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Clockwise from top: Sunshine, Fred, Hannah, Kiley, Summer, Skye and Dani.
Twice the Triplets is a webcomic created by Berg and started in 2013. It follows the everyday life of Frederick "Fred" Dunville and his six nieces, who he's raising since their father died. They're two sets of triplets, the 10-11 year olds Summer, Hannah and Dani and the 6-7 are Kiley, Skye and Sunshine. Eventually, Fred gets married with his fiancé Dacey, and her teen sister Chloe also joins the family.

The series is split in seven volumes and can be viewed here. Some pages were also published in DeviantArt.

Twice the Triplets includes examples of:

  • Abusive Parents: For a short period, the girls all end up in separate foster homes that range from quirky to this. Poor Hannah gets the worst of it, with her being physically abused and forced to claim it was from "falling in the shower".
  • Aerith and Bob: The girls are Summer, Hannah, Dani, Kiley, Skye… and Sunshine.
  • Alliterative Name: Dani Dunville.
    • Also, Dacey Dunville.
  • Alliterative Family: Downplayed, but exactly half of the kids are named Summer, Skye and Sunshine, and their father was named Steve.
  • Alt Text: Every comic uses this for a small comment from the author.
  • Annoying Younger Sibling: Kiley, specially to Summer.
    • Chloe is also this to Dacey.
  • Bait-and-Switch: After Fred finds Hannah's former abusive foster father and beats him up, back at home he comments how they won't have to deal with him ever again. Cue Hannah, outside by herself, being suddenly kidnapped by an unseen figure... who turns out to be Mrs Mimsy, who is significantly less dangerous (albeit still very troubling, as we learn).
  • Barbie Doll Anatomy: Averted. The characters are sometimes shown naked, but they do have realistic nipples and genitalia.
  • Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: The Big Three: Hannah is blonde, Dani is brunette and Summer is Redhead.
  • Cheerful Child: All the Little Three are this, but Sunshine has this as her defining trait, fitting her odd name.
  • Child Hater: Dacey, at least in the beginning. But once she gets married to Fred, she's obligated to connect with the girls, and after a while this isn't mentioned whatsoever. This trait of her seems to be definitely forgotten when she has children with Fred.
  • Dead Guy Junior: Two of three of Fred and Dacey's children are named after his dead brother Steve and her dead mom Olivia. Ironically, the only one to have "Junior" in the name is named after Fred himself.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Summer.
  • Fowl-Mouthed Parrot: Swearbird, a bird who doesn't say nothing but Atomic F-Bombs.
  • Goofy Print Underwear: In one comic where the main characters give advice on how to avoid being embarrassed, Hannah advises not to wear pony underwear when it's windy.
  • Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Hannah is blonde and also kind and helpful.
  • Karma Houdini: Mikey. He's rarely seen not tormenting the others, especially Sean, and he always manages to make Sean look like the bad guy. The most karma he gets is being sprayed by a skunk, beaten up by Sean, and his parents implicitly being less forgiving on him in the future - all of which are lessened by Sean, in all three situations, suffering in some way as well.
  • Massively Numbered Siblings: Six, to be exact. A really big crowd. The eventual addition of Chloe makes it seven. They're up to ten total by the end.
  • Naked People Are Funny: It's used so many times, it would be too much to list them all:
    • "Scenes of Siblinghood" has Sunshine gaming naked. Summer seems to point her lack of shame… but she's referring to Sunshine's high score.
    • In "Little Dippers", the family stops a road trip to rest. The Little Three wants to swim, but because they didn't bring swimsuits, Fred (reluctantly) let them swim naked. Dani joins them, but didn't expect a classmate camping next there, and Hilarity ensues
    • In "Straight Outta Bath", Dani forgets his clothes in the bedroom, and those suspiciously familiar boys do a visit when she's bathing. When they go play hide and seek with her sisters, she takes advantage of the situation to run to the room, where she throws the towel off… and finds five of the 11 kids hiding there.
  • Nephewism: Fred is raising the six children of his dead brother.
  • Same-Sex Triplets: There's two sets of triplets, all of them are girls, but they're not identical. Averted with Dacey's babies, who are two boys and one girl.
  • Short Teens, Tall Adults: Chloe is significantly shorter than Dacey and other adults.
  • Shrinking Violet: Dani.
  • Spear Counterpart: Volume 6 presents six boys who look and act much like the girls. Fortunately, their mom is still alive.
  • Stalker with a Crush: Mrs Zellner becomes this to Fred, only leaving him alone when he gets married.
  • Unwanted Assistance: Skye tries to be a good kid, but Fred doesn't need her help.

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