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** A [[http://www.dorktower.com/2023/09/12/dorking-of-age-i-dork-tower-12-09-23/ guest week by David Willis]] had ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'''s Joyce visiting Gilly and Stel at the library, with jokes about the differing art style, [=DoA=]'s use of comic book time, and Stell insisting that when you acknowledge the fourth wall, ''the cartoonists win''.
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** A [[http://www.dorktower.com/2023/09/12/dorking-of-age-i-dork-tower-12-09-23/ guest week by David Willis]] had ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'''s Joyce visiting Gilly and Stel at the library, with jokes about the differing art style, [=DoA=]'s use of comic book time, ComicBookTime, and Stell insisting that when you acknowledge the fourth wall, ''the cartoonists win''.
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* OnceOriginalNowCommon: Referenced InUniverse when [[http://www.dorktower.com/2002/02/25/comics-archive-268/ a pair of children are talking about how]] ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' was ripping off various sources.
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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: Referenced InUniverse when [[http://www.dorktower.com/2002/02/25/comics-archive-268/ a pair of children are talking about how]] ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' was ripping off various sources.
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** A [[http://www.dorktower.com/2023/09/12/dorking-of-age-i-dork-tower-12-09-23/ guest week by David Willis]] had ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'''s Joyce visiting Gilly and Stel at the library, with jokes about the differing art style, [=DoA=]'s use of comic book time, and Stell insisting that when you acknowledge the fourth wall, ''the cartoonists win''.
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*** Later supplanted by ''[[Literature/{{Twilight}} Vampire: The Sparkling]]"
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*** Later supplanted by ''[[Literature/{{Twilight}} ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Vampire: The Sparkling]]"
* ComplacentGamingSyndrome: InUniverse, this often happens to Matt's sessions; even when they try to change games/genres/systems for variety, the gang inevitably falls back to [[http://www.dorktower.com/2006/12/13/comics-archive-868/ their usual medieval fantasy standby.]]
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* CutApart[=/=]TrickDialogue: A frequent source of comedy. One story begins with Gilly and Matt preparing for a blind date. We then see them at a table talking, and seeing how they share lots of common interests and hobbies. The final panel shows that they are actually sitting at two different tables, each talking to someone else who think their hobbies are weird.
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* CutApart[=/=]TrickDialogue: CutApart: A frequent source of comedy. One story begins with Gilly and Matt preparing for a blind date. We then see them at a table talking, and seeing how they share lots of common interests and hobbies. The final panel shows that they are actually sitting at two different tables, each talking to someone else who think their hobbies are weird.
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* OfficialCouple: As of ''The Tao of Igor,'' Ken and Sujata. Ken proposed to her and she accepted.
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* OfficialCouple: As Ken and Sujata were engaged as of ''The Tao of Igor,'' Ken and Sujata. Ken proposed to her and she accepted.Igor''.
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* LoveObstructingParents: Sujata's parents are opposed to her relationship to Ken, as they'd prefer for her to marry a fellow Indian.
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%% * NotThisOneThatOne: [[http://www.dorktower.com/2009/01/21/?catid=6 Seen here.]]
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* LoveTriangle: Matt, Gilly, and Kayleigh.
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* LoveTriangle: Matt, Gilly, and Kayleigh. Then Estella gets involved...
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* RunningGag: Several, but special mention has to go to the "Bookstore Girl", which spans '''over 20 years''' at the time of this writing. [[http://www.dorktower.com/1997/07/04/shadis-magazine-strip-4/ First appearance (2001),]] [[http://www.dorktower.com/2011/10/31/6311/ second appearance,]] and [[http://www.dorktower.com/2022/08/24/2000-dork-towers-cant-be-wrong-dork-tower-24-08-22/ third appearance.]]
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* RunningGag: Several, but special mention has to go to the "Bookstore Girl", which spans '''over 20 years''' at the time of this writing. [[http://www.dorktower.com/1997/07/04/shadis-magazine-strip-4/ First appearance (2001),]] [[http://www.dorktower.com/2011/10/31/6311/ second appearance,]] appearance (2011),]] and [[http://www.dorktower.com/2022/08/24/2000-dork-towers-cant-be-wrong-dork-tower-24-08-22/ third appearance.appearance (2022).]]
