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* AlienLunch: Possibly ramen.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Dee's friend has a dark skin, but has no name or distinctive features to determine his actual race.
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* BaldOfEvil: Prof. Smith (and most of his colleagues); comes with a ...
** BeardOfEvil
** BeardOfEvil
* IgnoredEpiphany: ''[[Literature/AChristmasCarol A Smithmas Carol]]'' ends with Smith reflecting on his life's journey and concluding with this:
-->'''Prof. Smith:''' Eh, who cares? I've got tenure.
-->'''Prof. Smith:''' Eh, who cares? I've got tenure.
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* {{Meganekko}}: Dee. Cecilia also used to be one in high school and her undergrad years.
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* TheSlacker: While several characters are slackers to some extent, Mike Slackenerny stands head and shoulders above the rest in this regard. An eternal student, he's the ''Webcomic/PhD'' answer to ''{{Doonesbury}}''[='=]s Zonker Harris.
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* TheSlacker: While several characters are slackers to some extent, Mike Slackenerny stands head and shoulders above the rest in this regard. An eternal student, he's the ''Webcomic/PhD'' '[=PhD=]'' answer to ''{{Doonesbury}}''[='=]s ''ComicStrip/{{Doonesbury}}'''s Zonker Harris.
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* OutOfFocus: The main character briefly got shafted out of the limelight when he decided to quit his PhD, with the subsequent strips focusing more on Mike, Cecelia, Tajel and Dee.
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* OutOfFocus: The main character briefly got shafted out of the limelight when he decided to quit his PhD, [=PhD=], with the subsequent strips focusing more on Mike, Cecelia, Tajel and Dee.
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* OutOfFocus: The main character briefly got shafted out of the limelight when he decided to quit his PhD, with the subsequent strips focusing more on Mike, Cecelia, Tajel and Dee.
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* HappilyMarried: Mike and his wife seem to have a happy, stable relationship, even though she does occasionally get exasperated with his laziness. Pretty surprising, considering how he only knew her for ''a week'' before marrying her in Las Vegas.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: Drawing comics about students who procrastinate endlessly has resulted in Jorge Cham hitting the lecture circuit with a conference on procrastination. As a result, many other real-life universities (beyond Stanford) and real life grad students make cameos.
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* PercussiveMaintenance: [[http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=771 For the cutting-edge lab equipment]]
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* PercussiveMaintenance: [[http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=771 For the cutting-edge lab equipment]]equipment]].
* PlatonicLifePartners: Dee is always hanging out with this one guy, and laments at the prospect of not getting in the same grad school as him. Even the guy is surprised that they're "just friends".
* PlatonicLifePartners: Dee is always hanging out with this one guy, and laments at the prospect of not getting in the same grad school as him. Even the guy is surprised that they're "just friends".
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* WriteWhoYouKnow: The author is himself a Stanford alumnus and former graduate student (he spent grad school turning bugs into cyborgs).
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* MysteriousPast / ShroudedInMyth: [[http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1395 Smith's past is the obsession of grad students.]]
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* RidiculousProcrastinator: Mike has started procrastination journey from the moment ''[[http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive/phd103002s.gif he was born]]''.
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* ShroudedInMyth: [[http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1395 There are many rumours about Prof. Smith's past floating around the campus.]] How many of them are acttually true is up to debate.
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** ''Raiders of the lost dissertation'' is ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheRaidersOfTheLostArk''.
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** ''Raiders of the lost dissertation'' is ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheRaidersOfTheLostArk''.''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''.
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** ''Raiders of the lost dissertation'' is ''Film/IndianaJonesRaidersOfTheLostArk''.
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** ''Raiders of the lost dissertation'' is ''Film/IndianaJonesRaidersOfTheLostArk''.''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheRaidersOfTheLostArk''.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn:
** Tajel. At first, Tajel demonstrates all sorts of semi-stereotypical things, such as camping out at the mall after Thanksgiving to take advantage of Black Friday sales. This changed soon enough, of course...
** Professor Smith changed too. Originally he was TheFaceless (see ScaryShinyGlasses below), then started to become more of an AbsentMindedProfessor. Later, he just became a professor with a serious LackOfEmpathy.
* ChildProdigy: Professor Jones's daughter is only first year elementary school, but is able to fix some grad student's work.
** Tajel. At first, Tajel demonstrates all sorts of semi-stereotypical things, such as camping out at the mall after Thanksgiving to take advantage of Black Friday sales. This changed soon enough, of course...
** Professor Smith changed too. Originally he was TheFaceless (see ScaryShinyGlasses below), then started to become more of an AbsentMindedProfessor. Later, he just became a professor with a serious LackOfEmpathy.
* ChildProdigy: Professor Jones's daughter is only first year elementary school, but is able to fix some grad student's work.
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* {{Flanderization}}: Tajel. At first, Tajel demonstrates all sorts of semi-stereotypical things, such as camping out at the mall after Thanksgiving to take advantage of Black Friday sales. This changed soon enough, of course...
** Professor Smith changed too. Originally he was TheFaceless (see ScaryShinyGlasses below), then started to become more of an AbsentMindedProfessor. Later, he just became a professor with a serious LackOfEmpathy.
** Professor Smith changed too. Originally he was TheFaceless (see ScaryShinyGlasses below), then started to become more of an AbsentMindedProfessor. Later, he just became a professor with a serious LackOfEmpathy.
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* WholePlotReference: A couple of the 1999 strips were parodies of several movies that came out that year.
** [=PhD=] - Episode 1 is based on ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''.
** ''What is... The Thesis?'' is from ''Film/TheMatrix''.
** ''Raiders of the lost dissertation'' is ''Film/IndianaJonesRaidersOfTheLostArk''.
** [=PhD=] - Episode 1 is based on ''Film/ThePhantomMenace''.
** ''What is... The Thesis?'' is from ''Film/TheMatrix''.
** ''Raiders of the lost dissertation'' is ''Film/IndianaJonesRaidersOfTheLostArk''.
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* DullSurprise: Prof. Smith [[http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1451 apparently]].
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* DullSurprise: Prof. Smith [[http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1451 apparently]]. Also true of [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1831998591/the-phd-movie-2-still-in-grad-school/posts/896263 his film persona]].
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* ArtEvolution: Obviously, considering the sheer length of time its been running. Still, just compare the art change over the years. Still, just look at the differnce between [[http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1 the first strip]] and [[http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1516 a recent one.]]
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* ArtEvolution: Obviously, considering the sheer length of time its been running. Still, just compare the art change over the years. Still, just look at the differnce difference between [[http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1 the first strip]] and [[http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1516 a recent one.]]
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* BrickJoke: The protagonist's [[http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1423 travel reimbursement form]], which shows up again [[http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1477 over a year latter]].
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* BrickJoke: The protagonist's [[http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1423 travel reimbursement form]], which shows up again [[http://www.phdcomics.com/comics/archive.php?comicid=1477 over a year latter]].later]].
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** Though the supposed take that at {{Mythbusters}} makes it abundantly clear that [[ShallowParody he's never actually watched it]].
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** Though the supposed take that at {{Mythbusters}} Series/{{Mythbusters}} makes it abundantly clear that [[ShallowParody he's never actually watched it]].
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