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''Adam@home'' (originally simply ''Adam'') is a NewspaperComic created by Brian Basset for Universal Press Syndicate. It centers on the daily life of its nerdy title character Adam Newman and his family, comprised by his wife Laura and his children Clayton, Katy and baby Nick. The household is rounded out by Gumbo, a dog adopted by the family.
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''Adam@home'' (originally simply ''Adam'') is a NewspaperComic created by Brian Basset for Universal Press Syndicate. It centers on the daily life of its nerdy title character Adam Newman Newman, who is a work-at-home writer, and his family, comprised by his wife Laura and his children Clayton, Katy and baby Nick. The household is rounded out by Gumbo, a dog adopted by the family.
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* ColbertBump: InUniverse example; in [[https://www.gocomics.com/adamathome/2023/05/09?ct=v&cti=2537610 this comic]] Laura realizes the sales of her book "The Wretched Turnip" skyrocketed because Creator/OprahWinfrey has a copy.
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* HumanCannonball: In a [[https://www.gocomics.com/adamathome/2022/04/11?ct=v&cti=2537610 april 2022 arc]], Clayton wants to start a human cannonball team with his dad to get rich. They never actually get this far though as Laura catches them in the act while they are training.
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* AllGirlsLikePonies: Katie loves ponies and hopes to own one someday.
* ArtEvolution: The comic was originally drawn in black and white before switching to color, and the characters' overal design slightly changed over the years.
* ArtEvolution: The comic was originally drawn in black and white before switching to color, and the characters' overal design slightly changed over the years.
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* DreamSequence: A [[https://www.gocomics.com/adamathome/2024/01/15?ct=v&cti=2537610 January 2024]] story arc is set entirely in a dream by Adam in which his baby son and dog can talk. The two immediately lampshade the trope.
* DreamWithinADream: As part of the DreamSequence mentioned above, Adam eventually seems to wake up only to realize his son and dog are still talking. When he asks them how this is possible, Nick explains the trope to him and even namedrops the trope:
-->'''Nick''': Dream within a dream, a pretty tired movie trope, I'd say.
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* MediumAwareness: The characters regularly make it clear they are aware that they live in a comic strip, like mentioning how they hope a certain storyline is over before friday.
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* WritersBlock: Another RunningGag is Adam struggling to come up with something to write about, and his subsequent attempts to find inspiration.
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* PredatoryBusiness: A RunningGag is Clayton forgoing the traditional lemonade stand in favor of a coffee stand. One Sunday strip has him waiting for customers only for a sinister-looking limo to drive by. After asking them "Can I help you?", we SmashCut to a panel of Clayton holding a wad of bills while his stand is bulldozed to make way for a new Starbucks.
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Renamed to Sexy Sweater Girl. "People wearing sweaters" is not a trope.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse? In a few early strips, the Newmans had a dog named Kip. He was never seen again in any strips and an offhand comment by Adam in one strip mentions he died. The family would not have a dog again until Gumbo.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse? WhatHappenedToTheMouse: In a few early strips, the Newmans had a dog named Kip. He was never seen again in any strips and an offhand comment by Adam in one strip mentions he died. The family would not have a dog again until Gumbo.
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** To ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': In one strip, the kids are seen watching "Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror". In another, Adam states his personal manifesto, which includes the belief that "Phineas is nothing without Ferb.
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** To ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': In one strip, the kids are seen watching "Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror". In another, Adam states his personal manifesto, which includes the belief that "Phineas is nothing without Ferb.Ferb".
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* ABoyAGirlAndABabyFamily: Clayton, Katy, and Nick.
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* ABoyAGirlAndABabyFamily: Adam and Laura's kids consist of Clayton, Katy, and baby Nick.
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* ABoyAGirlAndABabyFamily: Clayton, Katy, and Nick.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse? In a few early strips, the Newmans had a dog named Kip. He was never seen again in any strips and an offhand comment by Adam in one strip mentions he died. The family would not have a dog again until Gumbo.
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** In one strip, the kids are seen watching "Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror".
** In another, Adam states his personal manifesto, which includes the belief that "Phineas is nothing without Ferb.
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** In another, Adam states his personal manifesto, which includes the belief that "Phineas is nothing without Ferb.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** To''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'':
**''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': In one strip, the kids are seen watching "Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror".
**Terror". In another, Adam states his personal manifesto, which includes the belief that "Phineas is nothing without Ferb.Ferb.
** Adam collapses in the grocery store from a kidney stone and calls Laura to tell her he is in the hospital:
--->'''Laura''': Hospital? What is it?\\
'''Adam''': [[Film/{{Airplane}} It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now.]]\\
'''Laura''': It can't be too bad if you are quoting Creator/LeslieNielsen lines.
