake has five brothers.
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* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Jake has five brothers. Most of them are also beefcake or {{Fanservice}} in some way, but there's actually a nice amount of varying body types. Unsurprisingly, several of them are also quite lusty, if not to the same extent Jake is.
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* {{Masquerade}}: An entire arc concerns Cody going to great lengths to prevent his parents finding out he's gay.
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* {{Masquerade}}: An entire arc concerns Cody going to great lengths to prevent his parents finding out he's gay.
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* LuminiscentBlush: A number of characters have this, but the most common one is, surprisingly and adorably, Cody himself.
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* LuminiscentBlush: LuminescentBlush: A number of characters have this, but the most common one is, surprisingly and adorably, Cody himself.
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* GayBestFriend: Inverted; Todd, who is straight, is Cody's best friend. It's also a somewhat convoluted (on Cody's part) example of TheBeard where being his friend helps "prove" Cody is straight because everyone assumes the fellow weightlifter and football player of the "red-blooded All-American boy" must be straight too. At the same it makes it easy for him to get dates to throw off his parents without having to actually ask girls out (via double-dating arranged by Todd), and with most of the girls actually focusing on ChickMagnet Todd while Cody pushes them away with his grumpy tough-guy facade, he gets to live his life in peace without the pressure to conform.
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* GayBestFriend: Inverted; Todd, who is straight, is Cody's best friend. It's also a somewhat convoluted (on Cody's part) platonic example of TheBeard where being his friend helps "prove" Cody is straight because everyone assumes the fellow weightlifter and football player of the "red-blooded All-American boy" must be straight too. At the same it makes it easy for him to get dates to throw off his parents without having to actually ask girls out (via double-dating arranged by Todd), and with most of the girls actually focusing on ChickMagnet Todd while Cody pushes them away with his grumpy tough-guy facade, he gets to live his life in peace without the pressure to conform.
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* FriendshipMoment: Remarks that Todd had made, which were in essence true, hurt Cody deeply. [[spoiler:From then on it seems their friendship is back on track and maybe even stronger than before since all lies and secrets were revealed during a one-on-one talk in issue three.]]
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* FriendshipMoment: Remarks that Todd had made, which were in essence true, hurt Cody deeply. [[spoiler:From deeply...but once he got over his anger, this hurt turned into guilt thanks to how much Todd had been there for him, and how he felt he was using and taking advantage of the Bengal. After all lies and secrets are revealed during a one-on-one talk in issue three, from then on it seems their friendship is back on track and maybe even stronger than before before. The fact Todd helps defend Cody and Doug from Thor, and even briefly poses as the cougar's boyfriend to keep the bison from outing Cody in public, is most definitely an example of the trope, since all lies and secrets were revealed during a one-on-one talk in issue three.]]it precipitates said heart-to-heart.
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** Cody is certain he's been a bad friend to Todd because he was, essentially, using his ChickMagnet, AllMenArePerverts nature to keep from having to ask girls out, deflect his parents, and better conceal his gayness. But to his surprise, not only does Todd not mind (and in fact completely understands why he was hiding it), he points out the same things Cody did to hide the truth--becoming as big, muscular, and masculine as possible, avoiding parties and drinking so as not be around girls or falling prey to InVinoVeritas, putting his nose to the grindstone on their athletic activities--were what drove Todd to do the same just to better compete and keep up with him, ''and'' saved him from ruining his life and career like his partying, alcohol-loving friends. So without even realizing it, Cody became a great role model for him.
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** Cody is certain he's been a bad friend to Todd because he was, essentially, using his ChickMagnet, AllMenArePerverts nature to keep from having to ask girls out, deflect his parents, and better conceal his gayness. But to his surprise, not only does Todd not mind (and in fact completely understands why he was hiding it), he points out the same things Cody did to hide the truth--becoming as big, muscular, and masculine as possible, avoiding parties and drinking so as not to be around girls or falling fall prey to InVinoVeritas, putting his nose to the grindstone on their athletic activities--were what drove Todd to do the same just to better compete and keep up with him, ''and'' saved him from ruining his life and career like his partying, alcohol-loving friends. So without even realizing it, Cody became a great role model for him.
