* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: By Humon herself. At one point she re-interpreted Sweden as a DepravedHomosexual ManipulativeBastard who tried to seduce Finland and abandoned him when he resisted, did... [[MindRape something]] to Denmark that destroyed his mind and left him as a ManChild, and secretly collaborated with Nazi Germany.
* AluminumChristmasTrees: The [[http://satwcomic.com/flag-day-every-day red-and-white pig shown here?]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish_Protest_Pig That's an actual breed.]] And yes, the Danes did breed it just to give a big middle finger to the Germans for banning their flag.
* CrazyIsCool:
** Australia. He brought his surfboard up north and when there were no waves to ride he rode his wombat instead!
** Iceland regularly sky-dives into volcanoes for fun.
* CommonKnowledge: In [[https://satwcomic.com/your-time-is-up this comic]], the golden orb and cross at the base of Italy's throne is a ''globus cruciger'', a symbol of authority held by European leaders. However, the majority of people in the comments have mistaken it for [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch]].
* CreepyAwesome: Denmark is really creepy in the [[http://satwcomic.com/eurovision-2014 Eurovision 2014 comic strip]], to emphasize the media's tendencies to give Danes villanious, stalkerish roles.
* DracoInLeatherPants: Finland. He's not villainous, but he's an unkempt, antisocial PsychoKnifeNut. The fans tend to drop the "unkempt" part and forget the others are bad things.
* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** France. She only [[https://satwcomic.com/the-world/France appeared]] in 21 strips so far out of hundreds (as of September 2023) but the sheer amount of [[http://satwcomic.com/fanart fanart and cosplay of her]] decidedly makes her one of the most popular minor characters.
** Mexico, whose character design is loved for parodying the SpicyLatina stereotype, appeared with America in the "Fan Couple Art" after being used in just one strip, as a ''joke'' no less. The author note seems to indicate that the pairing is genuine on both sides.
** Sister Japan. Before being introduced, the fan club had a large number of submissions speculating what she'd look like; Humon introduced her just to get it out of the way, and a popular character was born.
** After [[http://satwcomic.com/coat-of-arms Coat Of Arms]] came out, the other lions were quickly forgotten, but Special Lion became a fan favorite and has stuck around. There's even official [[TheMerch merch]] with him on it! When Finland joined NATO, the comic celebrating it had him riding the Special Lion, in a parody of a professional wrestling entrance.
* FandomRivalry: With ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers''. While they have many similar elements, they're very different in execution on the whole, with more than a few ''Hetalia'' fans accusing ''Scandinavia'' of sugarcoating history and of pandering to {{Yaoi Fangirl}}s. ''Scandinavia'' fans, meanwhile, shoot back that ''Hetalia'' is unimaginative and full of sugarcoating politics.
* FriendlyFandoms: With ''Webcomic/{{Polandball}}'' due to sharing a similar premise and tone. It also helps that both series are [[EnemyMine united in a shared dislike]] for the aforementioned ''Hetalia''.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: [[https://satwcomic.com/bye-bye-ambassador According to this comic]], Danes are very fond of Rufus Gifford, U.S. ambassador, and his husband. "They even got their own TV show, and the queen threw a big goodbye party for them where Rufus was knighted.", writ Humon.
* HarsherInHindsight:
** Humon's portrayal of a drunken Russia stumbling around banging on the doors of his former territories, begging them to come back (though in the comic itself he went after Finland, not Ukraine).
** [[http://satwcomic.com/the-boogeyman-comes-at-night This comic]] is, with the [[MakeTheBearAngryAgain Crimean Crisis]], quite... unfortunately relevant.
* HilariousInHindsight:
** [[http://satwcomic.com/don-t-mess-with-aland Don't Mess With Aland]] after Russia's infamous new policies against homosexual propaganda.
** North Pole, a white haired IceQueen with her hair in a braid, looks surprisingly similar to [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Elsa]] or [[{{WebAnimation/RWBY}} Weiss]].
** [[https://satwcomic.com/never-say-never "Never say never"]], where Iceland grows bananas using heat. The world of ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'' is subject to BlackMarketProduce because Icelandic greenhouses are heavily implied to be the only places growing fruit. [[http://www.sssscomic.com/comic.php?page=549 The page mentioning the greenhouses]] (please be warned it's also the comic's only page to have gotten its comment section shut down due to getting overwhelmed with virulent comments) was published after "Never say never".
** "[[https://satwcomic.com/imposter There's a Nordic impostor]] Videogame/AmongUs!"
* HoYay:
** Norway and Denmark, who have the best friendship between any two of the characters, with Denmark frequently doing things like clinging to Norway, frequently worrying about him and even sleeping in the same bed when one or both of them is/are drunk. This one is probably intentional on Denmark's part.