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--->'''Laura''': Hospital? What is it?\\
'''Adam''': [[Film/{{Airplane}} It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now.]]\\
'''Laura''': It can't be too bad if you are quoting Creator/LeslieNielsen lines.
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* INeedToGoIronMyDog: Laura escapes a MotorMouth by [[http://www.gocomics.com/adamathome/2012/01/22 saying her llama is double-parked.]]
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* ShoutOut: To ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'':
** In one strip, the kids are seen watching "Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror".
** In another, Adam states his personal manifesto, which includes the belief that "Phineas is nothing without Ferb.
** In one strip, the kids are seen watching "Lawn Gnome Beach Party of Terror".
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''Adam@home'' (originally simply ''Adam'') is a NewspaperComic created by Brian Basset for Universal Press Syndicate. It centers on the daily life of its nerdy title character Adam Newman and his family, comprised by his wife Laura and his children Clayton and Katy. The household is rounded out by Gumbo, a dog adopted by the family.
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''Adam@home'' (originally simply ''Adam'') is a NewspaperComic created by Brian Basset for Universal Press Syndicate. It centers on the daily life of its nerdy title character Adam Newman and his family, comprised by his wife Laura and his children Clayton Clayton, Katy and Katy.baby Nick. The household is rounded out by Gumbo, a dog adopted by the family.
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''Adam@home'' (originally simply ''Adam'') is a NewspaperComic created by Brian Basset for Universal Press Syndicate. It centers on the daily life of its nerdy tite character Adam Newman and his family, comprised by his wife Laura and his children Clayton and Katy. The household is rounded out by Gumbo, a dog adopted by the family.
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''Adam@home'' (originally simply ''Adam'') is a NewspaperComic created by Brian Basset for Universal Press Syndicate. It centers on the daily life of its nerdy tite title character Adam Newman and his family, comprised by his wife Laura and his children Clayton and Katy. The household is rounded out by Gumbo, a dog adopted by the family.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Adam can be a insufferably neurotic nut at times; but his timid, often innocent personality wins over any of his flaws.
* BrattyHalfPint: Katy
* BumblingDad: Subverted, since it's Adam's dorkiness what gets him in trouble.
* CharacterTitle
* CheerfulChild: Clayton
* DeadpanSnarker: Laura
* TheDitz: Adam
* FourTemperamentEnsemble
** Sanguine: Laura
** Choleric: Katy
** Melancholic: Adam
** Phlegmatic: Clayton
** Leukine: Gumbo
* HappilyMarried: Adam and Laura.
* HenpeckedHusband: Adam, sometimes. Not that he ''really'' minds.
* LargeHam: Adam, of course.
* BrattyHalfPint: Katy
* BumblingDad: Subverted, since it's Adam's dorkiness what gets him in trouble.
* CharacterTitle
* CheerfulChild: Clayton
* DeadpanSnarker: Laura
* TheDitz: Adam
* FourTemperamentEnsemble
** Sanguine: Laura
** Choleric: Katy
** Melancholic: Adam
** Phlegmatic: Clayton
** Leukine: Gumbo
* HappilyMarried: Adam and Laura.
* HenpeckedHusband: Adam, sometimes. Not that he ''really'' minds.
* LargeHam: Adam, of course.
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%% * BrattyHalfPint: Katy
%% * BumblingDad: Subverted, since it's Adam's dorkiness what gets him in trouble.
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%% * DeadpanSnarker: Laura
%% * TheDitz: Adam
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%% ** Sanguine: Laura
%% ** Choleric: Katy
%% ** Melancholic: Adam
%% ** Phlegmatic: Clayton
%% ** Leukine: Gumbo
%% * HappilyMarried: Adam and Laura.
%% * HenpeckedHusband: Adam, sometimes. Not that he ''really'' minds.
%% * LargeHam: Adam, of course.
%% * BrattyHalfPint: Katy
%% * BumblingDad: Subverted, since it's Adam's dorkiness what gets him in trouble.
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%% * DeadpanSnarker: Laura
%% * TheDitz: Adam
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%% ** Sanguine: Laura
%% ** Choleric: Katy
%% ** Melancholic: Adam
%% ** Phlegmatic: Clayton
%% ** Leukine: Gumbo
%% * HappilyMarried: Adam and Laura.
%% * HenpeckedHusband: Adam, sometimes. Not that he ''really'' minds.
%% * LargeHam: Adam, of course.
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* PreciousPuppies: In 2012 the Newmans adopted a labradoodle named Gumbo
* SweaterGirl: Laura, often.
