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** Mr. Raven's and Diane's interaction in [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2008-02-05 this comic]] becomes more humorous once we learn that [[spoiler:Raven is Diane's biological father]], something the author hadn't even planned at that point.
** In [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2004-12-17 this comic from 2004]], Melissa and Noah, in their own ways, dismiss the notion that Diane, Lucy, and Rhoda were flirting with Nanase.[[note]]While Noah surmises their actual intent, Melissa assumes they were hitting on Justin.[[/note]] As of 2018, ALL THREE girls, PLUS Nanase, are dating girls.
-->'''Melissa:''' Girls hitting on girls? As trendy as that would be, I kind of doubt it.
** In [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2004-12-17 this comic from 2004]], Melissa and Noah, in their own ways, dismiss the notion that Diane, Lucy, and Rhoda were flirting with Nanase.[[note]]While Noah surmises their actual intent, Melissa assumes they were hitting on Justin.[[/note]] As of 2018, ALL THREE girls, PLUS Nanase, are dating girls.
-->'''Melissa:''' Girls hitting on girls? As trendy as that would be, I kind of doubt it.
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Narm Charm misuse, plus trope entries should never be on a second-level bullet. Also copying the Narm entries from Narm.Webcomics.
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* {{Narm}}: The page where the mysterious entity that's been following the main cast and manipulating Magus reveals her name is meant to be a dark, climactic scene, but the gravity of the moment is somewhat spoiled by the fact that her self-appointed moniker sounds like it came straight out of ''Fanfic/MyImmortal''. For the record, it's Pandora Chaos Raven.
** NarmCharm: Though with the revelation that "Raven" was her human husband's last name, it's either heartwarming or saddening that, despite the man himself having died several centuries ago, she still identifies her self as his wife.
** NarmCharm: Though with the revelation that "Raven" was her human husband's last name, it's either heartwarming or saddening that, despite the man himself having died several centuries ago, she still identifies her self as his wife.
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* {{Narm}}: The page where the mysterious entity that's been following the main cast {{Narm}}:
** Catalina asks Susan to go out with her, Susan declines, andmanipulating Magus reveals her name is meant to be Catalina runs off. This was a dark, climactic scene, but the gravity dramatic moment... right up until Catalina says "Assjack!" (a reversal of the moment is somewhat spoiled by the fact that highly temperamental GenkiGirl's favorite word, "Jackass(es)!").
** The BigBad dramatically [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2009-11-13 revealing herself-appointed moniker sounds like name]] could've been an epic moment, except it came straight out of ''Fanfic/MyImmortal''. For the record, it's Pandora is utterly impossible to take an EldritchAbomination who has chosen to call herself ''Pandora Chaos Raven.
** NarmCharm: Though withRaven'' seriously. It's the revelation kind of thing a disaffected goth girl would come up with, not an immortal godlike being. It's probably for the best that "Raven" was the comic immediately ignored the "Chaos" part after that. Plus, Raven being the surname of her human husband's last name, it's either heartwarming or saddening that, despite [[TheLostLenore late husband]] makes the man himself having died several centuries ago, she name a lot more meaningful, although the initial reveal still identifies her self comes off as his wife.pretty goofy.
** Catalina asks Susan to go out with her, Susan declines, and
** The BigBad dramatically [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2009-11-13 revealing her
** NarmCharm: Though with
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That Harsher In Hindsight entry is already listed. Also, Ho Yay and Les Yay are unintentional homoeotic moments. Plus, Les Yay is a redirect to Ho Yay, so it shouldn't have its own section anyway.
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** [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=2012 This strip]], which shows why Tedd is so reluctant to tell his father [[spoiler: about his magic mark and possibly about being genderfluid, as well]], makes a lot of Mr. Verres's comments about Tedd's penchant for turning himself into a girl considerably less funny.
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* HoYay: There are strong implication that George is gay, and the [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=1890 essentially certain]] revelation that Luke is...to the point that Grace and Sarah have [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=1901 already started shipping them]].
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* LesYay: It's common enough that some fans have taken to calling it "OMG LESBIANS!" whenever it shows up as a means of criticizing its frequency.
** Girls who [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2005-06-24 Have Kissed Sarah]] [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=780 Count = 3]].
