History MenageA3 / TropesGToL

* HollywoodProvincialism: Appears in one of the standard forms when Isabelle acts seductively toward Zii, and [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/menage-a-3/the-right-romantic-moment Zii says that she hopes that Isabelle is over 18]]. The age of consent in Canada is 16. This is a little odd, in that the comic normally does a good job of {{avert|edTrope}}ing the trope, maintaining a subtle but distinctive {{Canad|aEh}}ian flavor; it might be excused, though, in that even if the ''legal'' age of consent is 16, doing it with someone who's still a minor in every other respect ''is'' kinda creepy if you aren't very close in age (and as Zii is likely in her mid-20s, no, they aren't).

* HomoeroticDream: Given the complex, flexible, and sometimes confused sexualities of most of the cast, it's not surprising that this trope is both played straight and played with every which way from time to time. For example, Yuki sometimes changes Gary's gender in her dreams in order to square her feelings for him with her self-image as lesbian, while the bisexual Matt dreams of gay sex with the straight Gary less as erotic than as a reflection of his own insecurities about Gary's sexual successes.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The first three panels of [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/menage-a-3/the-perfect-opportunity this strip]] focus on different people planning to go to Zii's band's concert to seduce Gary there. Then the last panel shows Matt and Kiley planning to go to the concert for normal reasons.

* HotLibrarian: The effect is demonstrated magnificently by [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/menage-a-3/she-planned-treachery the evil version of Sandra]], with a healthy added dose of EvilIsSexy. Unfortunately, this strip is about Senna being an UnreliableNarrator.

* GirlsAreReallyScaredOfHorrorMovies: After seeing [=DiDi's=] [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/menage-a-3/gnap%21 reaction]] to a scene in ''Film/{{Night of the Living Dead|1968}}'', Zii wants to watch another scary movie with her; however, they end up watching ''Film/{{REC}}'', and both get ''seriously'' scared.

** Sonya and Yuki [[http://www.ma3comic.com/d/20110412.html fight over Gary]].

* GoThroughMe: Zii tries this when running interference for Gary and his apparent new girlfriend Kiley. [[BoobsOfSteel [=DiDi=]]] merely sets her aside (strip #554, January 26, 2012, NSFW).

* LoveDodecahedron: You'll need an organization chart (a big one, with lots of horizontal dotted lines), especially since the comic spun off two other comics that occasionally cross over with this one. All versions of TriangRelations are probably present, at least intermittently. The periodic switching of partners may sometimes look more like a DatingDoSiDo, but few of these relationships end cleanly or completely, so the dodecahedron image is more accurate. The Crib Notes for new readers:

* LegCling: Having a "big announcement" to make to the trio (actually just that he has some free play tickets to give out), Dillon's joking sense of the dramatic kicks in; [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/menage-a-3/the-greatest-of-gifts he carefully sets up a leg cling tableau]], with Zii on one of his legs and [=DiDi=] on the other. Typically, although Zii just looks confused by this, [=DiDi=] throws herself into the act with enthusiasm.

* InnocentInnuendo: "Dillon! What have you done to my giant-size man-thing?! It's... It's all STICKY!!!" Yes, this sentence can have an innocent meaning. [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/menage-a-3/nothing-exciting-ever-happens See here, and the following strips.]] It's the name of a [[AluminumChristmasTrees real]] [[http://marvel.wikia.com/Giant-Size-Man-Thing-Vol-1-2 comic book]].

* IdiotBall: Keeps passing from one character to the next. Semi-serious fan theory has some of the cast being somewhere on the [[UsefulNotes/HighFunctioningAutism autistic spectrum]], but even the more socially adept ones can turn stupid when [[IdiotPlot the plot demands it]]. Sometimes, the idiocy tips over into sheer insanity, as for example when Senna interprets Gary's enthusiastic explanations of geek culture to Sandra as him attempting to sabotage Sandra's career as a favor to her.

* KissingUnderTheInfluence: Typically [[UpToEleven turned up to 11]] in this comic, as characters rarely stop at a kiss.

* LustObject: [=DiDi=] is this for [[HeadTurningBeauty a lot of characters a lot of the time]], but notably, [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/menage-a-3/it-is-just-a-mild-craving Zii attempts to make the fact explicit]]. It's just possible that Zii is fooling herself, and that [[LoveInterests her feelings run deeper]], but she's probably trying to be honest while effectively describing the trope.

** [[https://pixietrixcomix.com/menage-a-3/really%EF%BC%9F Jung chastises Zii for reading]] {{Yaoi|Fangirl}} when she's supposed to be working. She points out that ''he'' eats when ''he's'' supposed to be working.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Although the comic has, by definition, a primary cast of three, the writers have never been entirely averse to adding supporting characters, and it has been running for long enough to accumulate a fair-sized secondary cast, some of whom have {{ascended|Extra}} from bit-part status quite dramatically. Even members of the core trio can drop out of sight for many weeks of strips sometimes as the viewpoint focuses elsewhere.

* GambitPileup: The first public performance by "Zii and the Troublemakers" is set up to be an epic pile-up, partly due to various characters' gambits, although in the end, there are fewer collisions than there might have been:

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