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Blue Eyes is being split into different tropes (Creepy Blue Eyes,Innocent Blue Eyes, Occult Blue Eyes and Icy Blue Eyes) as per this thread
because it\'s not just about having that eye colour, it\'s about what traits blue eyes supposed to symbolise and blue eyes is constantly being misused for \"X has blue eyes\", so anything that doesn\'t fit the split off tropes or Zero Content Examples will be removed. This goes for most of the Common Eye Colours tropes as well
because it\'s not just about having that eye colour, it\'s about what traits blue eyes supposed to symbolise and blue eyes is constantly being misused for \"X has blue eyes\", so anything that doesn\'t fit the split off tropes or Zero Content Examples will be removed. This goes for most of the Common Eye Colours tropes as well Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Blue Eyes is being split into different tropes (Creepy Blue Eyes,Innocent Blue Eyes, Occult Blue Eyes and Icy Blue Eyes) as per this thread because it\'s not just about having that eye colour, it\'s about what traits blue eyes supposed to symbolise and blue eyes is constantly being misused for \"X has blue eyes\", so anything that doesn\'t fit the split off tropes or Zero Content Examples will be removed. This goes for most of the Common Eye Colours tropes as well
because it\'s not just about having that eye colour, it\'s about what traits blue eyes supposed to symbolise and blue eyes is constantly being misused for \"X has blue eyes\", so anything that doesn\'t fit the split off tropes or Zero Content Examples will be removed. This goes for most of the Common Eye Colours tropes as wellDeleted line(s) 32 (click to see context) :
* BlueEyes: Wren (see the link in "Green-eyed Redhead.")
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* ShoutOut: One of the crocodiles from ''PearlsBeforeSwine'' appears on a box of cereal. Most likely a reference to ''Pearls'' featuring a ''Baby Blues''-centric storyline around the same time.
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* ShoutOut: One of the crocodiles from ''PearlsBeforeSwine'' ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'' appears on a box of cereal. Most likely a reference to ''Pearls'' featuring a ''Baby Blues''-centric storyline around the same time.
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* IAteWhat: In the Easter 2012 Sunday Strip, Darryl is continuously asking Hammie, Zoe, and Wren if they are certain if they found all of the easter eggs in the area while trying to heavily hint at the egg on the porch lamp. The kids continuously attempt to insist that they have found every single one, before Hammie points out just as Darryl is about to eat the egg that the one on the porch light didn't count, as that was there since last year. Cue Darryl rushing inside to locate a restroom, presumably to vomit up the egg he just ate.
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* IAteWhat: In the Easter 2012 Sunday Strip, Darryl is continuously asking Hammie, Zoe, and Wren if they are certain if they found all of the easter eggs in the area while trying to heavily hint at the egg on the porch lamp. The kids continuously attempt to insist that they have found every single one, before Hammie points out just as Darryl is about to eat the egg that the one on the porch light didn't count, as that was there since last year. Cue Darryl rushing inside to locate a restroom, presumably to vomit up the egg he just ate. It can be seen [[http://babyblues.com/archive/index.php?formname=getstrip&GoToDay=04/08/2012 here]].
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* WildlifeCommentarySpoof: Averted. One arc had Wanda, Darryl, and Zoe watching a Wildlife Documentary about a family of Meerkats, only to be shown a lot of NightmareFuel when the Meerkats are eaten one by one by Hyenas, a snake, and even a hawk.
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* NightmareFuel: [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?formname=getstrip&GoToDay=03/29/2011 This strip]] is actually an in-universe example.
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* AccidentalNightmareFuel: [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?formname=getstrip&GoToDay=03/29/2011 This strip]] is actually an in-universe example.
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* ImaginaryFriend: Zoe had Nadine ([[{{Arthur}} Not that Nadine]]), her "invisible friend," who wore polka-dots and pigtails and only ate cheese. Later, Nadine became Zoe's invisible sister. And TruthInTelevision, the idea for Zoe's imaginary friend was based on Rick Kirkman's daughter's imaginary friends, one of which was from Neptune.
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* ImaginaryFriend: Zoe had Nadine ([[{{Arthur}} ([[WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}} Not that Nadine]]), her "invisible friend," who wore polka-dots and pigtails and only ate cheese. Later, Nadine became Zoe's invisible sister. And TruthInTelevision, the idea for Zoe's imaginary friend was based on Rick Kirkman's daughter's imaginary friends, one of which was from Neptune.