** Continued with [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl Rhoda and Catalina]] in Death Sentence, who eventually do become a couple later on.
** Girls who [[http://egscomics.com/?date=2005-06-24 Have Kissed Sarah]] [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?id=780 Count = 3]].
** Continued with [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl Rhoda and Catalina]] in Death Sentence, who eventually do become a couple later on.
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* IKnewIt: There is a section on the [[WMG/ElGoonishShive fan speculation page]] with confirmed or partially confirmed pages. Dan Shive has also mentioned in commentaries that he received messages from fans that correctly guessed certain plot points on several instances.
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* StrangledByTheRedString: Ashley and Elliot look like this to some readers, especially since it's been pointed out in-story (by Grace) that they started dating ''very'' early after Elliot's last break-up, and (by Liz) how weird it is that Elliot seriously claims to love Ashley after round about three weeks. It made sense when he and Sarah said they loved each other early on in their relationship because they knew each other for several years, but the first time Elliot ever spoke to Ashley was the day he asked her out. Aside from them providing fetish material for one another (Elliot likes Ashley mainly for her IncorruptiblePurePureness, Ashley is into him because of her TransgenderFetishization), their relationship is not developed all that well, and yet Dan Shive keeps hammering home just how much the two of them are in love and perfect for each other... which would be easier to buy if Ashley wasn't basically just a fangirl constantly gushing over Elliot and the other main cast members.
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* StrangledByTheRedString: Ashley and Elliot look like this to some readers, especially since it's been pointed out in-story (by Grace) that they started dating ''very'' early after Elliot's last break-up, and (by Liz) how weird it is that Elliot seriously claims to love Ashley after round about three weeks. It made sense when he and Sarah said they loved each other early on in their relationship because they knew each other for several years, but the first time Elliot ever spoke to Ashley was the day he asked her out. Aside from them providing fetish material for one another (Elliot likes Ashley mainly for her IncorruptiblePurePureness, Ashley is into him because of her TransgenderFetishization), being a TransChaser), their relationship is not developed all that well, and yet Dan Shive keeps hammering home just how much the two of them are in love and perfect for each other... which would be easier to buy if Ashley wasn't basically just a fangirl constantly gushing over Elliot and the other main cast members.
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-->'''Tedd:''' ''(incredulous)'' [[NoodleIncident That was]{ ''[[NoodleIncident fake?]]''
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* CrossesTheLineTwice: In response to Tedd asking him if he’d ever withhold the truth from him, his father responds that he wouldn’t, and if he had to due to safety reasons or ignorance, [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2013-02-12 he’d say so. Or change the subject.]] ''Or fake a seizure.''
-->'''Tedd:''' ''(incredulous)'' [[NoodleIncident That was]{ ''[[NoodleIncident fake?]]''
-->'''Tedd:''' ''(incredulous)'' [[NoodleIncident That was]{ ''[[NoodleIncident fake?]]''
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** Mist upon arriving on this side of the earth became a very big fan of human culture [[AliensStealCable through watching TV at the motel]], [[DiscoDan his references aren't particular current]].
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** With the film ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' as both feature non-white teen girls who can transform, due to their genetic heritage, into large versions of small mammals with large tails and eventually are capable of PartialTransformation and NotQuiteFlight using their abilities. Both Nanase and Mei are literal red-heads, are {{Academic Athlete}}s, can speak English, French and an Asian language and have complex relationships with their {{Education Mama}}s who keep big secrets from them. Plus, Mei's instant transformations are accompanied by poofs of smoke similar to those in EGS.
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** With the film ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' as both feature non-white teen girls girls, living in North America who can transform, due to their genetic heritage, into large versions of small mammals with large tails and eventually are capable of PartialTransformation and NotQuiteFlight using their abilities. Both Nanase Alternatively, both ''Nanase'' and Mei are literal red-heads, are {{Academic Athlete}}s, can speak English, French and an Asian language language, can fly, can transform into forms that were (possibly) bestowed by a deity specifically to protect people and have complex relationships with their {{Education Mama}}s who keep big secrets from them. Plus, Mei's instant transformations are accompanied by poofs of smoke similar to those in EGS.