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* SuckOutThePoison: Nobody volunteers to do this for Igor.
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* SuckOutThePoison: Nobody volunteers Averted; when Igor thinks he's poisoned, none of his friends volunteer to do this for Igor.this.
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* ComingOutStory: Gilly doesn't have a coming-out story, she has a [[http://www.dorktower.com/2022/10/24/come-out-come-out-wherever-you-are-dork-tower-24-10-22/ Coming-Out Carnival With Explosions and Awesome.]]
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* StraightGay: Walden.
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* StraightGay: Walden.None of the gay or bisexual characters in ''Dork Tower'' demonstrate any stereotypical camp traits.
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* WallOfBlatherWallOfBlather: Usually occurs when one of the characters (typically Igor or Ken) goes on an extra-passionate rant about a particular fan topic.
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* WhenThePlanetsAlign
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* WhenThePlanetsAlignWhenThePlanetsAlign: Invoked in [[http://www.dorktower.com/2006/06/23/comics-archive-799/ this]] LovecraftLite comic.
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* WorldOfPun: The comic is overflowing with puns, either as punchlines to individual strips, punchlines to gags, or just part of the drive-by snark while other things are happening.
** Just a few examples out of dozens [[http://www.dorktower.com/2018/04/03/tweet-sturm-und-drang-dork-tower-03-04-18/ here,]] [[http://www.dorktower.com/2018/06/14/betrayal-at-baldur-great-dork-tower-14-06-18/ here,]] [[http://www.dorktower.com/2019/01/10/checks-and-ballances-dork-tower-10-01-19/ here,]] [[http://www.dorktower.com/2023/07/19/meeple-people-dork-tower-19-07-23/ here,]] and [[http://www.dorktower.com/2001/02/22/comics-archive-98/ here.]]
** Just a few examples out of dozens [[http://www.dorktower.com/2018/04/03/tweet-sturm-und-drang-dork-tower-03-04-18/ here,]] [[http://www.dorktower.com/2018/06/14/betrayal-at-baldur-great-dork-tower-14-06-18/ here,]] [[http://www.dorktower.com/2019/01/10/checks-and-ballances-dork-tower-10-01-19/ here,]] [[http://www.dorktower.com/2023/07/19/meeple-people-dork-tower-19-07-23/ here,]] and [[http://www.dorktower.com/2001/02/22/comics-archive-98/ here.]]
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* WorldOfPun: The comic is overflowing with puns, either as punchlines to individual strips, punchlines to gags, or just part of the drive-by snark while other things are happening.
**happening. Just a few examples out of dozens [[http://www.dorktower.com/2018/04/03/tweet-sturm-und-drang-dork-tower-03-04-18/ here,]] [[http://www.dorktower.com/2018/06/14/betrayal-at-baldur-great-dork-tower-14-06-18/ here,]] [[http://www.dorktower.com/2019/01/10/checks-and-ballances-dork-tower-10-01-19/ here,]] [[http://www.dorktower.com/2023/07/19/meeple-people-dork-tower-19-07-23/ here,]] and [[http://www.dorktower.com/2001/02/22/comics-archive-98/ here.]]
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** [[http://www.dorktower.com/2023/07/27/aack-attack-dork-tower-27-07-23/ This strip]] breaks the fourth wall and throws in a TakeThat at ''ComicStrip/{{Cathy}}'' as well.
* CatsAreMean: A recurring theme in the comic is the wanton damage and indifferent cruelty inflicted by Matt's cats. All those intricate miniatures and expensive art supplies are just ''too'' tempting...
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** Just a few examples out of dozens [[http://www.dorktower.com/2018/04/03/tweet-sturm-und-drang-dork-tower-03-04-18/ here,]] [[http://www.dorktower.com/2018/06/14/betrayal-at-baldur-great-dork-tower-14-06-18/ here,]] [[http://www.dorktower.com/2019/01/10/checks-and-ballances-dork-tower-10-01-19/ here,]] and [[http://www.dorktower.com/2001/02/22/comics-archive-98/ here.]]
