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** Ox's crush on Tiffany could lead to them being a couple, with him improving her self esteem, stopping her whining about being single, and putting a stop to her numerous attempts to steal Kip away from Stef. This never went anywhere.
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** Les. Though some readers enjoy his CharacterDevelopment and feel he adds to the cast dynamics, others feel his [[NeverLiveItDown past bullying and criminal behavior]] are indicators he's still a {{Jerkass}} and getting too much page-time.

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** Les. Though some readers enjoy his CharacterDevelopment and feel he adds to the cast dynamics, others feel his [[NeverLiveItDown past bullying and criminal behavior]] (not to mention his constant bullying of Gunther for being a nerd, even after they've moved in together) are indicators he's still a {{Jerkass}} and getting too much page-time.

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** Tiffany's inability to swim, brought up during the dunk tank fundraiser, could lead to her being taught how to swim, but it was never brought up again.

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** Tiffany's inability to swim, brought up in a throwaway line during the dunk tank fundraiser, could lead to her being taught how to swim, but it was never brought up again.


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* UnintentionalUncannyValley: The celebrity cameos can be seen as this, especially in the earlier art styles. The more realistic, caricature-style depictions of the celebrities can clash with the rest of the characters.
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* ArchivePanic: One comic a day for nearly 30 years. It's safe to say the comic is this.

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* ArchivePanic: One comic a day for nearly 30 40 years. It's safe to say the comic is this.
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* ArchivePanic: One comic a day for nearly 30 years. It's safe to say the comic is this.


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** With his small stature, big hairdo, southern accent and creepy crush on the main female character, Elwood seems like a precursor to [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Gideon Gleeful]].
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** Ox and Tiffany are considered this by some fans.
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* NightmareFuel: Tiffany and Luann's near-drowning.
** Bernice taking a bad fall and hitting her head during a gym class volleyball game. Thank god Luann knew CPR.

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** The characters' use of [[GoshDangItToHeck OHMYGAW]] can be unintentionally funny.



* Stef is considered this by some readers, for a lot of the same reasons as Ann Eiffel. The fact that she's Tiffany's roommate means she appears way more often than Ann Eiffel, and her appearances only having one joke (Stef is an insensitive bitch to her roommates) means she very quickly gets tiresome.

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* ** Stef is considered this by some readers, for a lot of the same reasons as Ann Eiffel. The fact that she's Tiffany's roommate means she appears way more often than Ann Eiffel, and her appearances only having one joke (Stef is an insensitive bitch to her roommates) means she very quickly gets tiresome.



** Brad and Toni immediately lose sympathy with their [[HandsOffParenting terrible parenting of Shannon]].

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** Brad and Toni immediately lose sympathy with their [[HandsOffParenting terrible parenting of Shannon]]. Toni even [[{{Jerkass}} admits to Luann's face that they foist Shannon onto her simply because they don't want to deal with her]].

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** Bernice's strictness as Moony U's dorm RA got her the nickname "The Dormenführer"by readers of ''Blog/TheComicsCurmudgeon''

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** Bernice's strictness as Moony U's dorm RA got her the nickname "The Dormenführer"by Dormenführer" by readers of ''Blog/TheComicsCurmudgeon''


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** Tiffany's inability to swim, brought up during the dunk tank fundraiser, could lead to her being taught how to swim, but it was never brought up again.
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** Bernice's strictness as Moony U's dorm RA got her the nickname "The Dormenführer"by readers of ''Blog/TheComicsCurmudgeon''


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** Luann calling out Shannon for being a brat.
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** The same can be said of Stef, who fulfills basically the same purpose.


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* Stef is considered this by some readers, for a lot of the same reasons as Ann Eiffel. The fact that she's Tiffany's roommate means she appears way more often than Ann Eiffel, and her appearances only having one joke (Stef is an insensitive bitch to her roommates) means she very quickly gets tiresome.
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* DesignatedHero: Luann and Bernice whenever something bad happened to Tiffany in high school. Their taking amusement in her suffering was intended to come off as an AlphaBitch getting her comeuppance, but since Tiffany was never being mean in these moments, it comes across as them bullying her.
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* {{Squick}}: Stef and Kip use Tiffany's towel (without her permission) for post sex cleanup. Stef hands it back to her with it visibly dripping with bodily fluids and god knows what else.
** A Gunther and Les Sunday comic shows actual shit in the open toilet.