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** Cody is certain he's been a bad friend to Todd because he was, essentially, using his ChickMagnet, AllMenArePromiscuous nature to keep from having to ask girls out, deflect his parents, and better conceal his gayness. But to his surprise, not only does Todd not mind (and in fact completely understands why he was hiding it), he points out the same things Cody did to hide the truth--becoming as big, muscular, and masculine as possible, avoiding parties and drinking so as not be around girls or falling prey to InVinoVeritas, putting his nose to the grindstone on their athletic activities--were what drove Todd to do the same just to better compete and keep up with him, ''and'' saved him from ruining his life and career like his partying, alcohol-loving friends. So without even realizing it, Cody became a great role model for him.
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** Cody is certain he's been a bad friend to Todd because he was, essentially, using his ChickMagnet, AllMenArePromiscuous AllMenArePerverts nature to keep from having to ask girls out, deflect his parents, and better conceal his gayness. But to his surprise, not only does Todd not mind (and in fact completely understands why he was hiding it), he points out the same things Cody did to hide the truth--becoming as big, muscular, and masculine as possible, avoiding parties and drinking so as not be around girls or falling prey to InVinoVeritas, putting his nose to the grindstone on their athletic activities--were what drove Todd to do the same just to better compete and keep up with him, ''and'' saved him from ruining his life and career like his partying, alcohol-loving friends. So without even realizing it, Cody became a great role model for him.
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* BrokenRecord: ''Twice'' in the second half of issue 3, to showcase first Cody's excitement, then his =BSODing=, over having a date with Doug, and both times using RuleOfThree. The first ("I've got a date tomorrow!") is altered to "''We've'' got a date tomorrow!" when Doug passes by at work, and is then ended by [[MoodWhiplash Thor knocking Doug down to win the drink-spilling game]]. The second ("I've got a date in an hour!") has the added humor of Todd pedantically correctly him to "Um...actually, fifty-five minutes" and the last repetition consisting of Cody SuddenlyShouting while [[VisualMetaphor an image of a derailing train appears in the background]]. As Jeff notes, Cody's mind is often a strange place.
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* BrokenRecord: ''Twice'' in the second half of issue 3, to showcase first Cody's excitement, then his =BSODing=, [=BSODing=], over having a date with Doug, and both times using RuleOfThree. The first ("I've got a date tomorrow!") is altered to "''We've'' got a date tomorrow!" when Doug passes by at work, and is then ended by [[MoodWhiplash Thor knocking Doug down to win the drink-spilling game]]. The second ("I've got a date in an hour!") has the added humor of Todd pedantically correctly him to "Um...actually, fifty-five minutes" and the last repetition consisting of Cody SuddenlyShouting while [[VisualMetaphor an image of a derailing train appears in the background]]. As Jeff notes, Cody's mind is often a strange place.
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* AttackItsWeakPoint: In a humorous sense this applies to Cody being extremely ticklish, considering how many times it gets used on him after Sam discovers it.
* BrokenRecord: ''Twice'' in the second half of issue 3, to showcase first Cody's excitement, then his =BSODing=, over having a date with Doug, and both times using RuleOfThree. The first ("I've got a date tomorrow!") is altered to "''We've'' got a date tomorrow!" when Doug passes by at work, and is then ended by [[MoodWhiplash Thor knocking Doug down to win the drink-spilling game]]. The second ("I've got a date in an hour!") has the added humor of Todd pedantically correctly him to "Um...actually, fifty-five minutes" and the last repetition consisting of Cody SuddenlyShouting while [[VisualMetaphor an image of a derailing train appears in the background]]. As Jeff notes, Cody's mind is often a strange place.
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* ChivalrousPervert: Jake.
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* ChivalrousPervert: Jake. As he himself tells Cody, "Cross mah heart...every encountah Ai've 'ad has been 100% consensual. If you were unwilling, Ai'd nevah 'ave touched you."
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* ComingOutStory: Cody.
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* ComingOutStory: Cody. Ironically, the one time we see him come out onscreen (albeit in flashback), the reveal of his sexuality goes completely smoothly with no problems; it's only when Todd says he should have seen it in retrospect thanks to Cody's overcompensating, ManlyGay JerkassFacade, his [[HatesBeingTouched dislike of being touched by other men]], his always seeming to have a secret, and so forth--and Cody takes offense at this--that things go south.
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* DramaticIrony: After learning about Maureen's TrophyHusband, Wendell, [[spoiler:Thor]] decided to [[RatedMForManly play up the testosterone]] so as to give her what he thought she wanted. Turns out she was actually [[MyBiologicalClockIsTicking looking for a family man]], who would need to show a tender, caring side...which he could have shown to her via his [[spoiler:love of plants]] if he wasn't ''also'' hiding that from the college authorities. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard And Maureen hates liars]]. Luckily, Cody has a plan...
