History Webcomic / SomethingPositive

* EstablishingSeriesMoment: The first strip is basically this trope for the entire comic.

* NamesTheSame: A InUniverse example. Either [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/make-room-for-daddy-pt-5/ Brian's friend, Chirag healed nicely]], or [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/first-day-back/ PeeJee's employee just has a case of this]].

'''Kim''': Wow. Ten generations of your family were a religion [[CriticalResearchFailure that's fifty years old]]. I guess you're one of those time-travel pagans I've heard so much about.

** After Pintsize gets a humanoid chassis in ''Wecomic/QuestionableContent'', a SP strip shows us [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/pintsized-recycling/ what happened to the old one]].

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** The reason [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/planning-disasters-ahead/ Kim didn't attend Jason and Aubrey's wedding]] - she had enough reasons to object that [[UpToEleven she made an entire PowerPoint presentation]].

* NamesTheSame: Either [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/make-room-for-daddy-pt-5/ Brian's friend, Chirag healed nicely]], or [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/first-day-back/ PeeJee's employee just has a case of this]].

* AbsoluteCleavage: [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/bountiful-freedoms-or-the-rack-of-despair/ Monette celebrates Boobquake!]]

-->'''Davan''': It's so nice to see the fine art of stereotyping is alive and well in the gay community.\\

''[[http://www.somethingpositive.net/ Something*Positive]]'' is a SliceOfLife webcomic by Randal Keith "R.K." Milholland based on the life and trials of Davan [=MacIntire=], a put-upon, misanthropic author stand-in, and his best friends Aubrey Chorde, Pee-Jee Shou, and Jason Pratchett, who originated as caricatures of [[LifeEmbellished Milholland's real-life friends]]. The supporting cast includes Davan's acerbic but loving family, African-American Wiccan Kim Anansie, Pee-Jee's long-time gay man-crush [[StraightGay Jhim Midgett]], "pint-sized bisexual" [[{{Keet}} T-Bob]], reformed [[FanDumb obsessive geek]] Mike Dowden, vain waste-of-space Kharisma Valetti, and Davan's hairless, amorphous cat Choo-Choo Bear. The cast is [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters enormous]], and various members [[OutOfFocus pop in and out]] over the years.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The main cast isn't overly large for a webcomic, but once you get to the former main supporting cast [Jhim, Kim, Monette] and the old familiar faces [Cab, Berenger, Claire, Anna, Lisa, Celie, the Teddy-Bear Liberation Front, etc.], things get a little crazy. Jesus-Mickey and Twitchy-Hug were killed, but we still frequently see characters show up with gaps of years between appearances.

* OutOfFocus: With the aforementioned LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, this happens ''a lot''. The occasional minor character will only appear a total of five times in six years [Davan's Furry friend Andy], and often a year goes by between Jhim or Anna's appearances, and both were once ''major'' characters (Jhim especially, once a part of the core cast). Clair, a previously major cast member, disappeared for years, and then showed up ''engaged'' and about to move away. Kim and Kestrel, major co-workers of Aubrey's and former major cast-members, also fall out of focus for six months at a time. Most of this is done to reflect on RealLife: It's (sort of) based on Milholland's experiences. People ''do'' vanish from your life only to reappear out of nowhere.

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''MyLittlePony'' [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/pony-struggles/ made awesome]].

* BiggusDickus:
** [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/dial-a-aubrey-pt-4/ Jason, apparently.]]
** [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/davan-s-bargain/ And Choo-Choo Bear too]]. Apparently that [[FanDumb offended]] [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/there-s-been-confusion/ some people]].

