* CrossesTheLineTwice: Many times. [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comic/my-battle-with-cancer/ This strip is a good example.]]
* FanNickname: The bugs don't actually have names, but fans have given them description based on their physical characteristics. There's Nerdbug, Retro Bug, Dad bug, Cool bug/Ninties bug, etc.
* FridgeHorror: [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/the-truth-about-birthdays/ "Birthdays just celebrate the fact that you're not dead yet."]]
* GrowingTheBeard: It's generally acknowledged that the strips regarding predictions for 2010 were when this happened, as the strip would establish its current RapidFireComedy style with that series.
* HollywoodHomely: Discussed in [[http://i2.wp.com/www.bugmartini.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/2014-12-02-The-Blobby.png?resize=1005%2C343 this strip]]: If the movie was made using real standards, the so-called "fat kid" would be "downright svelte".
* UglyCute: All of the cockroach-like characters (meaning every character except [[http://www.bugmartini.com/comics/office-odors/ the goat]]) fit this trope.