* TwitchyEye: While hardly a StepfordSmiler, Laura can get pretty annoyed at Adam's antics once in a while, and shows it by twitching.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Adam and Laura: He's nerdy, balding and out of shape and she's pretty much the opposite.
* WomenAreWiser: Laura to Adam, of course,
* SweaterGirl: Laura, often.
* TwitchyEye: While hardly a StepfordSmiler, Laura can get pretty annoyed at Adam's antics once in a while, and shows it by twitching.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Adam and Laura: He's nerdy, balding and out of shape and she's pretty much the opposite.
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* PreciousPuppies: In 2012 2012, the Newmans adopted a labradoodle named Gumbo
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* TwitchyEye:While hardly a StepfordSmiler, Laura can get pretty annoyed at Adam's antics once in a while, and shows it by twitching.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Adam and Laura: He's nerdy, balding and out of shape and she's very attractive and pretty muchthe his opposite.
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* LongRunner: Since more or less the mid-1980s.
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* WomenAreWiser: Laura to Adam, of course,
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'''''Adam@home''''' (originally simply '''''Adam'''') '''''Adam''''') is a NewspaperComic created by Brian Basset for Universal Press Syndicate. It centers on the daily life of its' nerdy tite character Adam Newman and his family, comprised by his wife Laura and his children Clayton and Katy. The household is rounded out by Gumbo, a dog adopted by the family.
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* Adorkable: Adam can be a insufferably neurotic nut at times; but his timid, often innocent personality wins over any of his flaws.
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'''''Adam@home''''' (originally simply '''''Adam'''') is a NewspaperComic created by Brian Basset for Universal Press Syndicate. It centers on the daily life of its' nerdy tite character Adam Newman and his family, comprised by his wife Laura and his children Clayton and Katy. The household is rounded out by Gumbo, a dog adopted by the family.
Basset no longer works on the strip full-time, turning his attention to ''Red and Rover''. Since 2009, most duties were handed over to long-time assistant Rob Harrell, the strip's current artist.
!!This strip contains examples of:
* Adorkable: Adam can be a insufferably neurotic nut at times; but his timid, often innocent personality wins over any of his flaws.
* BrattyHalfPint: Katy
* BumblingDad: Subverted, since it's Adam's dorkiness what gets him in trouble.
* CharacterTitle
* CheerfulChild: Clayton
* DeadpanSnarker: Laura
* TheDitz: Adam
* FourTemperamentEnsemble
** Sanguine: Laura
** Choleric: Katy
** Melancholic: Adam
** Phlegmatic: Clayton
** Leukine: Gumbo
* HappilyMarried: Adam and Laura.
* HenpeckedHusband: Adam, sometimes. Not that he ''really'' minds.
* LargeHam: Adam, of course.
* LongRunner: Since more or less the mid-1980s.
* MustHaveCoffee: A RunningGag deals with Adam's fondness for coffee.
* PreciousPuppies: In 2012 the Newmans adopted a labradoodle named Gumbo
* SweaterGirl: Laura, often.
* TwitchyEye: While hardly a StepfordSmiler, Laura can get pretty annoyed at Adam's antics once in a while, and shows it by twitching.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Adam and Laura: He's nerdy, balding and out of shape and she's pretty much the opposite.
* WomenAreWiser: Laura to Adam, of course,
Basset no longer works on the strip full-time, turning his attention to ''Red and Rover''. Since 2009, most duties were handed over to long-time assistant Rob Harrell, the strip's current artist.
!!This strip contains examples of:
* Adorkable: Adam can be a insufferably neurotic nut at times; but his timid, often innocent personality wins over any of his flaws.
* BrattyHalfPint: Katy
* BumblingDad: Subverted, since it's Adam's dorkiness what gets him in trouble.
* CharacterTitle
* CheerfulChild: Clayton
* DeadpanSnarker: Laura
* TheDitz: Adam
* FourTemperamentEnsemble
** Sanguine: Laura
** Choleric: Katy
** Melancholic: Adam
** Phlegmatic: Clayton
** Leukine: Gumbo
* HappilyMarried: Adam and Laura.
* HenpeckedHusband: Adam, sometimes. Not that he ''really'' minds.
* LargeHam: Adam, of course.
* LongRunner: Since more or less the mid-1980s.
* MustHaveCoffee: A RunningGag deals with Adam's fondness for coffee.
* PreciousPuppies: In 2012 the Newmans adopted a labradoodle named Gumbo
* SweaterGirl: Laura, often.
* TwitchyEye: While hardly a StepfordSmiler, Laura can get pretty annoyed at Adam's antics once in a while, and shows it by twitching.
* UglyGuyHotWife: Adam and Laura: He's nerdy, balding and out of shape and she's pretty much the opposite.
* WomenAreWiser: Laura to Adam, of course,