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* SoWhatDoWeDoNow: The first strip began this way.
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* EverythingsBetterDeepFried: More like fried in [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2003-07-19 this example.]]
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* EverythingsBetterDeepFried: DeepFriedWhatever: More like fried in [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2003-07-19 this example.]]
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* ImaginaryFriend: Zoe had Nadine, her "invisible friend," who wore polka-dots and pigtails and only ate cheese. Later, Nadine became Zoe's invisible sister. And TruthInTelevision, the idea for Zoe's imaginary friend was based on Rick Kirkman's daughter's imaginary friends, one of which was from Neptune.
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* IAteWhat: In the Easter 2012 Sunday Strip, Darryl is continuously asking Hammie, Zoe, and Wren if they are certain if they found all of the easter eggs in the area while trying to heavily hint at the egg on the porch lamp. The kids continuously attempt to insist that they have found every single one, before Hammie points out just as Darryl is about to eat the egg that the one on the porch light didn't count, as that was there since last year. Cue Darryl rushing inside to locate a restroom, presumably to vomit up the egg he just ate.
* ImaginaryFriend: Zoe hadNadine, Nadine ([[{{Arthur}} Not that Nadine]]), her "invisible friend," who wore polka-dots and pigtails and only ate cheese. Later, Nadine became Zoe's invisible sister. And TruthInTelevision, the idea for Zoe's imaginary friend was based on Rick Kirkman's daughter's imaginary friends, one of which was from Neptune.
* ImaginaryFriend: Zoe had
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* BrickJoke: Wanda attempts to wean Hammie off the pacifier because she read a survey that babies if not weaned from them soon will be too attached to them. A recent strip has Hammie, no longer a baby, still sucking on his pacifier in secret.
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* BrickJoke: Wanda attempts to wean Hammie off the pacifier because she read a survey that babies if not weaned from them soon will be too attached to them. A recent much later strip has Hammie, no longer a baby, still sucking on his pacifier in secret.
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* TheGhost: Recently, Zoe had a crush on Bryan Barge, who has never been seen or heard of in the strip. Unless he's [[NoNameGiven Bryan the Dinosaur.]]
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* TheGhost: Recently, Zoe had a crush on Bryan Barge, who has never been seen or heard of in the strip. Unless he's [[NoNameGiven Bryan the Dinosaur.]]
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* EverythingsBetterWithBunnies An old example has Hammie reading a "Pat the bunny" book. And also [[IncrediblyLamePun everything's better with Bunny!]]
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Hammie: Hey dad. Wouldn't it be great if we could watch tv while we ate dinner?
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* ChristmasSpecial: (Would this count if it's not on tv?) They always have a strip mentioning Christmas, but an actual story was made in 2006. The story's true start was actually in [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?formname=getstrip&GoToDay=11/27/2006 November,]] when Wanda mentions what Zoe and Hammie called "The Perfect Christmas," in which there would be no end to the presents Santa brings. Zoe and Hammie start to write their Christmas lists, when Zoe has a brilliant idea; Santa brings them every present in the world! When they do get all the presents in the world, [[spoiler: they realize they've been greedy and decide to write another letter asking to return all the presents to Santa.]]
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* ChristmasSpecial: (Would this count if it's not on tv?) TV?) They always have a strip mentioning Christmas, but an actual story was made in 2006. The story's true start was actually in [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?formname=getstrip&GoToDay=11/27/2006 November,]] when Wanda mentions what Zoe and Hammie called "The Perfect Christmas," in which there would be no end to the presents Santa brings. Zoe and Hammie start to write their Christmas lists, when Zoe has a brilliant idea; Santa brings them every present in the world! When they do get all the presents in the world, [[spoiler: they realize they've been greedy and decide to write another letter asking to return all the presents to Santa.]]
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** GreeneyedRedhead: Zoe. How do you know her eyes are green exactly? [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2003-06-19 This comic.]]
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** Another strip had Darryl using squirt guns as a way to give the kids their anti-pinkeye drops without it turning into a battle.
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* MistakenForAliens: Darryl was mistaken for an alien once when [[spoiler: Zoe and Hammie heard him walking around the house and thought it was "Two headed barin sucking alien burglars with ray guns."]]
