Line #80 Webcomic/BugMartini


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4	''[[http://www.bugmartini.com Bug Martini]]'' (formerly ''Bug'' or ''Bug Comic'') is a gag-per-day humorous webcomic written by Adam Huber, started on October 19, 2009. It stars caricatures of cockroaches, using them to poke fun at a wide array of subjects, with little pattern as to what Huber will lampoon. The comics themselves rarely have a set punchline, often instead having a joke in each panel, thus providing [[RapidFireComedy multiple laughs per strip.]] (See [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/pizza-delivery/ "Pizza Delivery"]] for a good example). Its general format is analogous to [[Main/RecordedAndStandUpComedy stand-up comedy]].
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6	The strip used to be updated three times a week, but recent real-life developments have reduced the pace to "whenever". There are also classic-style SundayStrip comics exclusively for Patreon supporters.
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9	!!''Bug Martini'' contains examples of:
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11	* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/everybody-wants-to-rule-the-world/ This comic]] shows the downsides of being a world-conquering EvilOverlord, one of which is to be hated by the oppressed citizens.
12	* AbuseMistake: Bug feels sorry for guys [[https://www.bugmartini.com/comic/punch-drunk-love/ whose girlfriends ACTUALLY walk into doors.]]
13	* AdolfHitlarious: Hitler appears in a few strips, sometimes accompanied by Himmler!Nerdbug. For instance, in one strip Bug shows us [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/world-flame-war-ii/ it's a bad idea to argue with Hitler over the internet]].
14	* AdultsAreUseless: Instead they [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/gamblin-guardians/ gamble on your every move]].
15	* AIIsACrapshoot:
16	** [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/technolove/ And abusive.]]
17	** [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/2010-preview-pt-2/ And it will judge you for the porn you look at.]]
18	** [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/website-woes/ And will call you a failure at life.]]
19	* AmnesiaDanger: In [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/amnesia/ this]] strip, the amnesiac Bug is told that he is a secret agent pursued by enemy operatives. Subverted in that the doctor is lying about the fact.
20	* AnimatedActors: The characters basically treat it as a job and some strips revolve around them improvising a last-minute change.
21	* ApocalypseCult: Discussed [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/the-craft-of-unconditional-love/ here]], more specifically how persuasive the cult leaders must be.
22	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking:
23	** [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/dating/ Things you should never say when you're on a date with a girl:]]
24	--->You look just like my ex-girlfriend, except you're fatter and not as pretty.
25	--->What's up with your outfit? It's like you were dressed by deranged gypsies.
26	--->I like comic books.
27	** Also the magazines bug receives subscription offers for [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/killjoy/ after he kills someone]].
28	--->No, I do NOT want to subscribe to "Murderer Monthly", "Killin' Quarterly", or "Maxim".
29	** [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/the-god-files/ God's dossier on Bug, but mostly his list of sins.]]
30	--->Blamed fart on handicapped man.
31	--->Mocked weird-looking baby.
32	--->Neglected to check tire pressure.
33	* ArtEvolution:
34	** Bugs became noticeably thinner, and their eyes are now much more expressive and less like blank white dots. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/ignorance-was-bliss/ here]].
35	** [[https://www.bugmartini.com/comic/handicapable-cartoonist/ Parodied in this strip.]]
36	* BabyAsPayment: In the "Website Woes" strip, the comic making a payment with baby-stealing folk. It currently provides the page image.
37	* BatmanGambit: A young bug used to instigate his friends into risky behavior [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/risky-business/ so he could live vicariously through them]]
38	* BillBillJunkBill: Regarding [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/jury-duty/ doing jury duty from home over the internet]]: "Guilty, guilty, innocent, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick guy with his wang out]], guilty..."
39	* BlackComedy: Done oh so well [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/terminal-illness here]] and [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/killjoy/ here]].
40	* BlatantLies: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/skipping-isnt-gay/ Skipping isn't gay.]] No, really, it's about as non-gay as unicorns, sparklers, ribbons, and baskets.
41	* BlessedWithSuck: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/crummy-gift/ "A time machine is the worst gift you could receive."]]
42	* BoldInflation: Usually in spots where one might naturally emphasize words.
43	* BrainBleach: "Hm... maybe I can destroy this memory [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/nudist-camps/ by drinking turpentine.]]"
