* ContestWinnerCameo: As its ValentinesDayEpisodes, there's a contest where the winner gets to go on a date with a character of their choosing (and yes, [[PerverseSexualLust several of them have gotten busy]]). Rayne has only gotten two dates in seven years; one was with a gay man, and the other was a near-disaster[[note]]She was German, and the guys tricked him into dressing as a Nazi; only Katie's intervention kept her from walking out[[/note]]; the rest has been a pretty even distribution of cast members (John, Mick, Issa, Eric, Cyndi and Jumpmaster Julie have all been picked once).
* CreatorBacklash: More like artist backlash. The comic's first artist, Trevor Adams, reportedly quit because he didn't like the direction the comic was going.
** But also exists for the comic. Sohmer has taken a ton of flak for turning the comic into his chance to rant about his barely researched opinions, dropping entire subplots, neglecting 90% of the cast in favor of Rayne, and the humor going from crude yet funny to easy and borning
* ExecutiveMeddling: For an AnimatedAdaptation that [[WhatCouldHaveBeen was never made,]] which has become the subject of much contention between Sohmer, [=DeSouza=], and Canadian cable animation network Creator/{{Teletoon}}. Blind Ferret had been trying to make a cartoon of their comic since 2007, with limited success beyond a set of shorts. When they came to Teletoon in search of production funding, the network demanded a huge number of CulturalTranslation changes to make the work more Canadian (such as changing the setting to Toronto, making Issa Inuit, having Mick wear a Toronto Maple Leafs shirt, etc.), convincing Sohmer and co. to leave. Then in 2010, Teletoon debuted ''WesternAnimation/TheDatingGuy'', a series created by Creator/EntertainmentOne and [=MarbleMedia=] that Sohmer and [=DeSouza=] have openly accused of a hackneyed [[SerialNumbersFiledOff copyright-friendly ripoff]] of what would have been the AnimatedAdaptation (something Teletoon has denied), spurring Blind Ferret Entertainment (along with Randy Milholland) to get a pilot produced with independent funding.
* TheRedStapler: Defied (and more than likely parodied); in the arc where Rayne writes an alternate history novel where he takes over Nazi Germany, one strip shows his new right-hand man wearing a Hawaiian shirt with a Swastika motif. The comic is titled "No, You Can't Have The Shirt" (which, all things considered, is perfectly understandable).
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: If not for the ridiculous amount of ExecutiveMeddling (see above), an AnimatedAdaptation would have actually been made.