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4[[caption-width-right:262:Eric Approves.]]
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6A webcomic by Erik Schoenek. Started in 2001, went on indefinite hiatus in 2007. [[http://loserzcomic.comicgenesis.com Found here]]. (NOTE: This archive only contains the comics published until October 2004)
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8A sequel comic called Quarter-Life Crisis (set nine years later) is also on indefinite hiatus and is found [[http://the-qlc.com here]]. (Dead Link)
9
10The protagonists are three high school kids on a school in Michigan:
11* Ben Winchester, a somewhat weird, but generally nice guy.
12* Eric Remington, a typical nerd, fan of ''Franchise/StarWars'', ''Franchise/StarTrek'', ComicBooks, TabletopGames, ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Lord of the Rings]]'', VideoGames, and so on.
13* Jodie Beretta, fun-loving bisexual, who's in a lasting platonic friendship with the two boys.
14
15Not to be confused with ''Webcomic/SexyLosers''.
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18!!Contains examples of:
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20* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Ben's father is laughing about "dingle-choad".
21* TheAllegedCar: Eric's. In a two-part joke, the car broke down and when Eric and Jodie got to a mechanic, he told Eric that ''literally every breakable part in the car was broken'', and fixing it would cost every dime he had, and the soul of his firstborn... to get it running for 5 minutes.
22%%* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] on it being played straight, and subverted.
23%%* AlphaBitch: Carrie and various other popular girls. They even have a language code.
24* AltText: ''Quarter Life Crisis'' has hover text on each strip.
25* AprilFoolsDay: The author occasionally appears as a hyper-stylized version of himself. On two separate occasions, it's for a TheRant about the ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' fanbase and their obsession with Aeris' original name.
26* ArmsAndArmorThemeNaming: The protagonists are all named after guns: Benjamin Winchester, Jodie Beretta and Eric Remington.
27%%* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/98 Jodie's mom's only reaction to hearing all the things she did here was to ask her assistant to pick her up more booze because Jodie'd been getting into her stash.]]
28* ArtEvolution: Black and White to Colored with Large Lips to the current style.
29* AuthorGuestSpot: Occasionally, usually to either [[FourthWallBreaking break the fourth wall]] or deliver a mini-AuthorTract ([[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/518 in one case regarding]] the existence of SpellMyNameWithAnS trope).
30%%* BadJobWorseUniform: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/322 A chicken costume]]
31* BestYearsOfYourLife: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160510112037/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/181 The class ring makers want you to think so]]. Jody strongly disagrees.
32--> '''Jody''': I could just ''barf''!
33* BetterThanSex: According to Jodie, ''Film/SpiderMan2'' is even better than the best sex she had.
34%%* BigEater: Ben, to Eric's displeasure.
35%%* BigNo: Actually a parody on [[Franchise/StarWars Luke Skywalker]]'s.
36%%* BlackBraAndPanties: Jessica [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/213 is said to be wearing them]], while still a virgin. [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/435 This strip]] begs to differ.
37%%* BlankWhiteEyes: After the final ArtShift, many of the reaction shots uses these.
38%%* BlatantLies: ManipulativeBastard Adam is an expert at this.
39* BrainBleach: Ben [[ImagineSpot imagines]] purging his thoughts with a [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/308 gasoline fire]].
40* BreakingTheFourthWall: The latest instance being Ben [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/516 telling the readers (and the forum) not to make a fuss about his love life]], Jodie and Eric don't know who he's talking to.
41%%* BrickJoke: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/276 Birds]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/292 are evil!]]
42%%* BuffySpeak
43%%* BumblingDad: Ben's.
44* BurgerFool: Ben, and eventually Jodie, work at a local chicken fast food restaurant named "Cock In A Box". They also briefly had jobs at another burger place, but Ben got both of them fired after less than five minutes at the job because he told one of the customers Jodie had given the manager a handjob in the stock room to get the job, and he probably spooged all over the meat.
45%%* {{Calvinball}}: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/305 Euchre]].
46%%* CampGay: In-story on TV.
47* CanisLatinicus: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/75 Jodie is a "sluttus maximus".]] [[spoiler:Yes, "slutta maxima" should be... closer to correct.]]
