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* CueOClock: It's Shirtless O'Clock.

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* OnlySaneMan: JM is by far the most well-adjusted member of the cast; he's the only person in the comic who's had normal romantic relationships while at college, he works to help Matt overcome his various social problems and phobias, he's the one to encourage everyone to move out of the dorms to get away from the squalor, he's the one who does the house-hunting, and he's the one who enforces the chores at their new place.

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* OnlySaneMan: JM is by far the most well-adjusted member of the cast; he's the only person in the comic who's had normal romantic relationships while at college, college (aside from Helen and Micah), he works to help Matt overcome his various social problems and phobias, he's the one to encourage everyone to move out of the dorms to get away from the squalor, he's the one who does the house-hunting, and he's the one who enforces the chores at their new place.



* SatelliteCharacter: Alan, first appearing [[http://www.machall.com/comic/screw-mario#gsc.tab=0 in this strip]]. Despite frequent appearances early on, he barely gets any dialogue, and disappears entirerly after the main cast move out of the dorms.




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* WithFriendsLikeThese: [[http://www.machall.com/comic/these-be-my-crew#gsc.tab=0 Ians pre-college crew]], Brocky, Anthony and Matt (not that one). While Anthony appears several times, neither Brocky nor Not-Mac-Hall-Matt appear again outside this strip.
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Chad, Ian's original roommate, who appears [[http://www.machall.com/comic/moving-in#gsc.tab=0 all of once, in the first comic]], then disappears, never to be seen again. Eventually, Ian takes his place.

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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Chad, Ian's original roommate, who appears [[http://www.machall.com/comic/moving-in#gsc.tab=0 all of once, in the first comic]], then disappears, never to be seen again. Eventually, Ian Matt takes his place.
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* GrowingTheBeard: [[http://www.machall.com/comic/screw-mario#gsc.tab=0 Screw Mario]] marks the point where Ian began to help writing the strip. The earlier ones written entirerly by Ian were... let's just say "spotty".

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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Chad, Ian's original roommate, who appears [[http://www.machall.com/comic/moving-in#gsc.tab=0 all of once, in the first comic]], then disappears, never to be seen again. Eventually, Ian takes his place.



* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The titular [=MacDonald=] Hall dormitory, where most of the comic was set

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* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The titular [=MacDonald=] Hall dormitory, where most of the cast lived when the comic was setbegan.



* GrowingTheBeard: [[http://www.machall.com/comic/screw-mario#gsc.tab=0 Screw Mario]] marks the point where Ian began to help writing the strip. The earlier ones written entirerly by Ian were... let's just say "spotty".



** Helen and Jason stop dating because ''Jason'' wanted to see other people; Micah, who went rage-mode when he first encountered the couple, nearly went prompt critical because Jason was so stupid.

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** Helen and Jason stop dating because ''Jason'' wanted to see other people; Micah, Ian, who went rage-mode was both impressed and resentful when he first encountered the couple, nearly went prompt critical because Jason was so stupid.



* RedEyesTakeWarning: Drew, usually when enraged or about to do or say something "evil".

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* RedEyesTakeWarning: Drew, usually when enraged or about to do or say something "evil". Which is pretty much all of his appearances until the ArtEvolution described above.



* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Jon, a student who dropped out of college during freshman year, yet still hung around Mac Hall, mostly to mooch off their broadband and video games. He even came along when the rest of the cast moved to off-campus housing!

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* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Jon, a student who dropped out of college during freshman year, yet still hung around Mac Hall, [[http://www.machall.com/comic/now-who-will-i-play-ff-with#gsc.tab=0 mostly to mooch off their broadband and video games.games]]. He even came along when the rest of the cast moved to off-campus housing!

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* EvilTwin: When JM briefly shaved off his goatee, Ian assumed [[http://www.machall.com/comic/at-least-i-dont-have-a-red-shirt#gsc.tab=0 JMs evil twin]]. When JM pointed out this should make him the ''good'' twin, Ian then theorized that JM's evil twin had left to conquer the universe.
--> '''Drew''': Have you been sniffing your art supplies?



* GamerChick: Helen, later.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Drew.

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* GamerChick: Helen, later.
after getting hooked on ''World Of Warcraft''. Originally, she only tangentially fit this trope due to her love of ''Tetris'', but no other games.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Drew.Drew, used to illustrate his "evil" nature in comparison to the other characters. In reality, he's just kind of an abrasive jerk SurroundedByIdiots.



* HeroicComedicSociopath: Drew.