* AdultFear:
** In the [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/just-today-pt-1/ "Just Today"]] story arc, Davan's father Fred has to deal with being diagnosed with Alzheimer's. He asks his wife Faye to take the day off from work to spend time with him so he can tell her. In the end, he can't bring himself to tell her and they just spend a peaceful day together. As they go to bed for the night, she thanks him for spending the day with her and they share a [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/just-today-pt-4/ goodnight kiss]] (the caption for this strip is "Sometimes it's about life...". [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/just-today-pt-5/ The next morning]], [[spoiler:Fred realizes that Faye died in her sleep (the caption here: "Sometimes, it's about fear").]]
** Fred's own declining health, and the impact it has on his family, is another source of this. Several comics have shown him momentarily mistaking a loved one for someone long dead (Monette for Rose, Rory for Scotty), or acknowledging his mortality and limitations. Often it's played for dark humor, but some times it's played completely straight. [[spoiler: And then Fred suddenly dies on Halloween Night 2020 and Davan is the one who finds his body the next morning]].
** As the rest of the cast has matured and settled down, they've had to confront subjects like financial insecurity and debt, uncertain futures in education and work, and raising children in need of advice and support.
** During [[RealLifeWritesThePlot a spike in incidents]] where people dressed up as [[MonsterClown clowns]] and threatened strangers as a prank, one such man [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/clowns-ahoy-pt-8/ approaches [=PamJee=] and Aubrey]], says he'll kidnap them both, and actually ''put a hand on [=PamJee=]''. Jason later says that Aubrey [[MamaBear breaking his hand]] was justified after all that.
** PlayedForLaughs when Rory [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/lines/ uses some in the Haunted House]], because "it's more effective to use people's real fears of what can't be avoided against them to get what you want."
** One of the reasons why Rory is afraid of coming out as pansexual is because he's fully aware that there's a lot of prejudice against LBGT+ people and that even his own friends or other people he likes could start hating him for his sexual orientation.
** Halloween 2020 ends with Davan [[spoiler: [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/another-november-morning/ finding his dad's body]] after the latter had stayed up late to greet Trick-Or-Treaters.]]

** Before visiting a casino, Randy's sister Rhona explains to him "Mom will give you a small amount of money. Very small -- since you're a cartoonist, we don't want you getting used to large bills."

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: ''S* P 1937'' and some [[{{Flashback}} flashbacks.]]

** There was also a crossover with ''ScandalSheet''. And cameo appearances by Jay from ''WebComic/FLEMComics'', Jennie from ''Webcomic/TheDevilsPanties'' and ''ThePetProfessional''. One comic also mentioned that Aubrey used to own [[Webcomic/SluggyFreelance a mini-lop with a fondness for sharp objects]], but her mother gave it to a pet shop.

** Teenage [=PeeJee=] has an argument with her father, and a bystander [[http://somethingpositive.net/sp02122003.shtml gets the wrong idea]]:

** And a rather [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp09142009.shtml long]]-[[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp09182009.shtml running]] [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp09232009.shtml one]] against NancyGrace.

** Assorted logic failures and other dumbness [[http://somethingpositive.net/sp04142007.shtml said to Randy at conventions]].
* TakeThatMe: [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp02112004.shtml Here.]]

** Davan, [[CallBack years later]], [[https://www.somethingpositive.net/sp02072017.shtml starts to give Rory an "official" one]], to their mutual discomfort. Subverted [[https://www.somethingpositive.net/sp02082017.shtml in the next strip]], which explains that this version is about the responsibilities sexual activity comes with, rather than the actual mechanics of it, enlisting Vanessa's aid to ease the awkwardness. It culminates in a ''[[https://www.somethingpositive.net/sp02132017.shtml four hour]]'' talk.

* TearJerker: In-universe example. Davan pulled out [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Na-xvlYMGck this video]] to make Jason cry when he said he didn't cry over songs, because that was stupid and over-emotional. [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp08032005.shtml It worked]] maybe a bit too well.

* TellHimImNotSpeakingToHim: Happens in [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp04102002.shtml this]] strip.

** Kharisma... [[http://somethingpositive.net/sp11172006.shtml Right here.]] And it ties in with a GenreSavvy moment, to boot.