48%%* CanNotSpitItOut: Eric to Alice, Ben to whomever (his problem with HollywoodTourettes)
49* CardboardPal: With Ben gone on a family vacation and Eric spending most of his time with Alice, Jody briefly goes insane and creates New Ben and New Eric, a pair of crude dummies she has tea parties with.
50%%* TheCasanova: Adam.
51%%* CatFight: Between Jodie and Alice at the movie theater. Unusually, it's PlayedForDrama afterwards.
52%%* ChainedToABed: Jodie once ends up like this. Must've been a really WildTeenParty.
53* ClusterFBomb: Jodie, when the school cafeteria ran out of coffee. The reason was that at least four people cut ahead of her in line, disregarding her because of her social status, and completely justifying her anger. Of course, the clerk didnt see that happen.
54--> '''Clerk''': If you wanted coffee, you should have gotten here earlier!
55--> '''Jodie''': [[TranquilFury Oh look, a fork!!]]
56* ComicallyMissingThePoint: In ''Quarter Life Crisis'' #6, Ben is lying naked in bed with his girlfriend Lisa when Jodie walks in to ask him how to beat a part in a video game. He answers her and she walks back out. Ben doesn't get why Lisa is bewildered.
57-->'''Lisa:''' Did... did your sexy roommate just walk in on us to ask for advice about a videogame?\
58'''Ben:''' Well I've beaten it before.
59%%* CompanionCube
60%%* ContemplatingYourHands: Tim demonstrates it [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/182 here]].
61%%* CountryMatters: From Jessica to Carrie, and she deserved it.
62%%* CuteKitten: Gus, a kitten Jodie found huddled in her stairwell.
63* CutenessProximity: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/407 Gus.]] Jodie is [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/408 reduced to nigh incomprehensibility in the face of his sheer adorableness]] and [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/411 even Jodie's mother degenerates into]] BabyTalk.
64%%* DeepImmersionGaming: For both TabletopGames and {{MMORPG}}.
65%%* DefrostingIceQueen: Carrie.
66* DidYouJustHaveSex: Jodie is immediately able to sense that Eric lost his virginity to Alice the night before.
67--> '''Jodie''': GASP! You got laid, didn't you?!
68--> '''Eric''': How do you ''DO'' that?!
69* DisappearedDad: Jodie's, though it's something of a subversion - Jodie's mother became pregnant from a one-night stand in Vegas where she was so drunk that she didn't even remember the guy's name. She never saw him after, and it was two weeks later at home that she discovered she was pregnant, much too late to even attempt to locate him, so he didn't disappear - he was never even there to begin with at all. It's [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/463 here.]]
70%%* {{Dissimile}}
71%%* DistractedByTheSexy: Nice example [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/193 here]].
72%%* DoubleEntendre
73%%* DoubleStandard: Gives examples on occasion.
74* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Parodied [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160510112031/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/180 here]] when Jodie dreams that she failed every single question on a test, she now has to flunk out of school and become a prostitute, and the teacher transforms into a monster. She wakes up, only to realize she ''slept through the test'' and actually did fail all the questions. The other two things probably didn't really happen though.
75%%* DrillSergeantNasty: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/432 The female Dance Team coach.]]
76* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In this case it means: Ben didn't always act like he was struck with HollywoodTourettes when around girls.
77** Also, the author originally played around a lot with the art style and comic design before settling on the style he'd use until the comics ArtShift in 2005. The strip was originally very stylized, and the characters looked much slimmer than they later would. There's also the very out of place "BEN" introduction strip, which was intended to be the first of three mini-storylines that would introduce the characters to new readers, but only Ben's was ever made.
78%%* EroticEating: Demonstrated by Jodie [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/73 here]].
79* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies: They all like videogames with zombies, and then there's [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/360 this strip]].
80* TheExitIsThatWay: When Alice and Eric meet up at the spring dance, Ben attempts to make a smooth exit to give them some alone time, only to smack face-first into a wall.
81--> '''Ben''': *with a bruised face* There's a ''wall'' there.
82--> '''Eric''': Thanks for the heads up.
