* EnsembleDarkhorse: Dan and Ferd, to the point that [[http://debbieohi.com/blather2006/2006/9/20/parry-and-carney.html efforts]] were made by fans to prevent their demise. Alas, such actions were for naught.
* GeniusBonus: Many of the strips contain paleontological in-jokes.
** [[http://www.parryandcarney.com/comic/31.html This strip]] is funniest to those who know a thing or two about art history.
* {{Squick}}: When Carney and Carnita decapitate an entire family of ''Mapusaurus'', the eyeballs of the adult ''Mapusaurus'' are somehow left intact and remain hanging from what's left of their heads. The same happens to Parry.