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** Gunther as the move to college. He's either a LovableNerd or a complete {{Jerkass}}, especially when it comes to his mother's relationship with Mr. Gray and how he treats Tiffany's relationship with Les.

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** Gunther as of the move to college. He's either a LovableNerd or a complete {{Jerkass}}, especially when it comes to his mother's relationship with Mr. Gray and how he treats Tiffany's relationship with Les.



* DesignatedVillain: Tiffany was this in high school on the rare occasions she wasn't being mean to Luann and Bernice. [[{{Jerkass}} They bullied her anyway]].



* FridgeHorror: Brad and Toni want to be parents, but can't even take care of Shannon properly.



** Dez calling out Bets' CameraFiend tendencies is also satisfying.



** Whenever a terrible situation happens to Tiffany, Luann and Bernice taking amusement out of it is supposed to be some sort of karmic retribution but it comes off more as schadenfreude.

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** Whenever a terrible situation happens to Tiffany, Luann and Bernice taking amusement out of it is supposed to be some sort of karmic retribution but it comes off more as schadenfreude. They even actively bully Tiffany on the rare occasions she ''isn't'' being mean to them.
** Brad and Toni immediately lose sympathy with their [[HandsOffParenting terrible parenting of Shannon]].
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Shannon and Tiffany could bond over their frequently absent fathers (genuine in Tiffany's case) and disappeared mothers, but they've only interacted at the talent show in high school.
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factual inaccuracies in previous version, as Evans actually went along with the poll's result and didn't put Aaron on a bus until years later


* FanPreferredCouple: When once polled with the question of who Luann should take to the prom, readers actually did choose Aaron over Gunther, only for Evans to set Luann up with Gunther anyway and then shooed Aaron off to Hawaii. Even after this, however, many fans still wanted her to end up with Aaron, only for Evans to permanently kill the ship later. Once the college arc began, readers began shipping her with Jock (aka Jack) as well over Gunther, who they preferred with Tiffany.

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* FanPreferredCouple: When once polled with the question of who Luann should take to the prom, a dance, readers actually did choose chose Aaron over Gunther, only for Gunther. While Evans to set had them attend the dance together (and even had Aaron kiss Luann up with Gunther anyway and then shooed after she asked him to do so in order to make an overlooking Tiffany jealous) Aaron off to Hawaii. still treated Luann more as a friend than as girlfriend material. Even after this, however, many fans still wanted her to end up with Aaron, only for Evans to permanently kill the ship later.later by [[PutOnABus shipping Aaron off to Hawaii]]. Once the college arc began, readers began shipping her with Jock (aka Jack) as well over Gunther, who they preferred with Tiffany.
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: Brad and Toni were originally supposed to marry on September 11, but too many readers called the creator out on this, feeling it was in bad taste. The wedding date got changed due to both of them being scheduled to work that day.
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** Gunther's girlfriend Bets: a combination of ControlFreak, ManipulativeBitch and SelfieFiend tendencies has caused many fans to full-on ''despise'' her.

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** Gunther's girlfriend Bets: a combination of ControlFreak, ManipulativeBitch and SelfieFiend tendencies has caused many fans to full-on ''despise'' her. Her actions in [[https://www.gocomics.com/luann/2022/09/12 this strip]] cemented her status.
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** Luann herself is known by ''Blog/TheComicsCurmudgeon'' as "Inner Beauty," inspired by a comment once made by her mother.
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* AccidentalInnuendo: Brad and Toni run into each other a the grocery store and Brad mentions that he was just thinking about her. While holding a pair of melons. Toni notices and lampshades it.

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* AccidentalInnuendo: Brad and Toni run into each other a at the grocery store and Brad mentions that he was just thinking about her. While holding a pair of melons. Toni notices and lampshades it.
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* AccidentalInnuendo: Brad and Toni run into each other a the grocery store and Brad mentions that he was just thinking about her. While holding a pair of melons. Toni notices and lampshades it.
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** Whenever a terrible situation happens to Tiffany, Luann and Bernice taking amusement out of it is supposed to be some sort of karmic retribution but it comes off more as schadenfreude.
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* UnintentionallySympathetic: In the early days of the comic, Brad was intended to be seen as the BigBrotherBully toward Luann but usually he never bothered Luann unless she initiated it first like trying to talk to him while he's sleeping or trying to extort rides from him before she could drive. Most of the time, Luann was the one picking on Brad for seemingly no real reason except that she's bored. It does get toned down thankfully when they get older and Brad gets significant CharacterDevelopment.
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** Many of Luann's love interests were grown men while she was still a 16-year-old in high school. Stuart was old enough to be married and Ben was a Sergeant in the army (and therefore at least 21). Both of these men also met Luann’s parents, who apparently saw no issue with their daughter dating an adult (one strip even had Frank confirm that he was perfectly okay with 16-year-old Luann dating a 21-year-old man, as long as the man seemed respectable enough.)
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* TakeThatScrappy: During the July 2020 arc, Ann Eiffel finally gets her comeuppance and is kicked out of the house.