44	* BreadEggsMilkSquick:
45	** Things the bug would like to do before he dies: use a pun while beating up a bad guy, [[Series/SaturdayNightLive be a contestant of Jeopardy and give immature answers]], and [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/bucket-list/ visit/attack France]].
46	** When considering the consequences of killing someone, the bug considers the obvious worst one [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/killjoy/ last]].
47	** A cat's [[http://www.bugcomic.com/comic/cats-eye/ daily routine]].
48	* BuriedAlive: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/old-age/ A sign you may be getting older.]] (A rare case where it's PlayedForLaughs.)
49	* ButtDialingMordor: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/knockin-on-heavens-portal/ "Knockin' on Heaven's Portal"]] lampshades how many different ways there are of making a portal to Hell, whether on purpose or by accident.
50	-->Making a portal to Hell is easy -- you got rituals, science experiments gone awry... heck, you can probably open one up by ''farting'' a particular frequency!
51	* CassandraTruth: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/zombie-week-2/ "Son, there's no such thing as zombies..."]]
52	* CensorBox: Usually used to show when characters are explicitly naked, as private parts aren't normally shown. Lampshaded in one strip where an overweight bug's flab has covered up the censor bar on his crotch.
53	* ChildHater: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/newborns-suck/ Bug seems to be one]], though he may be just [[BrutalHonesty brutally honest]]. Of course, [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/website-woes/ he is more than willing to trade a child for a working web server]].
54	* ConcealmentEqualsCover: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/newborns-suck/ This strip]], also pictured above, features bullets bouncing off garbage cans.
55	* CoolChair: The lack of one is the reason [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/chair-of-doom/ the bug could never be a super villain.]]
56	* CursedWithAwesome:
57	** [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/hands-free/ Getting your hands cut off]] can be more [[IncrediblyLamePun handy]] than you think.
58	** [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/short-guys-pros/ Being short]] has no [[IncrediblyLamePun shortage]] of advantages.
59	* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Many are displayed in [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/execute/ Discontinued Methods of Execution]].
60	* DangerTakesABackSeat: A reason why [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/checkin-for-killers/ the bug is so paranoid.]]
61	* DeskSweepOfRage: [[http://www.bugcomic.com/comics/seek-and-desktroy/ This strip]] shows us how it's done... and how it's ''not'' done.
62	* DiegeticVisualEffects: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/cartoon-generated-imagery/ "Cartoon Generated Imagery"]] humorously explores which about the downsides of various cartoon visual effects appearing in real life. Patent thieves would stalk anyone with [[IdeaBulb a light bulb floating above their head]], [[VisibleOdor stink lines]] would make it impossible to hide when you fart, and stray soap bubbles would get mistaken for [[BriffitsAndSqueans drunk bubbles]], leading to false drunk-driving charges.
63	* DisproportionateRetribution: Bug loves this trope.
64	** [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/have-you-ever/ "Stupid slow driver. Hope you get cancer."]]
65	** "God? Billy called me: "booger breath" today. [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/prayer-etiquette/ Please give him cancer]]."
66	** This would also happen if [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/magneto-me/ the bug were Magneto.]]
67	** "Wow. I never thought an argument about wheat thins [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/killjoy/ would end like this]]."
68	* ADogNamedDog: In some early strips, the main bug character is writing a letter and signs his name as Bug.
69	* DressCode: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/dress-code/ Variations on casual friday.]]
70	* DrivenToSuicide: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/website-woes/ By his website going down.]]
71	* DrJerk: [[https://www.bugmartini.com/comic/bedside-manner/ This comic]] shows a doctor so uncouth in delivering a patient's diagnosis, they end up trying to request another doctor.
72	* EmoTeen: Even worse when they become a [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/zombie-week-4/ zombie.]]
73	* EnhanceButton: Lampshaded [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/secret-agent-man/ here]].
74	* EveryCarIsAPinto: Invoked [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/action-movies/ here.]]
75	-->"Stupid kitten!"
76	* ExtremeOmniGoat: Though the goat doesn't eat anything, goats' propensity for eating anything is used in [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/office-odors/ this comic]].
77	* FallingInLoveMontage: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/love-lessons/ Deconstructed.]]
78	* FanHater: In-Universe example. The bug's [[Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas Grinch]] persona [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/for-the-haters/ is one]].
79	* FiveStagesOfGrief: Inverted in [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/ode-to-joy/ "The Five Stages of Joy"]].
80	* GenghisGambit: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/peacemaker/ What the UN should be doing]].
