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* MinimalistCast: Pon and Zi are the only named characters. The only characters that appear at all, in fact.

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* MinimalistCast: Pon and Zi are the only named characters. The only characters in the whole comic, aside from some random animals that occasionally appear at all, in fact.for the sake of gags like a cat, a black widow spider, and an ostritch.
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The webcomic's official site is [[https://www.ponandzi.net/ here]].
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* NoPlotNoProblem: It's a panel-a-day comic showing little anecdotes in the life of Pon and Zi.
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* BloodFromTheMouth: In [[https://azuzephre-blog.tumblr.com/post/10325376958 this panel]], Zi points to a puddle of blood behind them and cheerfully says, "You made my heart too happy, so I vomited blood."
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: Pon and Zi are humanoid, but their designs are so simplified that it's hard to tell if they're actually human. They're yellow and blue respectively, are both bald, have blank white eyes and no legs.
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* BeatStillMyHeart: Pon removes their heart from their chest cavity and holds it out to Zi, while spilling blood all over the floor.
-->I hope now that I took it out, you will keep it cuz I don't have a clue how to put it back. And if you don't want it cuz it's full of blood, don't worry cuz I can wash it off, and put a ribbon around it. Anyways, just wanted to say I love you...by the way, I'm about to faint, so take it fast...
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* CreepyCute: Pon has their moments, such as the panel where they say, "If I promise not to kill you, can I have a hug?"
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* EmoTeen: Pon sometimes behaves like a stereotypical emo teenager, saying nihilistic or dark things, although his actual age is impossible to tell due to the minimalistic art style. One strip has him crying and holding a teddy bear, with the caption, "Teddies don't hug back, but sometimes they're all you have."

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* EmoTeen: Pon sometimes behaves like a stereotypical emo teenager, saying nihilistic or dark things, although his actual age is impossible to tell due to the minimalistic art style. One strip has him crying and holding a teddy bear, with the caption, "Teddies don't hug back, but sometimes they're all you have.saying, "I can't sleep because my pillow is too wet."
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* EmoTeen: Pon. The [[VagueAge "teen"]] part is debatable, though...

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* EmoTeen: Pon. The [[VagueAge "teen"]] part Pon sometimes behaves like a stereotypical emo teenager, saying nihilistic or dark things, although his actual age is debatable, though...impossible to tell due to the minimalistic art style. One strip has him crying and holding a teddy bear, with the caption, "Teddies don't hug back, but sometimes they're all you have."
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* BilingualBonus: One strip has Pon saying "I love you" in Japanese to Zi.

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* BilingualBonus: One strip has Pon saying "I love you" in Japanese to Zi.Zi (私は愛する, ''Watashi wa ai suru'').

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* ThePowerOfLove: Pretty much the whole point.
* {{Tsundere}}: Zi. "Stop looking at me, ...idiot."

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* ThePowerOfLove: Pretty much The central theme of the whole point.
strip is the two characters' love for each other.
* {{Tsundere}}: Zi. "Stop Zi can be a little snappy towards Pon, though they both love each other.
-->'''Zi''': Stop
looking at me, ...idiot."
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* ChestInsignia: Both Pon and Zi have large hearts on their chests, representing the comic being about their love for each other.
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* FlowersOfRomance: Parodied in one panel where Pon has a comically oversized band-aid and stitches on their head because he tried to pick a flower for Zi...that turned out to be a Venus flytrap. He killed it and got Zi a piece of grass instead.

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* FlowersOfRomance: Parodied in one panel where Pon has a comically oversized band-aid and stitches on their head because he they tried to pick a flower for Zi...that turned out to be a Venus flytrap. He They killed it and got Zi a piece of grass instead.
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* AmbiguousGender: Both Pon and Zi were deliberately designed as genderless, though some interpret Pon as a boy and Zi as a girl.

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* AmbiguousGender: Both Pon and Zi were deliberately designed as genderless, though some interpret Pon as a boy and Zi as a girl. Pon does refer to Zi as their girlfriend in [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-s27TNtBs2GA/UFDAciRY61I/AAAAAAAAGRY/_cSp2kH6HyE/s1600/pon-and-zi-love-cookie-quotes-azuzephre-1.jpg this comic]].
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* {{Determinator}}: Pon climbs up a cactus in order to pick Zi a flower, despite getting scratched up and having bandaids on their head.
-->I'll always only pick you the most prettiest flower I can find, even if it's the hardest one to get to.