* ThermometerGag: Davan demands his doctor take his temperature orally during a checkup, to which the doctor [[http://somethingpositive.net/sp04022008.shtml responds]] "Fine, but you're the first person to ask me to stick a rectal thermometer in his mouth."

** In [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp03152002.shtml this]] early comic.

* TheUnReveal: [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp11252008.shtml While Davan confessing his love for an as yet unrevealed person]] does not fully qualify for this trope, later [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp03112009.shtml Choo-choo Bear sets up the perfect UnReveal when the name of the person Davan called was about to be shown.]] [[spoiler: Considering the time period and his then relationship status with the rest of the cast, it was most likely Branwen,]] though almost ten years later and Randy still hasn't named who exactly.

* UnstoppableRage: Jason telling [[PowderKegCrowd the catgirl fans]] of their webcomic it isn't ''that'' important was [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp11172008.shtml not a clever move]].

* WallOfText: Sometimes quite dialogue-heavy, though it's part of the comic's charm, and the producer of some of the better strips. Let's just say that Milholland ''really'' likes his characters with {{backstory}} and assumes the readers are smart enough to handle a few big {{speech bubble}}s. [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp07232004.shtml Here is a example]], headed by the warning for those "frightened or intimidated by reading."

** A meta-example with Randy mentioning he was married. Most reader reactions were along the lines of "What?" / "Congratulations", others included no longer reading the comic or [[http://somethingpositive.net/sp08012016.shtml harassing his wife]] or announcing their intent to get Randy back together with his ex.
* WhamLine: [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp05062013.shtml "Time Machine"]] ends with Farco [[spoiler:calling Kharisma by her actual name, not her assumed identity]].
* {{Whatevermancy}}: Aubrey, in [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp01092002.shtml the January 9, 2002 strip]], refers to using sex appeal to get into a club without paying a cover charge as "Vaginamancy".

** Aubrey encourages [=PeeJee=] to become one to get over her crush on Jhim. Also, [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp09192003.shtml this]], and Branwen is confused but pleased when Jason angrily describes Davan as a "master cocksucker".

* YourMakeupIsRunning: [[http://somethingpositive.net/sp09152003.shtml Weeping isn't a great look for Monette]].

** Filler art summing up a lecture on webcomics at MIT: [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp02062004.shtml "OH MY GOD! Randy Milholland's uglier than I ever dreamed!"]]

* SeriesContinuityError: Although Randy is exceptionally good about maintaining continuity (to the point where he will point out he did include a mention of an offscreen character three years previous when introducing them in person for the first time), he does slip up from time to time. For example, [[http://somethingpositive.net/sp09272005.shtml while Aubrey states they used to hide in Davan's parent's attic when they were kids]] later [[http://somethingpositive.net/sp05092007.shtml Davan claims to never have been up there.]]

* ShipTease: WordOfGod is that the sweet moments between Davan and [=PeeJee=] are just the author deciding to taunt fans who were hoping for a relationship between them. Lampshaded splendidly [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp08062009.shtml here.]]

** To WesternAnimation/{{Daria}} in [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp02282002.shtml this strip,]] where Aubrey is dressed as Daria and [=PeeJee=] is wearing a red jacket like Jane's while they talk in a graveyard.

*** [[http://somethingpositive.net/sp03302007.shtml In this strip]], Davan and his father wear some possibly familiar-looking shirts and discuss ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV''. The tagline on the comic reads: "This comic couldn't be a crappier rip-off of ''Penny Arcade'' if you dressed them in the same clothes!" "Oh, a challenge!"
*** [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp03292004.shtml In the background]] is a store named "Gabe's Toys and more" with the Fruit Fucker in the window.

*** In [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp06012003.shtml this comic]] Aubrey and [=PeeJee=] shop in a store named "What's New," run by Creator/PhilFoglio. All of the shirts in the last panel are references either to ''ComicStrip/WhatsNewWithPhilAndDixie'' or ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''.
*** The eyewear [=PeeJee=] is trying on [[http://somethingpositive.net/sp03262003.shtml here]] is labelled "Goggles by Phil & Kaja -- Look like a Webcomic/GirlGenius".