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** In-universe, [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/brother-022 Diane guesses Noah might be neurodivergent]], though how much of his autusm-like behavior is actually due to [[spoiler: him being a human-uryuom seyunolu]] is debatable.
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** In-universe, [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/brother-022 Diane guesses Noah might be neurodivergent]], though how much of his autusm-like autism-like behavior is actually due to [[spoiler: him being a human-uryuom seyunolu]] is debatable.
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* DiagnosedByTheAudience: Discussed in [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/qa8-08 this Q&A]], where it's stated that various characters weren't ''intended'' to be neurodivergent, but that the traits that made the audience think this were autobiographical, it's made Dan introspective.
** Since then, Dan's said "SureWhyNot" to some of these diagnoses, [[DiagnosisOfGod stating in the commentary]] of [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/layers-030 this comic]] that he's pretty sure Tedd has ADHD.
** In-universe, [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/brother-022 Diane guesses Noah might be neurodivergent]], though how much of his autusm-like behavior is actually due to [[spoiler: him being a human-uryuom seyunolu]] is debatable.
** Since then, Dan's said "SureWhyNot" to some of these diagnoses, [[DiagnosisOfGod stating in the commentary]] of [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/layers-030 this comic]] that he's pretty sure Tedd has ADHD.
** In-universe, [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/brother-022 Diane guesses Noah might be neurodivergent]], though how much of his autusm-like behavior is actually due to [[spoiler: him being a human-uryuom seyunolu]] is debatable.
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* FriendlyFandoms:
** 910Comics (''Webcomic/TheWotch'', ''The Wotch: Webcomic/{{Cheer}}'', ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'', etc.) readers used to have insane amounts of overlap with [[FanCommunityNicknames Bunnies]]. Until EGS joined the 910Comics community, after which they became more or less the same fandom. Same with ''Webcomic/ZebraGirl'', and probably others as well.
** With the film ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' as both feature non-white teen girls who can transform, due to their genetic heritage, into large versions of small mammals with large tails and eventually are capable of PartialTransformation and NotQuiteFlight using their abilities. Both Nanase and Mei are literal red-heads, are {{Academic Athlete}}s, can speak English, French and an Asian language and have complex relationships with their {{Education Mama}}s who keep big secrets from them. Plus, Mei's instant transformations are accompanied by poofs of smoke similar to those in EGS.
** 910Comics (''Webcomic/TheWotch'', ''The Wotch: Webcomic/{{Cheer}}'', ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'', etc.) readers used to have insane amounts of overlap with [[FanCommunityNicknames Bunnies]]. Until EGS joined the 910Comics community, after which they became more or less the same fandom. Same with ''Webcomic/ZebraGirl'', and probably others as well.
** With the film ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' as both feature non-white teen girls who can transform, due to their genetic heritage, into large versions of small mammals with large tails and eventually are capable of PartialTransformation and NotQuiteFlight using their abilities. Both Nanase and Mei are literal red-heads, are {{Academic Athlete}}s, can speak English, French and an Asian language and have complex relationships with their {{Education Mama}}s who keep big secrets from them. Plus, Mei's instant transformations are accompanied by poofs of smoke similar to those in EGS.
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** As the Sarah/Elliot ship lost steam, the audience began to support [[OneTrueThreesome folding Sarah into the still-popular Grace/Tedd ship]], as well as pairing Elliot with [[spoiler:Susan]].
** One of the most popular pairings in the fandom is between [[IfItsYouItsOkay Elliot]] and [[AllLoveIsUnrequited Justin]], as evidenced during a sketchbook where Dan asked his fans to choose which two of his characters would be drawn kissing ... Elliot and Justin won by a ''landslide''!
** As the Sarah/Elliot ship lost steam, the audience began to support [[OneTrueThreesome folding Sarah into the still-popular Grace/Tedd ship]], as well as pairing Elliot with [[spoiler:Susan]].
** One of the most popular pairings in the fandom is between [[IfItsYouItsOkay Elliot]] and [[AllLoveIsUnrequited Justin]], as evidenced during a sketchbook where Dan asked his fans to choose which two of his characters would be drawn kissing ... Elliot and Justin won by a ''landslide''!