81	* GoodAngelBadAngel: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/need-vs-want/ Want vs. need.]]
82	* GoodFlawsBadFlaws: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/interesting-characters/ Is it possible to have indifferent flaws?]]
83	* GoshDangItToHeck: Amusingly enough, for all of Huber's love of crossing the line twice, there's no swearing more harsh than "crap" found in the strips.
84	* GrammarNazi: Lampshading the lack of [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/death-sentence/ other alternatives]].
85	* GratuitousFrench: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/hands-free/ Au contraire!]]
86	* GroinAttack: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/two-balls-no-strikes/ Discussed.]] Doesn't happen much when you're an adult.
87	* GrowingUpSucks:
88	** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/adulthood-childhood/ adulthood isn't all that different from childhood.]]
89	** And played straight in [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/path-to-adulthood/ "How to become an adult in three easy steps"]].
90	* GunsAkimbo: Invoked [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/action-movies/ here.]]
91	-->"Ack! What amazing peripheral vision!"
92	* HaHaHaNo: More like [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/in-the-poorhouse/ HA-HA-HEE-HEE-HA-HOO-HA-HA-HA-HO-HO-HA! No.]], concerning whether or not you can afford a home.
93	* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Usually in business settings, where the characters wear ties and nothing else.
94	* HitlerAteSugar: Parodied [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/world-flame-war-ii/ here]], where it's pointed out that it's hard to get in a web debate with Hitler, because you can't compare him to Hitler.
95	* HitlersTimeTravelExemptionAct: Discussed [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/one-hitler-at-a-time/ here]], on the second panel it's pointed out that people ''still'' want to kill him even after his death.
96	* HollywoodSatanism: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/speak-of-the-devil/ Won't it be annoying if you were a former satanist and your satanism-practicing parents came over?]]
97	--> ...And [have to] explain why you haven't been attending any sacrifices.
98	** [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/satan-be-praised/ The differences between regular and Satanic churches.]]
99	* HulkSpeak: A [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/zombie-week-2/ prominent]] [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/zombie-week-4/ feature in]] [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/pirate-week-5/ Zombie Week]].
100	* HumbleHero: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/sexual-harassment/ "You didn't buy any condoms?" "I didn't want to appear presumptuous."]]
101	* HypocriticalHumor:
102	** In [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/coolness/ this]] strip a man in a wheelchair tells a man with a walker: "Move it, cripple."
103	** In [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/pet-peeves/ this]] strip the Bug claims that: "The only pet peeve I have is people with pet peeves."
104	* IGotARock: A newborn, a detonator, or a pencil; [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/halloween-part-1/ take your pick]]
105	* IJustWantToBeSpecial: The probable reason people who receive just the right amount of tanning are [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/how-tan-are-you/ never happy with their tan]].
106	* ImprobableFallingSave: The strip "Plunging Prepubescents" brings up the point that catching a kid falling from a skyscraper would break the catcher's arms.
107	* InAWorld: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/my-inner-travelogue/ The first panel]] of this strip when discussing the effect of movie trailers on traveling.
108	* InsaneTrollLogic: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/comacise/ How Bug plans to get thin.]]
109	* InsistentTerminology: "We prefer to be called: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/stupid-criminals/ "criminally challenged]]."
110	* InsurmountableWaistHeightFence: "[[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/brief-round/ I can go no further.]]"
111	* InteractiveNarrator: Characters are very aware of and sometimes talk to the narration boxes.
112	* ItsAWonderfulPlot: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/irrational-fears/ One of the bug's irrational fears.]]
113	* IronicNurseryRhyme: Discussed [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/malicious-melodies/ here]]
114	* IWantMyJetPack: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/dear-technology/ Justifiably subverted]].
115	* {{Jerkass}}: Reconstructed [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/thoughtless-jerk/ here]]. Being a jerk isn't entirely free from consequences, but at least you don't have enough conscience to care.
116	* JumpingOnAGrenade: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/alls-fair-in-love-and-grenades/ A proof of love, as long as it's not you doing it.]]
117	* JumpingTheShark: In-Universe. [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/jumping-the-shark/ Signs your life has jumped the shark...]]
118	* JurisdictionFriction: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/secret-agent-man/ Played for laughs.]]
119	* KillItWithFire: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/bucket-list/ Sacre bleu!]]
120	* KillThePoor: A strip depicts a bug politician demanding someone end poverty without resorting to evil after he's told that he can't end it by killing homeless people.