** [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp06112009.shtml Hilariously inappropriate]] shout-out to ''Literature/NineteenEightyFour''.
** The ''S*P'' cast [[http://somethingpositive.net/sp02032004.shtml depicted as]] the cast of Creator/NeilGaiman's ''ComicBook/TheSandman''.

--> '''[[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp01282002.shtml Aubrey]]:''' "I could MENSTRUATE a better cup of coffee than that!"\\

** [=PeeJee=]'s [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp03292003.shtml reaction]] to [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp03302003.shtml learning]] about [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furries]].
** And [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp12282001.shtml her first encounter]] with socially and hygienically inept roleplaying geeks.

--> ''''[[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp01042007.shtml Randy]]'' Josh, T-Bob, Claire, and another cast member named Duane volunteered to be in the strip as supporting cast -- the idea was apparently too good. So, as I'd asked my friend Jhim just two days before, I inquired about limits -- i.e. what can I not do to them in the strip. \\

* MyEyesAreUpHere: Kyle gets [[http://somethingpositive.net/sp06162003.shtml sidetracked]] while meeting [=PeeJee=] for a date. To his credit, he's got a fairly original response when she calls him on it.

* NerdsSpeakKlingon: Kim tries to cheer [[TheEeyore Davan]] up about being at the gaming con, saying that the attendees are his "people". Just then, two very stereotypical nerds walk by and [[http://somethingpositive.net/sp01122003.shtml one insults the other in Klingon]]. Davan is offended.

* NewParentNomenclatureProblem: Rory decides to start calling Davan "Dad" in [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp05162013.shtml this strip]]. Davan isn't anything "official" in regard to Rory, but he's been a ParentalSubstitute for the kid's entire life.

* NotSoStoic: The death of Martin Nodell, creator of the ComicBook/GreenLantern upsets Davan [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp12132006.shtml more than he admits]].

* ObfuscatingStupidity: ''Ollie'', who spent [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/just-business-pt-3/ an entire year destroying evidence of his uncle's sexual misconduct.]] Spoilered because it came out of nowhere. Monette -- of all people -- even [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp11262002.shtml plays it for laughs]].

** [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp11252008.shtml In this strip]], fearing he's about to [[ItMakesSenseInContext killed by rampaging]] {{catgirl}}s, Davan phones one of his friends and admits he loves them, but will deny saying it if he lives, while in the foreground:

** [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp03062009.shtml This one]] is kind of a cross between ''Garfield'' and ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian''. "By Crom's beard, I HATE MONDAYS!"
** Disney buying Marvel (at the time this was posted, they was just planning it) leads to one of ''ComicBook/SpiderMan''[='=]s big storylines recast with Disney characters: [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp08312009.shtml The Squeaktackular Spider-Mouse]] in ''[[ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied The Night Goof Stacy Died!]]''
** Google Chrome? Try Google [[Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian Crom]] -- [[http://somethingpositive.net/sp09032008.shtml "After installation, he broods from his throne, sitting in judgement on your every action."]]

** Rory, according to [[http://somethingpositive.net/sp02062011.shtml this comic]].

* PercussiveMaintenance: Davan's father practices it regularly -- Choo-Choo's [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp04112014.shtml attempt to imitate this]] was not well-received.

* PrimaDonnaDirector: Avogadro. Such is his flamboyance that [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp07312006.shtml even being bedridden does nothing to his hamminess.]]

* PsychoLesbian: [[http://somethingpositive.net/sp01262011.shtml One of Vanessa's exes shows shades.]]

** [[https://www.somethingpositive.net/sp03202013.shtml The strip for March 20 2013]] ends with a flashforward panel of a teenaged Rory and Nick talking at school. Unfortunately, the date given is "April 23 2020". When that date rolled around, in the middle of the Covid 19 pandemic, Randy had to establish that yes, Rory and his friends really are [[https://www.somethingpositive.net/sp04222020.shtml breaking lockdown and meeting up at the school]].