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* MinimalistCast

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* MinimalistCastMinimalistCast: Pon and Zi are the only named characters. The only characters that appear at all, in fact.


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* UmbrellaOfTogetherness: Pon holds an umbrella over Zi in the pouring rain and says, "If you get wet, you'll get sick."
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* VagueAge: Due to the cartoonish, chibi-like style that Pon and Zi are drawn in, it's impossible to tell what age they're supposed to be. Sometimes they act like children, and other times they act like HormoneAddledTeenagers.

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* VagueAge: Due to the cartoonish, chibi-like style that Pon and Zi are drawn in, it's impossible to tell what age they're supposed to be. Sometimes they act like children, and other times they act like HormoneAddledTeenagers.[[HormoneAddledTeenager Hormone-Addled Teenagers.]]
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* CreepyCute: Pon has their moments, such as the panel where they say, "If I promise not to kill you, can I have a hug?"


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* VagueAge: Due to the cartoonish, chibi-like style that Pon and Zi are drawn in, it's impossible to tell what age they're supposed to be. Sometimes they act like children, and other times they act like HormoneAddledTeenagers.

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* AmbiguousGender: Both Pon and Zi.

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* AmbiguousGender: Both Pon and Zi.Zi were deliberately designed as genderless, though some interpret Pon as a boy and Zi as a girl.



* FlowersOfRomance: Parodied in one panel where Pon has a comically oversized band-aid and stitches on their head because he tried to pick a flower for Zi...that turned out to be a Venus flytrap. He killed it and got Zi a piece of grass instead.



* ObliviousToLove: Zi in one strip. Justified because they were [[HeadphonesEqualIsolation wearing headphones and didn't hear Pon.]]
-->'''Pon:''' I love you.
-->'''Zi:''' Lala. La. Laa.

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* ObliviousToLove: Zi in In one strip. Justified strip, Zi fails to hear Pon saying "I love you" because they were [[HeadphonesEqualIsolation wearing headphones and didn't hear Pon.]]
-->'''Pon:''' I love you.
-->'''Zi:''' Lala. La. Laa.
them.]]



* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Snails for Pon and cats for Zi.

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* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Snails for Zi nervously hides behind Pon when they see a cat, and cats for Zi.Pon protectively says, "Halt, fiend!"
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* [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude Who Names Their Kids Pon And Zi?]]
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* AmbiguousGender: Both Pon and Zi. Fans refer to Pon as male and Zi as female, though.

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* AmbiguousGender: Both Pon and Zi. Fans refer to Pon as male and Zi as female, though.
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''Pon and Zi'' is a webcomic by Jeff Azuzephre following the adventures of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Pon and Zi.]] The series is presented in single panels, usually (but not always) depicting interactions between the eponymous characters, or Pon delivering a cute or heartwarming message about [[ThePowerOfLove their love for Zi.]] The main characters are expressly designed to be without gender, so that any couple could read the comics and identify.

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''Pon and Zi'' is a webcomic by Jeff Azuzephre following the adventures of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin [[NameAndName Pon and Zi.]] The series is presented in single panels, usually (but not always) depicting interactions between the eponymous characters, or Pon delivering a cute or heartwarming message about [[ThePowerOfLove their love for Zi.]] The main characters are expressly designed to be without gender, so that any couple could read the comics and identify.
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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Pon is yellow and Zi is blue.

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* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: ColorCodedCharacters: Pon is yellow and Zi is blue.
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''Pon and Zi'' is a webcomic by Jeff Azuzephre following the adventures of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Pon and Zi.]] The series is presented in single panels, usually (but not always) depicting interactions between the titular characters, or Pon delivering a cute or heartwarming message about [[ThePowerOfLove his love for Zi.]]

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''Pon and Zi'' is a webcomic by Jeff Azuzephre following the adventures of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Pon and Zi.]] The series is presented in single panels, usually (but not always) depicting interactions between the titular eponymous characters, or Pon delivering a cute or heartwarming message about [[ThePowerOfLove his their love for Zi.]]
]] The main characters are expressly designed to be without gender, so that any couple could read the comics and identify.