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* DramaticIrony: DramaticDrop: Cody's barbell, when after telling his dad on the phone about his new "girlfriend", [[DirtyOldMan the former asks "Is she a babe?"]]
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** Cody is certain he's been a bad friend to Todd because he was, essentially, using his ChickMagnet, AllMenArePromiscuous nature to keep from having to ask girls out, deflect his parents, and better conceal his gayness. But to his surprise, not only does Todd not mind (and in fact completely understands why he was hiding it), he points out the same things Cody did to hide the truth--becoming as big, muscular, and masculine as possible, avoiding parties and drinking so as not be around girls or falling prey to InVinoVeritas, putting his nose to the grindstone on their athletic activities--were what drove Todd to do the same just to better compete and keep up with him, ''and'' saved him from ruining his life and career like his partying, alcohol-loving friends. So without even realizing it, Cody became a great role model for him.
** When Cody goes to [[spoiler:Sam]] to ask her to pose as his girlfriend for his parents' benefit, he fully expects her to furiously refuse based on her past dislike for him/overprotectiveness toward Doug...but because she knows better than a lot of people how life-changing it can be being outed to one's family, she actually readily agrees. Even more so, Cody's [[ZanyScheme plan]] is to engineer a break-up in front of his parents so that he'll have a ready-made excuse to keep them off his back while he dates Doug in peace, and he hinges this on [[spoiler:Sam]]'s prior dislike as something easy to accomplish. However, after she takes Cody out to the swing club to establish a believable rapport between them, the things she learns about him there and his overall attitude change [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold displaying his inner goodness]] actually makes it, in her own words, "easier than I thought" pretending to like him. The end result is that it takes some fast thinking with Randall's friend employed at the diner, [[SpannerInTheWorks plus the outside interference of Jake and Becky]], to still pull it off.
** After learning about Maureen's TrophyHusband, Wendell, [[spoiler:Thor]] decided to [[RatedMForManly play up the testosterone]] so as to give her what he thought she wanted. Turns out she was actually [[MyBiologicalClockIsTicking looking for a family man]], who would need to show a tender, caring side...which he could have shown to her via his [[spoiler:love of plants]] if he wasn't ''also'' hiding that from the college authorities. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard And Maureen hates liars]]. Luckily, Cody has a plan...
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** Cody is certain he's been a bad friend to Todd because he was, essentially, using his ChickMagnet, AllMenArePromiscuous nature to keep from having to ask girls out, deflect his parents, and better conceal his gayness. But to his surprise, not only does Todd not mind (and in fact completely understands why he was hiding it), he points out the same things Cody did to hide the truth--becoming as big, muscular, and masculine as possible, avoiding parties and drinking so as not be around girls or falling prey to InVinoVeritas, putting his nose to the grindstone on their athletic activities--were what drove Todd to do the same just to better compete and keep up with him, ''and'' saved him from ruining his life and career like his partying, alcohol-loving friends. So without even realizing it, Cody became a great role model for him.
** When Cody goes to [[spoiler:Sam]] to ask her to pose as his girlfriend for his parents' benefit, he fully expects her to furiously refuse based on her past dislike for him/overprotectiveness toward Doug...but because she knows better than a lot of people how life-changing it can be being outed to one's family, she actually readily agrees. Even more so, Cody's [[ZanyScheme plan]] is to engineer a break-up in front of his parents so that he'll have a ready-made excuse to keep them off his back while he dates Doug in peace, and he hinges this on [[spoiler:Sam]]'s prior dislike as something easy to accomplish. However, after she takes Cody out to the swing club to establish a believable rapport between them, the things she learns about him there and his overall attitude change [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold displaying his inner goodness]] actually makes it, in her own words, "easier than I thought" pretending to like him. The end result is that it takes some fast thinking with Randall's friend employed at the diner, [[SpannerInTheWorks plus the outside interference of Jake and Becky]], to still pull it off.
** After learning about Maureen's TrophyHusband, Wendell, [[spoiler:Thor]] decided to [[RatedMForManly play up the testosterone]] so as to give her what he thought she wanted. Turns out she was actually [[MyBiologicalClockIsTicking looking for a family man]], who would need to show a tender, caring side...which he could have shown to her via his [[spoiler:love of plants]] if he wasn't ''also'' hiding that from the college authorities. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard And Maureen hates liars]]. Luckily, Cody has a plan...
