History ComicBook / TheAdventuresOfDAndA

* BrokenAesop: In the third story, Captain Tim tells D & A to call him for backup in case the situation with Kitora gets dangerous, saying, "The SWSC uses teamwork more than anything to solve a crisis." D & A promptly ''don't'' do this when they get to Tokyo and find that Kitora is a rampaging {{Kaiju}}. Though the duo do successfully manage to handle the situation by themselves, it's not brought up again at the end of the story.

* '''"Plan 10 from Outer Space"''' (August 30, 1997): The OriginStory; Denise and Adam meet for the first time, run from some Malig-Not aliens, stumble upon the SWSC, and stop a secret invasion.

* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Denise. Adam quickly picks up on this when they first meet, and calls her "Scientist Girl."

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* SlasherSmile: The elderly woman with the ionic blaster at the end of the first story.

* SpiritualSuccessor:
** ''D & A'' seems to be one for ''DA Casebusters'', a recurring non-comic serial about two fictional {{Kid Detective}}s, which ran in ''Disney Adventures'' during the magazine's production in Burbank.
** After ''D & A'''s cancellation, ''Disney Adventures'' would later try the "secret organization fighting aliens and monsters" thing again in 1999 with the ''Super Music Action Ready Team'' comics.

* NoSell: Adam's attack with the electro-wrench doesn't work on Kitora. Justified in that Captain Tim told Adam that the wrench's static electricity wouldn't hurt anyone, but at worst only stun or annoy them.

** It also never reveals how or if the SWSC deals with Prince Malevolon's secret Malig-Not base. All we know is that Denise and Adam stop Prince Malevolon from receiving new weapons, right before the duo is beamed out by Captain Tim.

* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Aside from Captain Tim rushing away to deal with the Malig-Not ruse in the Himalayas, we don't see him, Commander Maria, or Mecha-Moth actually ''do'' anything to fight the SWSC's villains. Mecha-Mole doesn't do a whole lot either, but he at least provides tactical warnings to Denise and Adam, and plays a small role in distracting the Darkwyne Ogre.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The electro-wrench. It's meant to repair electronic devices, but it's [[ArtisticLicenseEngineering impractical as a tool]] -- Captain Tim even tells Adam that its static electricity might short out his Walkman -- and almost useless as a weapon.

* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Aside from Captain Tim rushing away to deal with the Malig-Not ruse in the Himalayas, we don't see him, Commander Maria, or Mecha-Moth actually ''do'' anything. Mecha-Mole isn't much help either, but he at least provides tactical warnings to Denise and Adam, and plays a small role in distracting the Darkwyne Ogre.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The comic never resolves the conflict that Adam had with his brother at the start of the first story.

* FreeRangeChildren: To the extent that they first meet each other in the woods where Denise is enjoying a casual stroll by herself, and where Adam says his brother "and his creepy friends" hang out. Eventually {{exaggerated|Trope}} in the third story where D & A are sent to Tokyo. The comic never even introduces the duo's respective parents; Adam talks briefly about his parents, but Denise's parents aren't even ''mentioned''.

** We never meet Adam's brother, who he's waiting to ambush in the first story.

* SiblingRivalry: Adam and his brother. Adam actually meets Denise because he's waiting to ambush his brother with grape jelly, in retaliation for his brother blaming Adam for tracking mud in the house.