* RedShirt: Referenced [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp06042003.shtml here]].

** As an actor/writer of a sitcom, Monette [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp11132007.shtml joins the 2007 Writer's Strike]].

* SceneryCensor: Kharisma, in [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp04272011.shtml this strip]].

** [[http://somethingpositive.net/sp07082003.shtml Aubrey]]: "From what few cartoonists I've met, lazy seems to be a job requirement."

** [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp03052009.shtml A comic]] that's a screenshot of the previous day's comic, because "We were worried a worried a week of [[ScheduleSlip almost regular updates]] was scaring you."
** [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp03052007.shtml "Comic artists live awful lives of malnutrition in dark rooms."]]

** Aubrey and [=PeeJee=] [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp10152009.shtml get sexy]] to mess with Jason's head.
** [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp02042004.shtml This filler art]] which depicts [=PeeJee=] as a bunny girl, Aubrey as a French maid ("...someone dies for this"), and Claire as Creator/ElviraMistressOfTheDark.

* FreudianSlipperySlope: [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp05282009.shtml Poor Vanessa.]]

* GargleBlaster: A whiskey flask that Davan doesn't realize has been mixed with [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp09082009.shtml Everclear, moonshine and absinthe]].

** [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp03022006.shtml Pee-Jee is.]] She knows that happy people proclaiming their joy [[TemptingFate are just asking for it.]]

** And just when you think [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp10152009.shtml his dreams have come true...]] And later, [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/naked-truth-pt-2/ he learns that Aubrey had woken up next to PeeJee after a night of drinking]]. Naked.
** Also mentioned [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp10122007.shtml here]]

* GrievousBottleyHarm: [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp02132002.shtml Considered]] as a fetish but [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp02142002.shtml done]] accidentally.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp03082002.shtml Let's play space marine!]] [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp04102002.shtml Who's daddy's favourite weapon, huh? Is it Choo Choo? Is it Choo Choo? Yes it is! Such a good hand to hand weapon you are!]]

** Jason [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp12042002.shtml suffers one]] whilst being a mall Santa, at the hands (or tap shoe-clad feet) of a little girl.

* HeroesWantRedheads: Apparently, [[http://somethingpositive.net/sp04262010.shtml Jehovah likes]] when lesbian redheads have sex. Also relates to the above.

* HollywoodJehovahsWitness: Davan [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp04052003.shtml greets one on his doorstep naked]], and proceeds to try to continue his masturbation schedule while they talk.

** For example, [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp12172002.shtml this one]].

** [=PeeJee=] and Aubrey visit a shop named ''What's New'', with Creator/PhilFoglio visible behind the desk, [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp06012003.shtml here]].

** "[[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp06302006.shtml Bitchy comment, bitchy comment,]] [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp07022006.shtml dick joke.]]"
** "[[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp06292012.shtml I'd rather ram my hand]] into [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp07052012.shtml a swarm of wolf spiders!]]"

--->'''Davan''': [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp03112009.shtml He's a 30+ year old pudding cat who can travel through drains]] but '''this''' is where [[ArbitrarySkepticism your ability to believe]] is gonna be taxed?\\

'''Davan''': How'd that woman in your job die again? [[note]]A [[RunningGag Canadian Trapdoor Alligator]] burst out of the air-conditioning vent [[https://www.somethingpositive.net/sp02132009.shtml and ate her.]][[/note]]\\

** After years of teasing, we finally get to see the horrors of Shazam Wil-Wheaton Dowden's face. As Silas points out, [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp01072013.shtml it's not that horrible.]]