* FailedDramaticExit: Downplayed, since Cody just wanted to get away from what he thought was a seduction in progress and so tried to cheesily claim he had karate class and had a friend taping the football game for him, but the end result is the same--after rushing out of Jeff's apartment and slamming the door, Cody has to creep back in because, since Jeff drove him there, he has no idea how to get back to the dorm.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Cody discovers the photo of Jeff and his ex Jeremy, he thinks the goat invited him back to his apartment to seduce him because he has a thing for him. But after he drops the photo and Jeff thinks Cody's panicked exit was due to learning he was gay, he starts apologizing for making Cody uncomfortable because he got to used to people being open-minded in California--which leads to Cody confessing his sexuality, and the whole conversation turns into helping Cody deal with his self-hatred, be himself, and pursue Doug. [[spoiler:But it turns out Jeff really did have a thing for Cody, although it didn't start developing into more until some time after this, and this becomes critically important thanks to his sister Maureen.]]
* HasAType: Jeff likes bigger men. Especially, it seems, big cats. Which makes Cody's brief surmise that the goat might have meant himself when he warned "someone'll step in and nab [Doug] if you stall too long" not that far off the mark, if he'd met Doug first.
* HumiliationConga: For Thor after he cheats in the drink-spilling game--first Cody takes advantage of his belligerence to claim he's drunk and therefore "you've had enough", thus denying him the free drink he just won; then Todd not only takes him down with his karate but defuses his imminent outing of Cody's sexuality by claiming to be the "stripey boyfriend" in question. The icing on the cake is how the Bengal also turns a number of Thor's comebacks into {{Double Entendre}}s and caps it off by revealing just what winning the drink-spilling game means, which Thor didn't even know. The end result is everyone in the Hangout laughing while the bison storms out in a fury.
* LoopholeAbuse: How Thor gets away with spilling Doug's drink tray twice--because the Hangout never bothered to put up a sign saying the game was a one-time thing, because nobody had ever managed to do it more than once (presumably because no one was strong enough to do so on their own, and Doug only "let them win" once). Logically this shouldn't count, because (as Sam points out) it should be obvious no establishment would allow such a game to be won indefinitely and thus allow endless free drinks, but since Thor is being an asshole [[spoiler:and also acting on behalf of Maureen]] he isn't being logical or fair. Luckily this gets turned back on him in rather epic fashion--see the HumiliationConga above.
* LuminiscentBlush: A number of characters have this, but the most common one is, surprisingly and adorably, Cody himself.
* LuminiscentBlush: A number of characters have this, but the most common one is, surprisingly and adorably, Cody himself.
* NotWhatItLooksLike: PlayedForLaughs and also Invoked|Trope by Jeff--by claiming he needs a certain red baseball cap (which Doug [[ContrivedCoincidence just so happens to be wearing]]), then using a motorized button to make Doug spill his drink tray right when he's next to Jake, he engineers it so that Jake drags Doug off toward the Hangout bathroom to obtain the hat...so that an observing Cody thinks [[ChekhovsGun the drinking game]], Doug's mussed hair, and [[AnythingThatMoves Jake's reputation]] means the two of them were making out. All of this is meant to [[CannotSpitItOut push Cody into finally talking to Doug and asking him out]], when he thinks the latter might get taken by another guy--and it works.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: As revealed at the end of issue 2, Jeff has one of these. [[spoiler:His own sister Maureen, thanks to a complicated backstory involving his secret gayness and a drunken bachelor party ruining her impending wedding with a guy he'd introduced her to who turned out to also be secretly gay.]]
* YouJustToldMe: Cody thinks Jeff has shown up to berate him for avoiding him, which he's been doing since he hasn't been able to apply his advice re: Doug yet. But Jeff is just there to fix the broken dorm room door ([[RunningGag again]]).
-->'''Jeff''', ''grinning'': But...since you brought it up...
-->'''Cody''': ''D'oh''!
-->'''Jeff''', ''grinning'': But...since you brought it up...
-->'''Cody''': ''D'oh''!