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** One strip has a character write a letter to Nintendo asking for more female representation, particularly asking Princess Daisy to be in a mainline ''Mario'' game. Then comes her in ''VideoGame/MarioRun'' and the upcoming ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder''.
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** One strip has a character write a letter to Nintendo asking for more female representation, particularly asking Princess Daisy to be in a mainline ''Mario'' game. Then comes her in ''VideoGame/MarioRun'' ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRun'' and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder''.
** In TheRant for [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2013-10-07 theupcoming ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder''.first strip]] in the "Identity" storyline Dan claims that it's called that because he has a dart board with words on it to help him name storylines. He mentions that if the dart landed an inch to the right, it would have been called "Pizza". Six years later, Dan would indeed name [[https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/pizza-01 a storyline]] "Pizza", albeit a non-canon one.
** In TheRant for [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2013-10-07 the
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* LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt: One of the main threats in ''Sister III'' is magic changing, causing the entire [[MagicAIsMagicA magic system]] to be altered and everyone but a select few to have to start gaining magic again from scratch. Considering the comic spent a decade expositing about how magic and each characters' individual spells work (and ''just did'' and entire NP arc explaining all of Ellen's spells in detail), it was fairly obvious that magic wasn't going to change completely.
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** Crops up from time to time in and out of universe, particularly with Tedd. Arguably justified in some of the non-canon comics, as Dan Shive is known to draw characters switching sex within the same comic with no explanation and no attention drawn to it, just to see if readers are paying attention. This was even exploited for the sake of a reveal in the Squirrel Prophet arc to hide when [[spoiler:Tedd spontaneously turned into a girl]] and no one noticed in-universe.
** In one comic, Susan got hit with this when viewers suspected she might be male because the lighting made her chest appear flat. To be fair, a lot of the gender benders in the series ''are'' fairly androgynous, with bust size often being the only significant change between their forms.
** Crops up from time to time in and out of universe, particularly with Tedd. Arguably justified in some of the non-canon comics, as Dan Shive is known to draw characters switching sex within the same comic with no explanation and no attention drawn to it, just to see if readers are paying attention. This was even exploited for the sake of a reveal in the Squirrel Prophet arc to hide when [[spoiler:Tedd spontaneously turned into a girl]] and no one noticed in-universe.
** In one comic, Susan got hit with this when viewers suspected she might be male because the lighting made her chest appear flat. To be fair, a lot of the gender benders in the series ''are'' fairly androgynous, with bust size often being the only significant change between their forms.
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* ShipSinking: [[HoYay Elliot and Justin]] are still a popular couple for the shippers, but as the comic progresses, there have been a number of things that the author has done to sink this ship, not limited to basically hammering that Elliot is straight with no gay leanings whatsoever, and having Justin seemingly get over his crush on Elliot off-screen.
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** [[spoiler: Some fans have taken to calling Elliot's SuperpoweredEvilSide "Fearleadra" as an alternate to Cheerleadra.]]
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** One strip has a character write a letter to Nintendo asking for more female representation, particularly asking Princess Daisy to be in a mainline Nintendo game. Then comes her in ''VideoGame/NintendoRun'' and the upcoming ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder''.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Some early strips showed Grace playing an {{Expy}} of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' using a [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]] {{Expy}} that was a squirrel instead of a mouse. Come the 4th generation of Pokémon games and we now have Pachirisu, an electric squirrel.
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** Some early strips showed Grace playing an {{Expy}} of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' using a [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]] {{Expy}} that was a squirrel instead of a mouse. Come the 4th generation of Pokémon games and we now have Pachirisu, an electricsquirrel.squirrel.
** One strip has a character write a letter to Nintendo asking for more female representation, particularly asking Princess Daisy to be in a mainline Nintendo game. Then comes her in ''VideoGame/NintendoRun'' and the upcoming ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder''.
** Some early strips showed Grace playing an {{Expy}} of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' using a [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]] {{Expy}} that was a squirrel instead of a mouse. Come the 4th generation of Pokémon games and we now have Pachirisu, an electric
** One strip has a character write a letter to Nintendo asking for more female representation, particularly asking Princess Daisy to be in a mainline Nintendo game. Then comes her in ''VideoGame/NintendoRun'' and the upcoming ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBrosWonder''.