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''[[http://www.machall.com/ Mac Hall]]'' was created through a bet between the creator, Ian [=McConville=], and a friend who claimed he "couldn't make a comic like ''Webcomic/PennyArcade''". After the 15th comic, [=McConville=] was joined by Matt Boyd who began to write the comic. It follows the exploits of a group of college students, Ian and Matt, for example, who are typical slackers. The series primarily focused on the events that occurred between classes and after hours, and only rarely references actual class work. The comic takes its name from [=MacDonald=] Hall, a dormitory at Bowling Green (OH) State University. Later in the series, the cast moves into a house, where they reside until graduation, and the comic's conclusion.

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''[[http://www.machall.com/ Mac Hall]]'' was created through a bet between the creator, Ian [=McConville=], and a friend who claimed he "couldn't make a comic like ''Webcomic/PennyArcade''". After the 15th comic, [=McConville=] was joined by Matt Boyd who began to write the comic. It follows the exploits of a group of college students, Ian and Ian, Matt, for example, JM, Micah, Helen, Drew, and to a lesser extent, Jon and Jason, who are typical slackers. The series primarily focused on the events that occurred between classes and after hours, and only rarely references actual class work. The comic takes its name from [=MacDonald=] Hall, a dormitory at Bowling Green (OH) State University. Later in the series, the cast moves into a house, where they reside until graduation, and the comic's conclusion.



* ArtEvolution: The strip started out with [[ThickLineAnimation thick outlines]] and went through many different styles (often for only a few comics) before gradually moving to its final style, which is reminiscent of ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''.

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The strip started out with [[ThickLineAnimation thick outlines]] and went through many different styles (often for only a few comics) before gradually moving to its final style, which is reminiscent of ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''.''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack''.
** Drew was an especially notable case; late into the strips run, he suddenly stopped wearing glasses, his face got thinner, and he grew his hair out long. He essentially looks like a different person by this point.



* OnlySaneMan: JM

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* OnlySaneMan: JMJM is by far the most well-adjusted member of the cast; he's the only person in the comic who's had normal romantic relationships while at college, he works to help Matt overcome his various social problems and phobias, he's the one to encourage everyone to move out of the dorms to get away from the squalor, he's the one who does the house-hunting, and he's the one who enforces the chores at their new place.
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* TheChick: Helen, who later becomes a GamerChick.

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* LifeEmbellished

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* LifeEmbellishedLifeEmbellished: The comic was loosely based on the main characters college days, with added fantastic elements such as a chibified Cthulhu and an invasion of monkeys.


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* ThatCameOutWrong: "Yeah, so after I took two in the ass, I realized this wasn't for me, but by then it was too late to pull out..."
--> '''Jon''': [[http://www.machall.com/view.php?date=2004-05-03 He's talking about paintball!]]
* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: Jon, a student who dropped out of college during freshman year, yet still hung around Mac Hall, mostly to mooch off their broadband and video games. He even came along when the rest of the cast moved to off-campus housing!
--> '''Jon''': My dial-up sucks and there's no one to play video games with, so I thought I'd drop by!
--> '''Ian''': Don't you live in ''Chicago?!''
--> '''Jon''': I mean, my dial-up really, REALLY sucks!
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* ArtefactTitle: The name of the strip became outdated around the mid-point of the comics run, as the cast moved to off-campus housing, and thus didn't live in Mac Hall anymore. Taken UpToEleven once the creators, and thus the cast, began to graduate and thus weren't even college students anymore. The comic ended very shortly after Ian's graduation in 2006.

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* ArtefactTitle: The name of the strip became outdated around the mid-point of the comics run, as the cast moved to off-campus housing, and thus didn't live in Mac Hall anymore. Taken UpToEleven Exaggerated once the creators, and thus the cast, began to graduate and thus weren't even college students anymore. The comic ended very shortly after Ian's graduation in 2006.
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* ShoutOut: Matt re-enacts the music video for ''Weapon of Choice'' by Music/FatboySlim, until he jumps off a balcony forgetting that he, unlike Creator/ChristopherWalken, ''cannot fly''.

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* ShoutOut: Matt Micah re-enacts the music video for ''Weapon of Choice'' by Music/FatboySlim, until he jumps off a balcony forgetting that he, unlike Creator/ChristopherWalken, ''cannot fly''.
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* ShoutOut: Matt re-enacts the music video for ''Weapon of Choice'' by Music/FatboySlim, until he jumps off a balcony forgetting that he, unlike Creator/ChristopherWalken, ''cannot fly''.

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