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* ZanyScheme: Cody's plan to have [[spoiler:Sam]] impersonate his girlfriend when his parents come to town for lunch. [[LampshadeHanging Nate points out]] that all such plans are doomed to failure--but in a subversion, Cody reveals he ''wants'' the plan to fail, because the point isn't to genuinely convince the Frosts he and [[spoiler:Sam]] are an item, it's to have her break up with him in front of his parents, so as to get them off his back about finding a girl and leave him to date Doug in peace. Further subverted when the appearance of Jake and Becky as [[SpannerInTheWorks Spanners In The Works]] causes the plot to collapse--with the exact end result Cody had hoped for. The downside? [[InnocentBystander Jake gets hurt in the process]], and Cody is [[WhatTheHellHero left to wonder for the first time]] whether keeping his orientation a secret is really worth it, if it just keeps hurting his friends, and if he'd really rather be thought a HandsomeLech (or worse a CasanovaWannabe) instead of gay. And the crowning bit? [[spoiler:Like almost all {{Zany Scheme}}s, it wasn't even necessary because his parents end up being perfectly fine with him being gay, and one already suspected.]]
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* ZanyScheme: Cody's plan to have [[spoiler:Sam]] impersonate his girlfriend when his parents come to town for lunch. [[LampshadeHanging Nate points out]] that all such plans are doomed to failure--but in a subversion, Cody reveals he ''wants'' the plan to fail, because the point isn't to genuinely convince the Frosts he and [[spoiler:Sam]] are an item, it's to have her break up with him in front of his parents, so as to get them off his back about finding a girl and leave him to date Doug in peace. Further subverted when the appearance of Jake and Becky as [[SpannerInTheWorks Spanners In The Works]] {{Spanner in the Work}}s causes the plot to collapse--with the exact end result Cody had hoped for. The downside? [[InnocentBystander Jake gets hurt in the process]], and Cody is [[WhatTheHellHero left to wonder for the first time]] whether keeping his orientation a secret is really worth it, if it just keeps hurting his friends, and if he'd really rather be thought a HandsomeLech (or worse a CasanovaWannabe) instead of gay. And the crowning bit? [[spoiler:Like almost all {{Zany Scheme}}s, it wasn't even necessary because his parents end up being perfectly fine with him being gay, and one already suspected.]]
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* NotSoStoic: Cody, despite trying to be a [[TheStoic stoic]] tough guy, is incredibly easy to rattle.
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* NotSoStoic: Cody, despite trying to be a [[TheStoic stoic]] tough guy, is incredibly easy to rattle. One of the earliest examples of this is him [[{{Fainting}} falling back against the alley wall]] at the start of issue 2, when he realizes what Doug spilling his drink tray for him means. The fact he actually ''does'' faint after finally asking Doug out one issue later is an even stronger example.
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* CharacterTic: Cody's fur floofs/frizzes whenever he is greatly startled, distressed, freaking out, embarrassed, or aroused (such as being touched by a hot guy). ''It never stops being funny''. It's also [[LikeFatherLikeSon something he inherited from his father]], which naturally means there's a scene where [[SerialEscalation the two of them get to floof at the same time]].
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* CharacterTic: Cody's fur floofs/frizzes whenever he is greatly startled, distressed, freaking out, embarrassed, or aroused (such as being touched by a hot guy). ''It never stops being funny''. It's also [[LikeFatherLikeSon something he inherited from his father]], which naturally means there's a scene where [[SerialEscalation the two of them get to floof at the same time]]. [[UpToEleven And it can somehow be heard over the phone]].
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* ZanyScheme: Cody's plan to have Sam impersonate his girlfriend when his parents come to town for lunch. [[LampshadeHanging Nate points out]] that all such plans are doomed to failure--but in a subversion, Cody reveals he ''wants'' the plan to fail, because the point isn't to genuinely convince the Frosts he and Sam are an item, it's to have her break up with him in front of his parents, so as to get them off his back about finding a girl and leave him to date Doug in peace. Further subverted when the appearance of Jake and Becky as [[SpannerInTheWorks Spanners In The Works]] causes the plot to collapse--with the exact end result Cody had hoped for. The downside? [[InnocentBystander Jake gets hurt in the process]], and Cody is [[WhatTheHellHero left to wonder for the first time]] whether keeping his orientation a secret is really worth it, if it just keeps hurting his friends, and if he'd really rather be thought a HandsomeLech (or worse a CasanovaWannabe) instead of gay. And the crowning bit? [[spoiler:Like almost all {{Zany Scheme}}s, it wasn't even necessary because his parents end up being perfectly fine with him being gay, and one already suspected.]]
