* AGoodNameForARockBand: The Nasaghasts.
** Punch Dracula.
** Secret Robot Animal.
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Is Doc a hero, a villain, or a WellIntentionedExtremist? Is King Radical an AntiVillain, a hero, or a VillainWithGoodPublicity? [[spoiler:The latest arc confirms him as the last. He's bent on merging the universe with his radical land, killing people he deems 'boring' or 'jerks' ]]
* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler:Sparklelord]], of all people. He's described as "a cross between GenghisKhan, AdolfHitler, [[AtomicHate atomic bombs]], and [[spoiler:[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Seabiscuit.]]]]"
* CrazyAwesome: The title character shows moments of being somewhat mentally unbalanced, but always in ridiculously cool ways. For instance, in one arc he is inspired to go rescue his estranged family from a shipload of pirates by a talking roast turkey, who explicitly tells him that it's an illusion. In the next arc, he attempts to find out how a Velociraptor got into his office by busting through a skylight in a warehouse and accosting some random burly types, because his decision-making process is based on "What Would Batman Do?" He comes by this honestly, as his father's favorite way of evading pursuit is to [[IncendiaryExponent set himself on fire]], because, "They can't grab me if I'm on fire." It's gotten to the point where Dr. [=McNinja=] is now its god in the [[Pantheon/TropePantheons Pantheon]].
** A good example [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/10p8 here]]. The Amazing Flying Shooting Juan.
** And from that trope's page:
--> '''Dr. [=McNinja=]:''' Oh. How stupid of me. That was the sound of ''chainsaw nunchucks''.
** Dr. [=McNinja=] jumps off the moon, completely unassisted, carrying a Dracula-bot, and then proceeds to [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/11p48 SURF]] said Dracula-bot to Earth's surface.
** Let's also not forget how [=McNinja=] [[spoiler:cheated death with a ShutUpHannibal]] and a well-placed left hook.
** In Futures trading, King Radical and Co. managed to print off the entire internet [[spoiler:just before the super intelligent dinosaurs shut it down.]]
* FauxSymbolism: [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/21p100/ This page]]
-->'''AltText''': The script for this page reads: "9) The sun rises. Symbolic as hell."
* FoeYay: Doc and Hortense.
** Also, Doc and Frans. And Dan and Frans. Everyone's gay for Frans?
** Now, Doc and [[spoiler: King Radical]].
* HilariousInHindsight: Creator/KateBeaton's guest comic had [=McNinja=] not knowing what do to his [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/12p3 potato garden]]. Flash forward 2 years to the Army of One storyline, where it turns out the clone in charge of learning agriculture didn't make it to the amalgamation.
** For the author, [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/21p30 this page]], since it was written days before the US President's announcement of the death of Osama Bin Laden, public enemy number one, and happened to be posted twelve hours afterward. For everyone else, it felt like it was RippedFromTheHeadlines (unless they had only just found out from the AltText).
** Anyone remember [[spoiler: Archibald, king of the hobos?]]
* JerkAssWoobie: King Radical. He just wants to make the world a cooler place, and when he talks to Dr. [=McLuchador=][[spoiler:/[=McNinja=]]] about Radical Land, you can almost ''feel'' the longing in the text.
* JumpingTheShark: {{Lampshaded}} in the alt text on [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/11p24/ this page]].
* MagnificentBastard: Gordito, of all people, deliberately puts himself and Doc in danger in order to push Martin, a Hulk CaptainErsatz, past his mental block.
** King Radical. So much.
* MarySuetopia: The Radical Land, apparently.
* MemeticMutation: Ninjas can't catch you if...
** [[http://img.izismile.com/img/img3/20100302/ninjas_cant_01.jpg You're on fire]]/[[http://static.desktopnexus.com/thumbnails/112168-bigthumbnail.jpg You divide by zero]]/[[http://files.sharenator.com/wallpaper_249781_Ninjas_wont_catch_you_if-s1280x1024-84208.jpg You're thinking with]] VideoGame/{{Portal}}s/[[http://www.lowbird.com/data/images/2011/03/1255863952687.jpg You're covered in Bees]]/[[http://pictures.mastermarf.com/blog/2009/090925-ninja-cant-moon.jpg You just surfed a Robot Dracula from the Moon]], [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/ninjas-cant-catch-you-if etc.]]
* TastesLikeDiabetes: The appropriately titled chapter, "Judy gets a kitten". Because [[CuteKitten kittens are cute]].
* TearJerker: In the middle of the weirdness and hilarity, we get [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p60 this.]] Holy shit, [[spoiler: Mongo.]]
** And now [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/21p47/ this]].
** [[http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/11p38/ Here,]] Mrs. McNinja misses with both sais at ridiculously short range. She cannot bring herself to kill her own son, [[FateWorseThanDeath even if his soul has been devoured by the ghost wizard.]] (Happily, it has not.)