83%%* ExpressiveAccessory: Eric's hat. Visible by everyone except himself.
84* ExtremeOmnisexual: Jodie has a very active sex life, including both men and women. [[http://loserzcomic.comicgenesis.com/d/20010822.html Heck she'd even do]] [[Manga/AhMyGoddess Belldandy]] if it was possible.
85%%* {{Fanservice}}: Mostly involving Jodie, though some of the others get in on it too, especially Jess.
86* FatBastard: Averted with Eric who is a bit overweight, but nice. Played straight with a one-shot character parodying the "obesity epidemic".
87%%* FauxYay: Jodie utilizes this technique to attract guys. Although... she really is also attracted to women.
88%%* FirstKiss: Eric and Alice (which leads right into TheirFirstTime), and Ben and his summer romance.
89%%* FlashBack: {{Lampshaded}} [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/134 here]].
90* FlippingTheBird: "See this finger? It says fuck you!"
91%%* FreakOut
92* FreudianExcuse: The reason Carrie is such a horrendous, elitist bitch is because of her parents who are strict bordering on the abusive. She genuinely believes in the social stratification of high school because her competitive parents have taught her that the world works the same and "losers" just drag you down.
93* FrivolousLawsuit: The first strip, where Ben and Eric are calling around different lawyer firms looking for one willing to take their case about a bag of chips not containing the advertised amount.
94* FunnyAnimal: Max and Cecil, a fox and porcupine based on ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' who appear in the main comic a couple of times while having their own occasional side story.
95* FunnySpoon: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/197 Of course, being under the influence of coffee helps appreciating spoons.]]
96* GamerChick: Jodie likes VideoGames and even ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' too.
97* GirlOnGirlIsHot:
98** Jodie and Alice get into a brawl over Eric while at the movies because Alice (Eric's girlfriend) didn't trust [[ReallyGetsAround Jodie]] (Eric's best female friend) one bit. Before Eric breaks the fight up, this trope is in full play, including a couple of movie theater workers grabbing some popcorn.
99** When Jodie confesses to Ben that she's had sex with Jesse, his response is that [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/499 he doesn't know whether to get really angry or go jerk off for about five hours]].
100** In [[https://web.archive.org/web/20130606002247/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/59 this]] strip, Jodie plans to purposely invoke this trope at a party by making out with girls to get the attention of a guy.
101--->'''Eric:''' So are we gonna go watch or what?\
102'''Ben:''' Of ''course'' we are!
103%%* GirlPosse: Carrie, Alice, Jessica.
104%%** There's also a rival girl posse at the school which they have a mutual rivalry with, per teenage girl tradition.
105%%* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: Jodie too.
106* {{God}} (and UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} too) are used in a handful of random gags.
107--> ''Jesus'': Disco Jesus does not date boys!
108%%* GoodAngelBadAngel:
109* AGoodOldFashionedPaintWatching: While on his involuntary family vacation, Ben bitterly complains about all the fun his friends must be having without him. Cut to Eric and Jody literally staring at a wall.
110--> '''Jody''': This wall is ''amazing!''
111%%* GrowingUpSucks
112%%* GuiltyPleasures: [[spoiler:''Anime/SailorMoon'']] for Carrie.
113%%* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Max and Cecil (only in a waterfight, usually they go without)
114%%* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Both [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/454 Jodie and her mom]].
115%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: Ben and Eric.
116* HitlerAteSugar: The anti-marijuana movement's main argument is that Hitler smoked pot with Satan.
117%%* HollywoodTourettes: Ben.
118%%* HorribleCampingTrip: Ben's, until he meets his first summer romance anyway.
119* HumanPopsicle: A recurring gag about the notoriously fickle weather in Michigan which switches from summer heat to glacial freezing seemingly at whim.
120%%* HumongousMecha: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/297 Quick kids! Into the Camper!]]
121%%* HypocriticalHumor: Several times. For example, [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/ this strip about responsibility]].
122* IgnoreTheFanservice: Ben unconsciously [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160514151954/http://the-qlc.com:80/loserz/go/363 ignored a hot girl hitting on him]], but it was because he was staring at Jess's butt, so it's also DistractedByTheSexy.