121	* LaserGuidedKarma: [[https://www.bugmartini.com/comic/cheating/ According to Big, cheating will eventually lead to dire (and embarrassing) consequences.]]
122	* LastStand: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/scarface/ Deconstructed.]]
123	* LikeBrotherAndSister: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/love-sentences/ Turns out guys don't like hearing that.]]
124	* LikeYouWereDying: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/even-steven/ Examined]]
125	* LogicBomb: Turns out a logic bomb won't save you during [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/robot-holocaust/ a robot apocalypse.]]
126	* LoopholeAbuse: Hilariously invoked [[https://www.bugmartini.com/comic/walkathon/ here.]] It ends with Bug getting exactly what he wanted, though.
127	* LoveMartyr: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/love-lessons/ Deconstructed.]]
128	* MadeOfExplodium: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/action-movies/ One action movie cliché the author could do without.]]
129	* MayTheFarceBeWithYou: The "A New Dope" and "The Empire Talks Smack" series of strips.
130	* MediumAwareness:
131	** "[[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/motorcycle-safety/ The narrator is really souring me to this experience.]]"
132	** "I really wish I could give you my kidney." "No you don't. Dude, [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/gift-of-life/ I can read your narration up there.]]"
133	** [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/seduced-by-mister-e/ "Alright, who's writing these!?"]]
134	* MeetYourEarlyInstallmentWeirdness: [[https://www.bugmartini.com/comic/bug-martini-is-10-years-old/ The Bug reminisces about how fat he used to be.]] Another strip shows his original design, which had four arms.
135	* MetaGuy: "[[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/office-odors/ Whose talking goat is this?]]"
136	* {{Metaphorgotten}}: Lampshaded [[https://www.bugmartini.com/comic/be-mein-valentine/ here]].
137	* MetaphorIsMyMiddleName: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/risky-business/ "My middle name is "cautionary discretion".]]
138	* MisterSeahorse: Parodied [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/prenatal-envy/ here]].
139	* MundaneUtility: One strip tells you that if you ever get a time machine, you should just use it to skip commercials.
140	* MurderSuicide: Played for laughs when the bug [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/website-woes/ exacts revenge on his web server]] by doing this.
141	* MuscleAngst: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/ab-sense-makes-the-heart-grow-fonder/ "It's starting to dawn on me that I may never have six pack abs."]]
142	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/thats-piano-i-said-piani/ GASP! It's Kill 'Em All McGraw!]]
143	** [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/we-dont-need-another-hero/ No one can stop Doctor Deathkill!]]
144	* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: Discussed; the bug thinks [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/dead-honest/ it's time we start speaking ill of the dead.]]
145	* NoAccountingForTaste: The [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/types-of-relationships/ "Beyond Thunderdome"]] type of relationship.
146	* NoOSHACompliance: [[https://www.bugmartini.com/comic/rollercoasters/ Rollercoasters no one wants to ride.]]
147	* NoSympathy: [[https://www.bugmartini.com/comic/goin-out-in-style/ Dying is of no consequence to others in Bug's world.]]
148	* NotWhatItLooksLike: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/barking-up-the-wrong-tree/ What happens when a weak person tries to uproot a tree]].
149	* OnOneCondition: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/inheritance/ Deconstructed.]]
150	* OnlySixFaces: Aside from physical differences, all characters have the same face to them. Lampshaded in a "Gift of the Magi" plot when the girl bug shaves her head and the two get confused as to who is who. She then complains about her lack of NonMammalMammaries.
151	* OrphanedSetup: Subverted. While the first panel of [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/i-bet-she-did-nazi-this-one-coming/ this strip was]] just meant to be a throwaway gag setup for a WackyMarriageProposal, the strip that would’ve happened [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/i-scream-you-scream-we-all-scream-for-nazis/ was actually written]] .
152	* OurZombiesAreDifferent:
153	** [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/zombie-week-1/ They are Thanksgiving zombies.]]
154	** Apparently zombies can be created by voodoo, science, or [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/zombie-week-3/ watching a full episode of]] ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen''.
155	* TheParodyBeforeChristmas: The comic did [[https://www.bugmartini.com/comic/a-visit-from-st-nicholas-part-1/ one of these]] in which the narrator mistakes Santa for a burglar and promptly gets beaten up.
156	* PercussiveMaintenance: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/website-woes/ [=tap tap=] "There. That do anything on your end?"]] "[[SubvertedTrope No.]]"