** Sweden and Åland. They were confirmed to be a couple in later strips.
** America becomes ecstatically happy when Canada sits on his head.
** Nazi Germany and Denmark, mostly on Nazi's side ([[{{Irony}} eh...]]) as he constantly invades Denmark's personal space.
** England apparently still [[http://satwcomic.com/bedtime-drama-2 sleeps in the same bed]] as all of his grown [[IncestSubtext sons]] in their underwear (plus New Zealand).
** The relationship between Netherland / Denmark / Germany seems to parody this, as it frequently involves the first two lifting Germany's shirt as a joke, usually in front of [[YaoiFangirl Sister Japan]].
* LesYay:
** Sister Norway and Sister Denmark. Sister Sweden and... well, everyone.
** Also, it's strongly implied in [[http://satwcomic.com/dance-with-me this comic]] that Sister America and Sister Denmark slept together, and were quite happy about it.
* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Pretty much any fan of the comic, since all the characters are based on national stereotypes. As far as non-nation characters go, Special Lion is this for the Finnish. Most Finns think the whole "retarded lion" joke is funny, to the point that one posted "go go retarded lion!" after Finland won the World Hockey Championships.
%%* {{Moe}}: Germany.
* NightmareFuel:
** Sister China's [[https://satwcomic.com/don-t-let-the-sun-catch-ya first appearance.]]
** Japan in the last panel of ''[[http://satwcomic.com/poke-go-where-nobody-has-gone-before Poke Go Where Nobody Has Gone Before]]''. One of the comments [[http://i.imgur.com/7BXZcug.png went one better]] and gave him a SlasherSmile.
** [[http://satwcomic.com/goat-steak Sweden going psychotic]] when his Yule Goat is burned down yet again.
** [[https://satwcomic.com/cold-but-heating-up The one time]] Russia ''isn't'' PlayedForLaughs.
** [[https://satwcomic.com/children-s-entertainer Sweden as a party clown]] somehow managed to leave Fennoswede, Kven and Sealand traumatised and Christiania missing AnArmAndALeg. The kids' reactions implied this is a ShoutOut to Pennywise being played by a Swedish actor in the 2017 reboot of ''It''.
* PortmanteauCoupleName: Fans who [[{{Shipping}} ship]] [[HomoeroticSubtext Denmark/Norway]] tend to refer to it as "Dennor". The Hetalia fandom also shares this ship name for ''their'' NationsAsPeople, though their depictions of the countries/nations are quite different from the SATW ones.
* ReplacementScrappy: Trump!America is widely considered by many comic readers to be inferior to the original Brother America, not only because of the fact that he isn't as funny, he also stands out like a sore thumb whenever he appears due to being an embodiment of a political meme that will likely age badly. Humon herself admits that Trump!America is too limiting for writing America and decided to [[https://satwcomic.com/return-of-the-lovable-dork bring him back]] much sooner than she intended.
* {{Squick}}: Norway is pretty {{squick}}ed out [[http://satwcomic.com/sheep-are-cute here]] when he learns [[TalkingAnimal New South Wales]]' [[InterspeciesRomance parentage]]... Denmark just asks why ''he'' hasn't banged a sheep yet.
* UnconventionalLearningExperience: For many non-Scandinavian readers, this comic is their first introduction to Nordic culture.
* ViewerGenderConfusion:
** Christiania is a boy with long hair. Lampshaded when Denmark is surprised that Japan can tell (since he has seen plenty of [[{{Bishonen}} Bishonens]] in anime).
** Iceland. He ''sparkles'', for crying out loud.
** Both in and out of universe with the Denmark siblings. They look extremely similar, with the only difference being that Sis has longer hair, slightly more feminine eyelashes, and the whole sex schebang.
%%** New South Wales is a ewe.
%%** Australia.
%%** Ireland.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Played for laughs in the ''[[http://satwcomic.com/children-will-love-it Children Will Love It]]'' comic, making a joke on the Danish amusement park [=BonBon=] Land's mascots that are viewed as incredibly sexual by tourists. The park is mostly for children.
* TheWoobie:
** Greenland had his life ruined by Denmark.
** Modern Germany, too, in sharp contrast to {{Jerkass}} UsefulNotes/NaziGermany (yes, they're separate characters here).
** WordOfGod is that Poland is the country you go to to abuse. Poor guy.
** Estonia practically is the mayor of woobieland: SATW division. She just wants to join the Nordics, but they won't let her.
** Finland wasn't always AxeCrazy...
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