123* IHaveToGoIronMyDog: The girls Ben and Eric ask out eventually stop using likely excuses and just blurt out the first thing that comes to mind, such as "have to wash my eyeballs" and "Judgement Day is upon us that night". Also, when Alice flirts with him, Eric answers with "I have to go assassinate a monkey".
124%%* ImaginaryFriend
125* ImmediateSelfContradiction: In [[https://web.archive.org/web/20130606002247/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/59 this]] strip, Jodie plans to make out with girls at a party to get the attention of a guy.
126-->'''Ben:''' Sheesh, women, they think they've got us all figured out, like we're some brainless fools who do nothing but listen to our dicks.\
127'''Eric:''' So are we gonna go watch or what?\
128'''Ben:''' Of ''course'' we are!
129%%* TheImp: In-story, in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft''.
130* TheIngenue: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/240 Ben's little brother.]] Though Ben rather thinks of him as an AnnoyingYoungerSibling.
131%%* InstantSeduction: Adam knows how.
132%%* ItsAllMyFault
133%%* JerkJock: Most of them are.
134%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ben
135%%** And Carrie. She will protect her friends, and won't betray them, even if one's dating a loser and the other is a [[spoiler: lesbian]].
136* JesusWasWayCool: The pro-marijuana movements main argument is that Jesus smoked pot with a visual hallucination.
137%%* JiveTurkey: Ben attempts to use this at one point to flirt with Alice. It just gets him an eyefull of pepper spray.
138%%* JizzedInMyPants: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/55 Here]]. Jodie too.
139%%* KillerRabbit
140%%* LampshadeWearing: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/60 This strip.]]
141* LeftHanging: When the comic went on indefinite, and likely permanent hiatus, we never find out how Jodie dealt with her accidental relationship with Jesse, nor how the characters eventually graduated and went off to college. ''Quarter-Life Crisis'', set almost a decade later, provided almost no resolutions, and in fact introduced MORE unanswered questions, such as Adam having a daughter, and Eric becoming estranged from Ben and Jodie thanks to his demanding girlfriend.
142* LifeEmbellished: Mostly SliceOfLife, but then suddenly the characters watch movies together with [[Franchise/StarWars Yoda]], or do something else you don't see in RealLife.
143%%* LipstickLesbian: [[spoiler:Jessica [=McIntyre=].]]
144* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Jodie doesn't take it well if she doesn't have her friends around.
145* LonelyDollGirl: Happens in [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/280 this]] comic and the few proceeding it in this comic, with a slight touch of craziness from isolation.
146* MadScientist: Eric has his moments, most notably during the "Water Fight" arc where he's offscreen for most of it, only to appear during the climax, having constructed an impressive Water Gun Machine Rig... which promptly explodes in a watery mushroom cloud when he tries firing it. That's what happens when you skip the testing phase.
147%%* MaleGaze
148%%* ManipulativeBastard: Adam knows how to get the ladies, most of the time.
149* ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex: Jodi wonders how awkward it had to be for Franchise/{{Superman}} to have sex as a teen, [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/475 especially if the girl wanted to get spanked]] - even Eric's hat is appalled at the idea.
150* MeanBoss: Eric's boss at the restaurant he works at. Another co-worker describes him as a mean and imposing ogre. Eric protests, and says he's more like a caveman.
151** Even worse with the junior manager whenever he's left in charge, and becomes drunk with power in minutes.
152* MediaWatchdog: One storyline revolves around Ben's mother becoming concerned about violence in video games after seeing a report on TV. Ben, of course, makes it worse by joking that the game he's currently playing is called "Set Your Family On Fire While They Sleep".
153%%* MisplacedKindergartenTeacher: Mrs. Snockenflaubin, sometimes.
154%%* MissingStepsPlan: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/423 By making people fat?]]
155* MortonsFork: At first, Carrie is uncomfortable after learning one of her closest friends was a lesbian, paranoid about having been covertly checked out. Upon learning that she hadn't...
156-->'''Carrie''': [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/509 Why the hell not??]] I'm totally hot!
157* MushroomSamba: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/197 On extra-strength coffee]].