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* ZanyScheme: Cody's plan to have Sam [[spoiler:Sam]] impersonate his girlfriend when his parents come to town for lunch. [[LampshadeHanging Nate points out]] that all such plans are doomed to failure--but in a subversion, Cody reveals he ''wants'' the plan to fail, because the point isn't to genuinely convince the Frosts he and Sam [[spoiler:Sam]] are an item, it's to have her break up with him in front of his parents, so as to get them off his back about finding a girl and leave him to date Doug in peace. Further subverted when the appearance of Jake and Becky as [[SpannerInTheWorks Spanners In The Works]] causes the plot to collapse--with the exact end result Cody had hoped for. The downside? [[InnocentBystander Jake gets hurt in the process]], and Cody is [[WhatTheHellHero left to wonder for the first time]] whether keeping his orientation a secret is really worth it, if it just keeps hurting his friends, and if he'd really rather be thought a HandsomeLech (or worse a CasanovaWannabe) instead of gay. And the crowning bit? [[spoiler:Like almost all {{Zany Scheme}}s, it wasn't even necessary because his parents end up being perfectly fine with him being gay, and one already suspected.]]
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* [[WhenSheSmiles When He Smiles]]: Despite putting up such a gruff, tough, uber-manly asshole front, it turns out that if you can get him to relax and be himself, Cody has an absolute sweet and heartwarming smile. Needless to say, getting to see it [[DefrostingIceQueen more and more often]] as the comic progresses is quite satisfying.
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* [[WhenSheSmiles When He Smiles]]: Despite putting up such a gruff, tough, uber-manly asshole front, it turns out that if you can get him to relax and be himself, Cody has an absolute absolutely sweet and heartwarming smile. Needless to say, getting to see it [[DefrostingIceQueen more and more often]] as the comic progresses is quite satisfying.
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*** Todd ''Connors'', a Bengal tiger.[[note]]As in, Shere Khan.]]/note]]
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*** Todd ''Connors'', a Bengal tiger.[[note]]As in, Shere Khan.]]/note]][[/note]]
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* [[DefrostingIceQueen: Defrosting Ice King]]: A big part of Cody's CharacterArc, no pun intended.
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* [[DefrostingIceQueen: [[DefrostingIceQueen Defrosting Ice King]]: A big part of Cody's CharacterArc, no pun intended.
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* BucketBoobyTrap: Jeff sets one up over the dorm room door in the first issue, to get back at Jake ([[ItMakesSenseInContext who broke it dancing with Cody]]) for making him do overtime to repair it. [[ButtMonkey It ends up falling on Cody instead]]. The fact this results in the goat getting to see a sopping wet, shirtless Cody is a completely accidental but well-appreciated bonus.
* CharacterTic: Cody's fur floofs/frizzes whenever he is greatly startled, distressed, freaking out, embarrassed, or aroused (such as being touched by a hot guy). ''It never stops being funny''. It's also [[LikeFatherLikeSon something he inherited from his father]], which naturally means there's a scene where [[SerialEscalation the two of them get to floof at the same time]].
* ChekhovsGun: The drink-spilling game. It's first introduced to help explain how Doug is useful at the Hangout, and give the first hint of the cougar's feelings for Cody. ("He only lets you win if he thinks you're cute.") But then it's also how Thor makes an ass of himself to get back at Cody for walking on the grass [[spoiler:and as part of his spying activities for Maureen]], it's how Jeff finally gets Cody to ask Doug out (by way of a convoluted scheme involving a baseball cap, a motorized pop-up button, and Jake), and finally it's how Todd and Cody are able to patch up their friendship after another encounter with Thor and defending Doug.
* ChekhovsGun: The drink-spilling game. It's first introduced to help explain how Doug is useful at the Hangout, and give the first hint of the cougar's feelings for Cody. ("He only lets you win if he thinks you're cute.") But then it's also how Thor makes an ass of himself to get back at Cody for walking on the grass [[spoiler:and as part of his spying activities for Maureen]], it's how Jeff finally gets Cody to ask Doug out (by way of a convoluted scheme involving a baseball cap, a motorized pop-up button, and Jake), and finally it's how Todd and Cody are able to patch up their friendship after another encounter with Thor and defending Doug.
* ContrivedCoincidence: While a number of these appear throughout the comic, the very first issue has two rather prominent ones--that the fellow in the adjoining airplane seat who kept Cody awake all night turns out to be his new roommate Jake, and that it's all because Jake and Zach get Cody angry ([[RefugeInAudacity by asking him to get his interviewer's number for them]]) that he gets the job at the Hangout...since they cause him to [[HulkOut tear out of]] [[ClothingDamage his shirt]], which leaves him shirtless in the alley right outside the bar, thus enabling him to impress Tyrone with his physique and strength right when he's looking to hire a bouncer.
