* DracoInLeatherPants: [[WordOfGod Darkton admits]] he did this to Cree. It's downplayed, though; while she's definitely more sympathetic, she's still quite evil.
* GrowingTheBeard: Audiences and the Editor really took a liking to DOLL, but Darkton considers GIRLY to be where the series started to get good.
* HilariousInHindsight: Noted by Darkton twice in the same story (DOLL):
** The first was that he had no idea [[spoiler: that someone was actually making knockoff Rainbow Monkey products]].
** The second was that the show the KND boys are watching, [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Mech Changers]] uses Creator/{{Toonami}} bumpers, seeing as how the fics are set in 2005. One year later, that dream becomes a reality.
** In JAPAN, Numbuh 450 says that she and Numbuh 692 are aliens using cloaking devices to disguise their true forms. Years later, [[spoiler: Numbuh 73.419 and Lizzie Divine are revealed to be as well, but with more effective disguises. Makes one wonder what they'll do if they meet, especially since 450 is implied to be lying.]]
* ProtectionFromEditors: Subverted. Starting with DOLL, Darkton uses an in-house editor.
* ViewerGenderConfusion: Reading it by the text Michel wouldn't seem too bad, but actually ''seeing'' [[https://pinkandorangesunset.deviantart.com/art/Michel-Kane-738404658 his]] [[https://mf217.deviantart.com/art/Happy-Easter-Darkton-738975655 design]] has him take the cake with his DudeLooksLikeALady and WholesomeCrossdresser nature. [[WordOfGod Even Darkton has to go out of his way]] to make sure people realize Michel is a guy.