158%%* MyCarHatesMe: Eric's.
159* MyEyesAreUpHere: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/259 "Yeah. And so is your hair. What's your point?"]]
160%%* MyGirlIsNotASlut
161%%* MyGirlIsASlut: The reason most of the guys wooed Jodie.
162%%* MySisterIsOffLimits: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/398 Invoked with Adam's.]]
163%%* MysteryMeat
164%%* NerdsAreSexy: [[spoiler:Adam - although he's rather a sexy nerd]]
165* NeverGetsFat: Ben, who's self-conscious about his scrawny frame, laments how he can't seem to gain any weight no matter how much crap he eats, which understandably infuriates the mildly overweight Eric.
166%%* NightmareSequence: Also subverts AllJustADream, [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/180 here]].
167%%* NoFourthWall
168* NoodleImplements: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/57 A tutu, big coconuts, bear fur suits (to be worn without pants) and the key element is a little plush bear of doom...]]
169* NotHelpingYourCase: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160319140426/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/326 That's not the way to convince your mom that videogames don't make you violent.]]
170* NotAMorningPerson: Eric. At one point he puts a bowl of cereal on his head, pours milk on his cap and walks into the closet.
171--> '''Eric''': Who put all these coats out here?
172* ObfuscatingStupidity: Adam's very good at psychology, but prefers to hide it. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/130 "Bitches like to think they can outsmart you."]]
173* OhNoYouDidnt: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/431 This strip]] is titled "Oh no she didn't!" and describes this trope pretty well.
174* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Played with [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160612161356/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/352 here]].
175* OneOfTheBoys: Jodie for the two guys.
176* OnlineAlias: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/241 Ben is "zombiejuiceYUM". Jodie is "p0rnstar6912".]]
177* OpenMindedParent: Surprisingly, [[spoiler:Carrie's mother]]
178* OperationJealousy: One girl (name's Carla) ''thinks'' this is the case. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/250 Here.]]
179* OrphanedSeries: Neither Loserz nor Quarter-Life Crisis ever got any sort of resolution.
180* ParentalObliviousness: Jodie's mom seems like this, but it turns out she isn't quite as oblivious as she seems, she just doesn't care. The other parents to some extent, too.
181* PassThePopcorn: When Alice and Jodie get into a fight at the local cineplex, the clerks only eat popcorn and watch.
182* PerverseSexualLust: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/4 In-series]], on [[Manga/AhMyGoddess Belldandy]]. "Back off whore! She's mine!"
183* PetTheDog: Carrie's normally cold and elitist mother turns out to be accepting of Jesse's homosexuality after she comes out, since she believes being openly gay requires a lot of strength. For all her other faults, homophobia isn't one of them.
184* PictureDay: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/105 How to avoid your parents sending your pic to everyone.]]
185* PrecisionFStrike: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/291 Jessie on Carrie,]] with a precision C strike.
186* PornStash: Jodie has one on her computer. Including yaoi. Ben has one too (without yaoi, obviously).
187* PrecociousCrush: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/443 Ben's little brother on Jodie.]]
188* ReallyGetsAround: Jodie, of course.
189** Also, [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/302 Roxy Harden.]]
190* RidiculousProcrastinator: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/113 Ben.]]
191* RightBehindMe: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/140 here]]
192* RingRingCRUNCH: When Ben wakes up before his alarm goes off, he can't bring himself to drag himself out of his warm bed and prepare for a miserable day at school, so he slowly drifts back to sleep... only to abruptly get woken back up by the shrieking alarm.
193--> '''News Caster''': ''A small object was observed leaving Earth's orbit at about 6:30 AM today. No word from NASA as for yet''
194%%* RPGEpisode
195* RunningGag: Eric's hat changes its wording in every single panel, [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/225 except when he looks at it.]] Though Ben notices it [[LampshadeHanging just fine]].
196** Ben yelling "CHOKE ON MY BONER!" when he gets nervous around a hot girl.
197*** Odd because the first time he shouts this because he keeps thinking to himself to "not choke" and "don't be boner", and somehow the two phrases crash dramatically in his brain
198* ScareEmStraight: Parodied.