157	* PintSizedPowerhouse: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/midget-ninja/ Midget Ninjas]]
158	* PrayerOfMalice: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/prayer-etiquette/ This comic]] is supposedly a message from {{God}}, asking people to stop doing this.
159	* PreppyName: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/aw-heck-a-turtleneck/ "I'm sorry, Drake Douchington the Third, but it's over."]]
160	* PressGanged: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/shanghai-surprise/ This comic]] discusses reasons not to worry about it.
161	* PunnyName: Several strip names.
162	* RapidFireComedy: Not used as frequently in the earlier comics, but the later comics tend to feature a joke in each panel.
163	* RedBaron: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/risky-business/ Subverted.]]
164	-->[[MetaphorIsMyMiddleName My middle name is "danger"!]]
165	-->My middle name is "cautionary discretion".
166	* RousingSpeech: Double subverted in [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/playing-the-percentages/ this]] strip. The coach-bug begins his speech by acknowledging his players' lack of talent, and rounded them up in percentages rather than urging each of them to give "their 100%". The Bugs seem quite moved by his speech anyway.
167	* RuleOfThree: The latter comics tend to have one panel of set-up, followed by three more panels, each with a mini joke within them. "[[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/random-thoughts/ Random Thoughts]]" is a good example of this trope in action.
168	* RunningGag: Whenever taxes are mentioned, someone will usually try to list a household fern as their dependent.
169	* SadistTeacher: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/halloween-part-1/ "I hate happiness."]] [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/halloween-part-2/ She gets her comeuppance, though.]]
170	* SelfDeprecation: Many jokes are had about the title character's geeky interests or lack of physical attributes.
171	* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong:
172	** Actually, [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/crummy-gift/ you risk doing just the opposite.]]
173	** [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/breaking-up/ This is also one way to end a relationship.]]
174	* SexyShirtSwitch: [[https://www.bugmartini.com/comic/breakfast-of-sex-champions/ The closest Bug ever came to this]] is when a girl put on a bathrobe he'd had since childhood.
175	* ShoutOut: In the strip about the [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/witness-relocation-program/ witness protection program]], Bug's new name is ComicStrip/FunkyWinkerbean.
176	** The title of one strip is "VideoGame/DevilMayCry".
177	** The Christmas Carol strips have the Ghost of Christmas Future go too far and show [[Franchise/{{Dune}} Paul Atreides]].
178	** [[https://www.bugmartini.com/comic/creature-from-the-grey-lagoon/ This strip mentions]] ''Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon'', ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'' and ''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey''
179	** [[https://www.bugmartini.com/comic/breakfast-of-sex-champions/ And this one]] mentions ''WesternAnimation/ChallengeOfTheGobots'' (specifically Cy-Kill).
180	** ''Go-Bots'' is mentioned again in [[https://www.bugmartini.com/comic/after-i-bot-the-farm/ this comic]].
181	* SillyRabbitRomanceIsForKids: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/soulmate/ The bug believes in this trope.]]
182	* SirVerbaLot: In one strip, one character responds to hearing the baby crying with the line "Hark. Sir Poops-a-lot requests an audience."
183	* SittingSexyOnAPiano: Spoofed in [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/piano-lesson/ "Piano Lesson"]].
184	* {{Slapstick}}: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/falling-down/ Examined;]] the more you know the victim, the funnier it is.
185	* SmokeOut: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/breaking-up/ One way to end a relationship.]]
186	* SoreLoser: Discussed [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/sportsmanship-halftime/ here]].
187	* SpeedDating: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/love-in-the-fast-lane/ Try speed relationship!]] Speed everything, speed walks on the beach, speed arguing, {{speed sex}}...
188	* {{Spoiler}}: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/share-the-god-spoil-the-child/ People have no problem spoiling the bible. Do they?]]
189	* SpookySeance: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/a-chance-of-a-ghost/ "Must be awkward to get the wrong spirit at a séance."]]
190	* StableTimeLoop: Combined with BreakingTheFourthWall [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/dead-last-son-of-krypton/ here.]]
191	-->"Is he still back in panel one?!"
192	* StrictlyFormula: Not always, but the general format is generally a set-up in the first panel with three panels each having their own take on it. Lampshaded in the first panel of [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/blood-sweat-but-no-tears/ this strip.]]
193	* StockAesops: The reason the bug could never exist in a television show [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/attitudes-on-platitudes/ with corny platitudes.]]