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These aren't Harsher in Hindsight at all, because the factors that made them Harsh are there from the start.


** Reading the comic strips from the beginning shows that Luann appears to suffer from depression.
** Aaron Hill being in a relationship with Diane. She was Brad's age while he was Luann's. That means she was a 20-year-old dating a 16-year-old boy. In California (where the strip supposedly takes place) the age of consent is 18. But while Brad and Luann are outraged that their respective crushes are dating each other (and Diane ''does'' eventually come to the conclusion that Aaron is too young for her), nobody ever mentions the fact that any sort of physical relationship between the two is ''illegal.''
*** While not quite as harsh since no actual relationship developed, it’s still rather disconcerting that so many of Luann’s love interests were legal adults while she was only 16. Stuart was old enough to be married and Ben was a Sergeant in the army (and therefore at least 21). Both of these men also met Luann’s parents, who apparently saw no issue with their daughter dating an adult (one strip even had Frank confirm that he was perfectly okay with 16-year-old Luann dating a 21-year-old man, as long as the man seemed respectable enough.)



*** TakeThatScrappy: During the July 2020 arc, Ann finally gets her comeuppance and is kicked out of the house.
** As noted above in BaseBreakingCharacter, Shannon has recently been added to the list. Though even the most anti-Shannon reader has stated the real problem is the [[HandsOffParenting adults in her life who refuse to discipline her.]] It's not Shannon herself they hate so much as it's all the adults constantly failing her, and the strip itself [[PlayedForLaughs treating her as a punchline]] instead of the tragic result of bad parenting. But while readers acknowledge that Shannon isn't completely to blame for her terrible behavior, they're also sick of her [[CousinOliver dominating the strip.]]

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*** TakeThatScrappy: During the July 2020 arc, Ann finally gets her comeuppance and is kicked out of the house.
** As noted above in BaseBreakingCharacter, Shannon has recently been added to the list. Though even the most anti-Shannon reader has stated the real problem is the [[HandsOffParenting adults in her life who refuse to discipline her.]] It's not Shannon herself they hate so much as it's all the adults constantly failing her, and the strip itself [[PlayedForLaughs treating her as a punchline]] instead of the tragic result of bad parenting. But while readers acknowledge that Shannon isn't completely to blame for her terrible behavior, they're also sick of her [[CousinOliver dominating the strip.]]
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*** While not quite as harsh since no actual relationship developed, it’s still rather disconcerting that so many of Luann’s love interests were legal adults while she was only 16. Stuart was old enough to be married and Ben was a Sergeant in the army (and therefore at least 21). Both of these men also met Luann’s parents, who apparently saw no issue with their daughter dating an adult.

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*** While not quite as harsh since no actual relationship developed, it’s still rather disconcerting that so many of Luann’s love interests were legal adults while she was only 16. Stuart was old enough to be married and Ben was a Sergeant in the army (and therefore at least 21). Both of these men also met Luann’s parents, who apparently saw no issue with their daughter dating an adult.adult (one strip even had Frank confirm that he was perfectly okay with 16-year-old Luann dating a 21-year-old man, as long as the man seemed respectable enough.)
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* FanNickname: Gunther and Les's house is known as "The Gulag" by fans on [=GoComics=]. The commenters at ''Blog/TheComicsCurmudgeon'' know it as "Cockblock Cabin".
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: Brad and Toni were originally supposed to marry on September 11, but too many readers called the creator out on this, feeling it was in bad taste. The wedding date got changed due to both of them being scheduled to work that day.
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* StrangledByTheRedString: Ox's out-of-nowhere crush on Tiffany, and Bernice and Nil getting together despite having never interacted before.

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* StrangledByTheRedString: Ox's out-of-nowhere crush on Tiffany, and Bernice and Nil getting together despite having never barely interacted before.

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