| 1 | * CantUnHearIt: After learning that the real Thelma Keane was born and raised in Australia, it's fascinating to reread the old strips and imagine Thel speaking in a Queensland accent. |
| 2 | * CrossesTheLineTwice: In the Christmas special, Billy outright telling Jeffy that their grandfather can't celebrate Christmas with them because he's dead. |
| 3 | * HilariousInHindsight: The character of "Not Me" is this if you've seen ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'', since [[spoiler: Lil' Slugger is basically a DarkerAndEdgier version of him]]. |
| 4 | * SoBadItsGood: The general consensus among the comic strip community. |
| 5 | * SweetnessAversion: The family is portrayed as so old-timey and wholesome that it has zero edge for a lot of viewers to attach to, not to mention how many of the punchlines involve cutesy thoughts the child characters say. |
| 6 | * TearJerker: Even the online comics snark community found the tribute to Thel Keane to be rather touching. |
| 7 | * ValuesDissonance: In the earliest strips, Bil and Thel sometimes used CorporalPunishment on the kids, since it was still widely accepted at the time. |
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