194	* [[SubvertedKidsShow Subverted Kids Book]]: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/childrens-books/ Children's books for children you don't like...]]
195	* SundayStrip: Recently added for Patreon donors.
196	* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Lampshaded in a ShoutOut to [[https://www.bugmartini.com/comic/bugified-comics/ what would happen if the various mainstay running gags of]] ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'', ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' and ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' happened in the ''Bug'' universe.
197	* TakeOverTheWorld: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/everybody-wants-to-rule-the-world/ Deconstructed.]]
198	* TakeThat: The bug seams to [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/protesting/ really]] [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/bug-theaters/ really]] [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/conning-yer-co-workers// dislike]] Creator/MichaelBay.
199	** Also, watching a full episode of ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/zombie-week-3/ can turn you into a zombie]].
200	** Possibly another one [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/doing-away-with-d-bags/ here]]
201	** One on ThinkOfTheChildren, exampled by the [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/think-of-the-children/ second panel]].
202	* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/my-battle-with-cancer/ "Your puns are making me angry!"]]
203	* ThanksForTheMammary: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/sexual-harassment/ "Must you hold my breasts when we talk?" "Must you tempt me with your grabbable boobs?"]]
204	* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill:
205	** [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/bathroom-blitzkrieg/ The way the bug wishes he could clean his bathroom.]]
206	** [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/i-hate-church/ Also what a younger the bug wished would happen to his church.]]
207	---> "What are you drawing, my son?"
208	---> "Our church being destroyed by three Franchise/{{Godzilla}}s."
209	* ThiefBag: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/throwing-monkey-at-the-problem/ Discussed]].
210	* ThirdPersonPerson: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/witness-relocation-program/ Here]]
211	--> "Funky don't lay low... [[LampshadeHanging nor does Funky speak in first person]]."
212	* TiedUpOnThePhone: the main character says that one of the nice things about growing up in a home with a very long phone cord was the ability to clothesline his sister and MakeItLookLikeAnAccident.
213	* ToiletHumor: The man likes his fart jokes.
214	* ToothyBird: Yup. Characters frequently brush their teeth and there are even strips regarding flossing.
215	* TuxedoAndMartini: [[https://www.bugmartini.com/comic/double-o-bug/ Bug imagines himself as a famous spy.]] [[SubvertedTrope It's not as cool as he hoped it would be.]]
216	* UglyGuyHotWife: [[https://www.bugmartini.com/comic/the-hot-chick/ Bug defies this,]] stating that they would [[ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful mistreat/manipulate him do because of their beauty.]]
217	* UnfinishedBusiness: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/movies-im-dying-to-see/ Exploited]] to keep seeing movies.
218	* UnflinchingWalk: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/action-movies/ Another action movie cliché the author could do without.]]
219	* UranusIsShowing: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/aliens/ "I claim this planet for Uranus." "ugh... hehe, anus..."]]
220	* WackyMarriageProposal: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/marriage-proposals/ Less popular methods of proposing marriage...]]
221	** Real-life example [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/i-bet-she-did-nazi-this-one-coming/ here]]
222	* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/love-lessons/ Deconstructed.]]
223	** The reason they want to hunt [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/hunting-annoying-things/ women's love for jerks]].
224	* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: The reason we need the [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/stupid-baby-name-police/ stupid baby name police]].
225	* WideEyedIdealist: The featured protagonist in [[https://www.bugmartini.com/comic/when-you-assume/ this strip]] believes the best out of any situation, no matter how illogical it is.
226	* WithCatlikeTread: "If you ask me to walk across a room I can usually do it without incident, but if you ask me to do so ''quietly'' I'll probably [[https://www.bugmartini.com/comic/so-quiet-you-could-hear-a-pinhead-drop-2/ knock over an entire set of cymbals]]."
227	* WordSaladHumor: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/crazy-hates-company/ This strip, which focuses on how crazy people aren't seen in groups.]]
228	* WrongGenreSavvy: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/mixed-feelings/ "So...this isn't a rom-com?"]]
229	* YetAnotherChristmasCarol: "A Christmas Cacophony".
230	* ZeroGSpot: When it comes to space travel, all anyone cares about is [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/sky-rockets-in-flight/ whether the astronauts have sex in space.]]
231	* ZombieGait: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/zombie-week-4/ "Quick!]] Everyone '''saunter''' away!"

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