History YMMV / Oglaf

* AlternativeJokeInterpretation: [[https://www.oglaf.com/mistytwinkle/ Misty Twinkle]]: is the salesman withdrawing the sale of the horse because the client did successfully guess "the thing" or because he's [[BestialityIsDepraved offended at the client's final answer]]?

* EvilIsSexy: The Mistress and the Xonian Ambassador, most prominently. But since non-sexy characters are in the minority, it's not surprising.

* FridgeBrilliance: The first mention of [[MadGod Sithrak]] is by [[ThePaladin Morag the Immortal]], but we don't find out much about him. Later we meet some worshippers who believe he [[http://oglaf.com/sithrak/ tortures everybody forever in the afterlife, whether they were bad or not]]. Compared to that, immortality seems like a pretty good deal, even if [[ImmortalityHurts it does hurt.]]

** 'Butteflies' has someone being slowly dissolved over two weeks in order to transform them into a hot girl. (And he's not even satisfied with the result).

%%** The lady seducing Chauncey in a strip does an... ''accurate'' [[ExorcistHead imitation of an owl]].

** 'Butteflies' has someone being slowly dissolved over two weeks in order to transform them into a hot girl.

* TrueArtIsAngsty: {{Parodied}} in "The Odyssey" where Homer describes Odysseus "Stabbing monsters! Tricking idiots! Banging hot witches all day!" to which a listener rhetorically asks if he's fourteen. Homer then tweaks it...so he's still saying "Stabbing monsters! Tricking idiots! Banging hot witches all day!" but Odysseus says "I miss my wife" at that last one, earning a thumbs-up and declaration of "Fixed" from the previous listener.

* IAmNotShazam: Ivan the Apprentice is the closest thing the comic has to a main character (even though he hasn't appeared in years) and his name is not Oglaf. Oglaf himself is a minor character that only featured in a few comics and only recently reappeared after a six year absence.

** Those warriors in "Plumes" who wear tall headdresses on their helmets to look bigger? That's generally agreed to be the actual reason behind the plumes on hoplite helmets. (Regrettably, no evidence they ever went the CombatStiletto route.)
** Navaan's brief career as a "barber surgeon" seems completely absurd, but it was a real profession: for much of history, physicians regarded surgery as mere butchery and barbers would also work as surgeons due to their skills in using blades with precision. In fact, it's the reason behind the famous "barber's pole" imagery--the red is blood.

* GrowingTheBeard: From one-off strips to two-page vignettes to occasional multi-week story arcs set in a fairly consistent universe [[SubvertedTrope before going back to just one-offs and the vignettes]].

* ParanoiaFuel: "8 legs of love".

** "Performance Anxiety" is sweet, %%in a very sexual way.

* CargoShip: [[http://www.oglaf.com/potion/ "Love Potion"]] and "Fairest".

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments:
** On the rare occasion that the sexual content [[http://oglaf.com/potion-girlfriend/3/ isn't]] PlayedForLaughs.
** "Performance Anxiety" is sweet, in a very sexual way.
** "Balcony" (NSFW).

* MemeticMutation:
** "So... thirsty..."
** "She... is truly my son."
** "Technically I have to accept that."
** "Sithrak's gonna fuck you up when you die!"
** "Once you had a life! You had dreams! Now you're just the blowjob guy!"
** "Really, the only surprising thing is that it didn't happen sooner."
** [[https://www.oglaf.com/labyrinth/ The labyrinth-builder's excited face.]] Often used in ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman situations.
** "I can't believe how hard my cock is right now!". Used in response to something sexually titillating.
** "You can't make me have fun!"

** "Bring out the goddess in me". EEEEK!
** The lady seducing Chauncey in a strip does an... ''accurate'' [[ExorcistHead imitation of an owl]].

* UglyCute:
** The [[http://oglaf.com/changeling/ changeling child]].
** [[http://oglaf.com/blanket/ Look at its little tail!]] (Safe and warm.)
*** You know it's adorable when even the Mistress is having an attack of CutenessProximity over it.
** Navaan thinks this of Ivan's cumsprites.
--->'''Navaan:''' Blowjobs are ''adorable!''

** "[[https://www.oglaf.com/balcony/ Balcony]]" (NSFW).

** "[[https://i.redd.it/vtfw9ipchha11.jpg I can't believe how hard my cock is right now!]]" (NSFW). Used in response to something sexually titillating.

* HilariousInHindsight: Back in 2012, the second part of "[[https://www.oglaf.com/naiads/ Naiads]]" used the idea of "delicious nymph water"[[note]]Extra Fucky![[/note]] being a beverage that people apparently drink for a punchline. Seven years later, the "gamer girl bath water" meme gave the joke a whole new twist.