199* ScaryStingingSwarm: During the second summer vacation arc when Ben's family is camping, Ben is harassed by bees twice. The second time a hive falls in his lap while he's dozing in a hammock.
200--> '''Ben''': FUCK! Bees!!
201--> '''Ben's Mom''': Language!
202* SeriousBusiness: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/413 The right choice of macaroni with cheese!]]
203* ShavingIsScience: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/273 Parodied here.]]
204%%* TheShutIn: Jodie, once.
205* SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/159 Erik (the author).]] [[invoked]]
206%%* SleepModeSize: Jodie sometimes, [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/335 like here.]]
207* SpeakInUnison: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/315 Here, for example.]] [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/145 And here.]]
208* SpecialSnowflakeSyndrome: Ben wants to play an Elven Barbarian. [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/209 "His name is Glorfinmad!"]]
209%%** SquareRaceRoundClass
210* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Mentioning the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Aeris-Aerith]] controversy
211%%* SplitScreen
212%%* SpoiledBrat
213* {{Spork}}: Here, it's an [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/12 eyefork]].
214%%* {{Squee}}
215* StalkerWithACrush: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/254 Female example. "I spend all of my time with them, I swear I'll be with them forever *sob*, I hide in their bushes..."]]
216%%* TheStoner: Tim; occasionally the protagonists too.
217* StuffedIntoALocker: Reversed in one case, where a locker was [[AssShove stuffed into a person]]
218%%* {{Subtext}}
219* SuperDeformed: Occasionally with the characters, played straight with the author himself.
220* TakeThat: Several, one instance is towards the film version of ''[[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/176 House Of The Dead]]''.
221** And then one at [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/516 the forums]].
222* TheTalk: Much to Ben's horror, his dad finally decides to have it with him after he notices him kissing Roxy during the Family Vacation arc.
223--> '''Ben''': JUMP INTO THE FIRE! END IT QUICKLY!!
224* TerribleIntervieweesMontage: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/149 This]] strip is a reverse example.
225* ThemeNaming: The three main characters' last names are all gun makers.
226%%* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/338 Here.]]
227* TokenMinority: Alice. There are other black students around but she's the only one in the actual cast.
228* TwiceShy: Played with Alice and Eric, who already got together, but broke up. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/433 See here.]]
229%%* TwoGuysAndAGirl
230%%* UnsoundEffect
231* TheUnseen: Eric's parents never appear in the comic, the closest is one of them speaking off-screen in an early strip. Ben's mom calls them about her concern with violent video games at one point and thinks she's talking to his dad, but its actually just Eric pretending to be him.
232%%* UnusualEuphemism
233%%* VirginityMakesYouStupid
234%%* VomitIndiscretionShot
235%%* WalletMoths: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/321 Here.]]
236%%* WaterGunsAndBalloons: The first summer vacation story arc.
237%%* WebcomicTime
238* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: Played horrifyingly straight with Jodie and her asshole jock boyfriend when he smacks her to "calm her down" after she very understandably becomes furious about his lying and manipulation. He doesn't get any further as Jody [[AssShove pays him back by stuffing a school locker where he'll have a hard time opening it]]
239%%* WomenDrivers: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/3 Jodie]]
240* WouldntHitAGirl: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]. When a guilt-ridden (for [[spoiler:having sex with Jess]]) Jodie [[http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/511 demands that Ben punch her]], he eventually hits her with a light tap, saying that's how little he's angry with her. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] afterward when she confesses to kissing her and [[WouldHitAGirl Ben lunges at her in fury]]. Before that, he plays up the DoubleStandard for all it's worth. Jodie asks him "What would you do if it was ''Eric'' who slept with her?". Ben immediately goes into a trance-like state and launches Eric across the room with one punch without turning around or even looking at him.
241%%* YaoiFangirl: Jodie.
242%%* YouHaveFailedMe: Parodying the ''Franchise/StarWars'' scene.
243%%* YouKnowImBlackRight: Alice to Carrie
244%%* YouNeedABreathMint: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20160522113427/http://the-qlc.com/loserz/go/104 Jodie, for NSFW reasons.]]
245%%* YouNeedToGetLaid

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