* AmbiguousGender: Both Pon and Zi at first, but eventually subverted when fans decided [[AscendedFanon Pon was the boy and Zi was the girl.]]

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* AmbiguousGender: Both Pon and Zi at first, but eventually subverted when fans decided [[AscendedFanon Zi. Fans refer to Pon was the boy as male and Zi was the girl.]]as female, though.



* ObliviousToLove: Zi in one strip. Justified because she was [[HeadphonesEqualIsolation wearing headphones and didn't hear Pon.]]

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* ObliviousToLove: Zi in one strip. Justified because she was they were [[HeadphonesEqualIsolation wearing headphones and didn't hear Pon.]]
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: "I went to pick you a flower, but it was a Venus flytrap and it bit my head, so I killed it and got you this piece of grass instead."
** "Umm, be happy, okay? I killed it [the spider] for you."
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: So very many.
** "I love you to [[strike:the moon]] Pluto and back."
** "I'll just pretend to hug you until you get here."
** "No matter how much I practice, I can't make pictures of you pretty enough..."
** ''(pointing to a very ugly drawing on the wall)'' "Even if you were horrifically disfigured in a freak accident and looked like thiiiis, I'd still love you."
** "Keep me safe while I sleep."



* TearJerker: ''Teddies don't hug back, but sometimes they're all you've got.''
** ''Even heaven is hell without you.''
** The strip where Pon is sitting by a lake, lowering his fishing pole towards the water...[[RuleOfSymbolism with his heart impaled on it.]]
** ''Aww...the sky is crying.''



* UncannyValley: They look a bit close to it, just having big blank eyes with no irises or pupils. Their actual personalities make up for it, though.



* TheWoobie: Dear God, ''Pon.''
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''Pon and Zi'' is a webcomic by Jeff Azuzephre following the adventures of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Pon and Zi.]] The series is presented in single panels, usually (but not always) depicting interactions between the titular characters, or Pon delivering a cute or heartwarming message about [[ThePowerOfLove his love for Zi.]]

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* AmbiguousGender: Both Pon and Zi at first, but eventually subverted when fans decided [[AscendedFanon Pon was the boy and Zi was the girl.]]
* BilingualBonus: One strip has Pon saying "I love you" in Japanese to Zi.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Pon is yellow and Zi is blue.
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: "I went to pick you a flower, but it was a Venus flytrap and it bit my head, so I killed it and got you this piece of grass instead."
** "Umm, be happy, okay? I killed it [the spider] for you."
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: So very many.
** "I love you to [[strike:the moon]] Pluto and back."
** "I'll just pretend to hug you until you get here."
** "No matter how much I practice, I can't make pictures of you pretty enough..."
** ''(pointing to a very ugly drawing on the wall)'' "Even if you were horrifically disfigured in a freak accident and looked like thiiiis, I'd still love you."
** "Keep me safe while I sleep."
* CutenessProximity
* EmoTeen: Pon. The [[VagueAge "teen"]] part is debatable, though...
* TheHero: Pon.
* MinimalistCast
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: "I made you a cookie, but I eated it."
* ObliviousToLove: Zi in one strip. Justified because she was [[HeadphonesEqualIsolation wearing headphones and didn't hear Pon.]]
-->'''Pon:''' I love you.
-->'''Zi:''' Lala. La. Laa.
* TearJerker: ''Teddies don't hug back, but sometimes they're all you've got.''
** ''Even heaven is hell without you.''
** The strip where Pon is sitting by a lake, lowering his fishing pole towards the water...[[RuleOfSymbolism with his heart impaled on it.]]
** ''Aww...the sky is crying.''
* ThePowerOfLove: Pretty much the whole point.
* {{Tsundere}}: Zi. "Stop looking at me, ...idiot."
* UncannyValley: They look a bit close to it, just having big blank eyes with no irises or pupils. Their actual personalities make up for it, though.
* WarmAndFuzzyFeeling
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Snails for Pon and cats for Zi.
* [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude Who Names Their Kids Pon And Zi?]]
* TheWoobie: Dear God, ''Pon.''
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