** Pee-Jee once asked the question, "Why does everything that happens around here revolve around sex?" Davan mumbles, [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp03142004.shtml "Bad writing."]] But, like the first example, he was reading a book and muttering to himself to justify the fourth wall breakage.
** Multiple examples in [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp09282011.shtml this strip]]. When Jason wonders where comic characters go after their strip ends, Aubrey suggests "the background of another [[TakeThatUs crappier]] comic", before they discuss Helen (inherited from ''Webcomic/PennyAndAggie'' which had just concluded) and mention Kestrel (inherited from ''Webcomic/QueenOfWands'' when it ended). Regarding Helen, Kim tells Aubrey that "She's well-meaning, but whenever she's around, people get really pissed for some reason." Any time she appeared in ''S*P'', Milholland would get angry emails from ''P&A'' fans upset about how he wrote her (more than for every other crossover combined, apparently.) Aubrey says she doesn't want her business to be a "dumping ground for other people's damaged goods." This refers to the reason ''[=P&A=]'' writer T. Campbell gave Helen's character to Milholland: he felt her problems now ran too deep for his own comic's setting and characters to help her out of them.
** [[http://somethingpositive.net/sp08262011.shtml Nancy quite possibly makes one of the most subtle]] variations of this trope after commenting that thousands of people would be looking up Pythagoras after Mike's superhero reveal.

* ManChild: [[http://somethingpositive.net/sp05022012.shtml Randy declares himself a bearded twelve-year-old.]]

** [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp10112005.shtml "First time to be rectally violated or first time to feel good about yourself?" "Yes."]]
** Also from [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp02152009.shtml Mike]]: "Because I did that to your character or because I thought to put it in a game before you?" "Yes".
** And in [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp03032009.shtml this]] strip's comment: "If you're wondering whether the argument or the lolcat was stupid, the answer is: yes."

--> '''[[http://somethingpositive.net/sp07212009.shtml Davan]]:''' I just know Alan Moore will come after me if he finds out I liked a movie based off his work -- shit! \\

'''[[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp03062009.shtml Randy]]:''' And don't forget! Today is [=AlanMooremas=]! Go see ''The Film/{{Watchmen}}''. Then put your ticket stub under your pillow. If you've been a good boy or girl, Alan Moore will leave copies of ''ComicBook/TopTen'' under your pillow. If you've been bad, he'll pull a coin out of your ear -- then fucking choke you with it. Actually, even if you've been good, he'll probably kill you because you went to see ''The Film/{{Watchmen}}'' movie. Seriously, I'm scared of Alan Moore. -R.
* MemoryWipeExploitation: While watching over a conked-out Davan, [[https://www.somethingpositive.net/sp01282003.shtml Kim's fetish for completely passive partners takes over and she rapes him]], figuring he won't remember. When Davan finds out from Faye (who caught Kim in the act), he doesn't hold a grudge, and it even leads to a CallBack [[https://www.somethingpositive.net/sp09202006.shtml during a later]] SexyDiscretionShot:

* MostCommonSuperpower: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] in [[http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp06022003.shtml this strip]].

* TheMaidenNameDebate: Gender inversion; Jason takes Aubrey's last name, Chorde, when they marry, at least in part as a slight against his father.

* TheCatCameBack: Davan and Fred try to release IRS so that he'll be at home in the wild when Fred passes away - [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/direction-sense/ the crow actually beat them back home]].

* TalkingToTheDead

* TakeThat: Used ''a lot'', for very many groups and fandoms -- Catholics, ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', old-school ''D&D'' dorks and the comic's own fans.
** Not to mention TV Tropes itself at least once (on ''Webcomic/SuperStupor'', rather than ''S* P''). "I was busy [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife quoting from TV Tropes instead of forming my own opinions]]", in response to being accused of BlackComedyRape by a Livejournal responder)

* BaldWoman: [=PamJee=] decides to shave her head after getting "[[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/snip-snip/ bored of hair]]", and [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/rats/ she immediately likes it]].

* BadassBeard: Randy sports one, though he's less fond of it [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/velma-update/ when his new child misuses it]].