* [[DefrostingIceQueen: Defrosting Ice King]]: A big part of Cody's CharacterArc, no pun intended.
* DoubleEntendre: Possibly unintentional but probably not--when Cody first meets Sam, moments after meeting Doug, he tells her "Nice to meet you both"...while seemingly staring down at her chest. [[spoiler:Considering how he feels about breasts, if this was intentional it was surely meant as fanservice for the straight and bi readers.]]
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* DumbBlonde: Somewhat inverted by Jake.
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* DumbBlonde: Somewhat inverted by Jake. And absolutely subverted by Doug who, along with his glasses, is able to split bar tabs in his head because he's good at math, and is quite the well-spoken and intelligent fellow all around.
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* NoMouth: While this happens to a lot of characters throughout the comic, it most commonly happens with Cody and Doug. Not an example of LazyArtist but a deliberate stylistic choice; sometimes it is meant to suggest thoughtfulness, lack of expression, or confusion, but usually it's meant to be funny and/or cute. Amusingly, when Cody isn't drawn this way, his other near-default expression is a CheshireCatGrin (thanks to being embarrassed or trying to get out of trouble).
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** PunnyName: While some of them are subtle, a number of the character's names act as this in one way or another, usually in an animal sense but not always.
*** Cody ''Frost'': Not just the [[DefrostingIceQueen Defrosting Ice King]] mentioned above, but because he's a Siberian tiger.
*** Jake ''Pack''ard, a wolf.
*** Todd ''Connors'', a Bengal tiger.[[note]]As in, Shere Khan.]]/note]]
*** Sam Hill (as in "what in the _____ are you doing?")
*** Thor ''Grain''ger, a bison.
*** Tim ''Long''oria, a weasel.
*** Trevor ''Buck''ingham, a horse.
*** Robbie ''Warren'', a rabbit.
*** Randall ''Wing''er, a kite.
*** Pete ''Fire''stone, a Dalmatian.[[note]]Not the tire brand but the traditional association of Dalmatians with firemen and their trucks.[[/note]]
*** Cody ''Frost'': Not just the [[DefrostingIceQueen Defrosting Ice King]] mentioned above, but because he's a Siberian tiger.
*** Jake ''Pack''ard, a wolf.
*** Todd ''Connors'', a Bengal tiger.[[note]]As in, Shere Khan.]]/note]]
*** Sam Hill (as in "what in the _____ are you doing?")
*** Thor ''Grain''ger, a bison.
*** Tim ''Long''oria, a weasel.
*** Trevor ''Buck''ingham, a horse.
*** Robbie ''Warren'', a rabbit.
*** Randall ''Wing''er, a kite.
*** Pete ''Fire''stone, a Dalmatian.[[note]]Not the tire brand but the traditional association of Dalmatians with firemen and their trucks.[[/note]]
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* ThemeNaming: All the chapters within each issue have titles that play off of the ''i.s.o'' name--either by using phrases based off of what it stands for, words that contain the "iso-" prefix, or phrases that either rhyme with or contain the letters somewhere within them. The author has to reach and strain a few times to make it work, but it's still a fun touch.
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* [[WhenSheSmiles When He Smiles]]: Despite putting up such a gruff, tough, uber-manly asshole front, it turns out that if you can get him to relax and be himself, Cody has an absolute sweet and heartwarming smile. Needless to say, getting to see it [[DefrostingIceQueen more and more often]] as the comic progresses is quite satisfying.
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* TheBeard: Cody gets [[spoiler:Sam]] to pretend to be his girlfriend for a short time; while nominally this is to keep his parents from learning he's gay, it's more fully an example of "getting overbearing parents off their back about their love life." Also, in a strange inverted way, Todd; see GayBestFriend.
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* GayBestFriend: Inverted; Todd, who is straight, is Cody's best friend. It's also a somewhat convoluted (on Cody's part) example of TheBeard where being his friend helps "prove" Cody is straight because everyone assumes the fellow weightlifter and football player of the "red-blooded All-American boy" must be straight too. At the same it makes it easy for him to get dates to throw off his parents without having to actually ask girls out (via double-dating arranged by Todd), and with most of the girls actually focusing on ChickMagnet Todd while Cody pushes them away with his grumpy tough-guy facade, he gets to live his life in peace without the pressure to conform.