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** Just a few examples out of dozens [[http://www.dorktower.com/2018/04/03/tweet-sturm-und-drang-dork-tower-03-04-18/ here,]] [[http://www.dorktower.com/2018/06/14/betrayal-at-baldur-great-dork-tower-14-06-18/ here,]] [[http://www.dorktower.com/2019/01/10/checks-and-ballances-dork-tower-10-01-19/ here,]] [[http://www.dorktower.com/2023/07/19/meeple-people-dork-tower-19-07-23/ here,]] and [[http://www.dorktower.com/2001/02/22/comics-archive-98/ here.]]
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* '''Sujata''' is Kayleigh's roommate. After dating Ken, she got into gaming -- to his dismay, as [[IWasBeatenByAGirl she tends to be better at it than he is]]...
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* '''Sujata''' '''Sujata Murthy''' is Kayleigh's roommate. After dating Ken, she got into gaming -- to his dismay, as [[IWasBeatenByAGirl she tends to be better at it than he is]]...
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** Shout-outs to [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Charles Schultz]] and [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes Bill Watterson]] show up from time to time.
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** Shout-outs Homages to [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Charles Schultz]] and [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes Bill Watterson]] show up from time to time.
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** [[http://www.dorktower.com/2022/05/13/another-brick-in-the-fourth-wall-dork-tower-13-05-22/ This strip]] both breaks the fourth wall and then [[LeaningOnTheFourthWall leans on it.]]
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* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Anxiety appears as a one-eyed two-horned hairy [[http://www.dorktower.com/2022/01/10/size-matters-dork-tower-10-01-22/ troll.]]
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* {{Munchkin}}: Igor, and how! It doesn't matter what game they're playing, he ''will'' exploit the rules to their min/max potential and drive Matt crazy as a result.
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* {{Munchkin}}: Igor, and how! It doesn't matter what game they're playing, he ''will'' exploit the rules to their min/max potential and drive Matt crazy as a result. He'll even do this for [[http://www.dorktower.com/2014/08/13/much-to-do-about-nothing-dork-tower-1308-14/ non-game systems...]]
** The infamous RPG anecdote of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_and_the_Dread_Gazebo "Eric and the Dread Gazebo"]] gets a tip [[http://www.dorktower.com/2013/04/16/an-intro-to-roleplaying-dork-tower-16-04-13/ here.]]
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* TwoferTokenMinority: Estella is a triple-minority, being black, Hispanic, and gay.
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* TwoferTokenMinority: Estella is a triple-minority, being black, Hispanic, and gay. Or as she calls it, [[http://www.dorktower.com/2022/05/06/wait-dork-tower-06-05-22/ "the total package".]]
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* MissedHimByThatMuch: Happens frequently between characters with a romantic past or unfulfilled love. Matt and Gilly are the most frequent pair, but it happens with the others as well.
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** Shout-outs to [[ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} Charles Schultz]] and [[ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes Bill Watterson]] show up from time to time.
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* ActionizedAdaptation: [[http://www.dorktower.com/2021/10/01/foundations-edgy-dork-tower-01-10-21/ Discussed here.]]
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* AuthorAvatar / CreatorCameo: Both tropes were done at the same time with a dash of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness. John Kovalic first included himself in [[http://www.dorktower.com/2015/11/19/11408/ this strip]] as a characteridentified as "John" in the blog tags. The character later appears in [[http://www.dorktower.com/2018/02/16/again-and-again-dork-tower-16-02-18/ this strip]] with the blog tag "Steve", but with the same wife and daughter from the earlier strips. Subsequent appearances have him tagged as both "John" and "Steve" until September 10, 2019, whereupon the "Steve" was used exclusively.
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* AuthorAvatar / CreatorCameo: Both tropes were done at the same time with a dash of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness. John Kovalic first included himself in [[http://www.dorktower.com/2015/11/19/11408/ this strip]] as a characteridentified character identified as "John" in the blog tags. The character later appears in [[http://www.dorktower.com/2018/02/16/again-and-again-dork-tower-16-02-18/ this strip]] with the blog tag "Steve", but with the same wife and daughter from the earlier strips. Subsequent appearances have him tagged as both "John" and "Steve" until September 10, 2019, whereupon the "Steve" tag was used exclusively.
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* BreakingTheFourthWallBreakingTheFourthWall: Done occasionally to various degrees for laughs, [[http://www.dorktower.com/2021/09/22/blamebook-22-09-21/ such as here.]]