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* {{Animesque}}: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. Mostly it's just the eyes are Animesque.
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* {{Animesque}}: [[AvertedTrope Averted]].{{Averted|Trope}}. Mostly it's just the eyes are Animesque.
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* VisualPun[=/=]StockVisualMetaphors: The author's artistic style is replete with these. Most occur within Cody's ImagineSpot, but just as many are unusual panel layouts, commentary on the dialogue (slice-of-life shots from Todd and Cody's past are depicted on slices of bread), or ways to liven up the boring square panel comic-book style. To list all of them would be almost as long as this page--and many, many of them are a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} or SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome. [[spoiler:The {{ShoutOut}}s to ''Naked Gun'' in the PG-13 sex scene between Jeff and Cody are particularly hilarious.]] One of the most striking examples would be the series of images from Cody's lying telephone call to his parents, since each is interlocked with or leads into the next: parachuting out of a plane ("taking the plunge") which lands him in the middle of a spider web ("caught in a web of lies") which then appears inside a maze he has to find his way out of, a maze he is then seen [[DiggingHimselfDeeper digging out of]] until finally he is underwater ("in over his head").
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* VisualPun[=/=]StockVisualMetaphors: The author's artistic style is replete with these. Most occur within Cody's ImagineSpot, but just as many are unusual panel layouts, commentary on the dialogue (slice-of-life shots from Todd and Cody's past are depicted on slices of bread), or ways to liven up the boring square panel comic-book style. To list all of them would be almost as long as this page--and many, many of them are a SugarWiki/{{Funny Moment|s}} or SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome. [[spoiler:The {{ShoutOut}}s {{Shout Out}}s to ''Naked Gun'' in the PG-13 sex scene between Jeff and Cody are particularly hilarious.]] One of the most striking examples would be the series of images from Cody's lying telephone call to his parents, since each is interlocked with or leads into the next: parachuting out of a plane ("taking the plunge") which lands him in the middle of a spider web ("caught in a web of lies") which then appears inside a maze he has to find his way out of, a maze he is then seen [[DiggingHimselfDeeper digging out of]] until finally he is underwater ("in over his head").
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* ShirtlessScene: A number of times with Cody, and also with Doug and a few other characters. Does not technically apply to Jake, as he ''[[WalkingShirtlessScene never]]'' [[WalkingShirtlessScene wears a shirt]] anyway. Also Nate at Kyell's. And since the basketballs games in issue 5 involve "Shirts vs. Skins" this ends up applying to a large number of characters. Including Dusty, [[invoked]][[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments to Cody's freakout]]. [[spoiler:She's still wearing a sports bra.]]
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* ShirtlessScene: A number of times with Cody, and also with Doug and a few other characters. Does not technically apply to Jake, as he ''[[WalkingShirtlessScene never]]'' [[WalkingShirtlessScene wears a shirt]] anyway. Also Nate at Kyell's. And since the basketballs basketball games in issue 5 involve "Shirts vs. Skins" this ends up applying to a large number of characters. Including Dusty, [[invoked]][[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments to Cody's freakout]]. [[spoiler:She's still wearing a sports bra.]]
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* HandBehindHead: Cody does this ''a lot'' when he's embarrassed, especially around Doug. He does it even more as he learns to loosen up and let down his macho man routine.
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** The manner in which Cody uses his experiences with both karate and weightlifting to give him a basis for dancing moves at Kyell's is highly reminiscent of how [[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack Samurai Jack used his martial arts moves to fit in at the forest rave]].
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* ShirtlessScene: A number of times with Cody, and also with Doug and a few other characters. Does not technically apply to Jake, as he ''[[WalkingShirtlessScene never]]'' [[WalkingShirtlessScene wears a shirt]] anyway. Also Nate at Kyell's. And since the basketballs games in issue 5 involve "Shirts vs. Skins" this ends up applying to a large number of characters. Including Dusty, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments to Cody's freakout]]. [[spoiler:She's still wearing a sports bra.]]
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* ShirtlessScene: A number of times with Cody, and also with Doug and a few other characters. Does not technically apply to Jake, as he ''[[WalkingShirtlessScene never]]'' [[WalkingShirtlessScene wears a shirt]] anyway. Also Nate at Kyell's. And since the basketballs games in issue 5 involve "Shirts vs. Skins" this ends up applying to a large number of characters. Including Dusty, [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments [[invoked]][[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments to Cody's freakout]]. [[spoiler:She's still wearing a sports bra.]]