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* MistakenForAliens: Darryl was mistaken for an alien once when [[spoiler: Zoe and Hammie heard him walking around the house and thought it was "Two headed barin brain sucking alien burglars with ray guns."]]
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* ABoyAGirlAndABabyFamily: Didn't start out that way, but unless Darryl in Wanda have a fourth baby, the family will have a boy (Hammie), a girl (Zoe), and a baby (Wren).
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* ABoyAGirlAndABabyFamily: Didn't start out that way, but unless Darryl in and Wanda have a fourth baby, the family will have a boy (Hammie), a girl (Zoe), and a baby (Wren).
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* BlatantLies: Much like an [[CalvinandHobbes older comic strip...]] Darryl told Zoe that [[BlatantLies the sun is yellow because it's made of mustard.]] Wanda then tells Darryl that it takes her all week to un-teach her his "weekend teachings."
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* MistakenForAlien: Darryl was mistaken for an alien once when [[spoiler: Zoe and Hammie heard him walking around the house and thought it was "Two headed barin sucking alien burglars with ray guns."]]
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* MistakenForAlien: MistakenForAliens: Darryl was mistaken for an alien once when [[spoiler: Zoe and Hammie heard him walking around the house and thought it was "Two headed barin sucking alien burglars with ray guns."]]
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* Darryl was [[MistakenForAliens mistaken for an alien]] once when [[spoiler: Zoe and Hammie heard him walking around the house and thought it was "Two headed barin sucking alien burglars with ray guns."]]
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* MistakenForAlien: Darryl was [[MistakenForAliens mistaken for an alien]] alien once when [[spoiler: Zoe and Hammie heard him walking around the house and thought it was "Two headed barin sucking alien burglars with ray guns."]]
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* AnythingsAwesomeWithAnnouncers: Zoe, for a lot of examples. [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=1999-07-26 Here's an old one.]]
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* AnythingsAwesomeWithAnnouncers: LargeHamAnnouncer: Zoe, for a lot of examples. [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=1999-07-26 Here's an old one.]]
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* TooDumbToLive: Hammie. Ever since he turned about six, and [[ComicBookTime stayed that way for a few years,]] he's been performing dangerous stunts nearly every time he appears! [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2009-03-25 Wanda even told him once the many things that could go wrong]] and he acted like they were reasons to go along with it!
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* EverythingsBetterWithBunnies An old example has Hammie reading a "Pat the bunny" book. And also [[IncrediblyLamePun everything's better with Bunny!]]
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* FridgeHorror: In-universe, when Zoe and Hammie wish for all the presents in the world. They then have a dream in which it does happen, and are overjoyed-until Hammie discovers a wheelchair, and they realize that they have basically stolen presents that others might have actually needed.
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A mainstream comic about parenting shown in many newspapers. Features the typical "nuclear family" set-up, but treats it with a much more realistic tone than most. Usually gag-a-day type four-panel strip with a few running jokes.
Was made into an [[WesternAnimation/BabyBlues animated prime-time series]] that [[MidseasonReplacement debuted]] on TheWB, was canceled after [[TwelveEpisodeAnime 13 episodes]], and wound up as a rerun on AdultSwim.
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!!Tropes present:
* ABoyAGirlAndABabyFamily: Didn't start out that way, but unless Darryl in Wanda have a fourth baby, the family will have a boy (Hammie), a girl (Zoe), and a baby (Wren).
* AccidentalNightmareFuel: [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?formname=getstrip&GoToDay=03/29/2011 This strip]] is actually an in-universe example.
* AfraidOfNeedles: Zoe and Hammie have both shown fear of getting a shot.
* AlliterativeName Wanda's maiden name was Wanda Wizowski
* AllGirlsLikePonies: [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2009-07-01 Zoe]] [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2009-01-05 is]] [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2008-01-08 the]] [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2008-01-07 big]] [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2004-01-06 example]] [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2000-08-02 of this.]] She likes [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2006-10-27 unicorns]] too.
* AllJustADream: Zig-zagged in one story arc. Zoe and Hammie both want extravagant amounts of gifts for Christmas. Darryl then tells them how, when he was a kid, he wanted so badly to have a toy airplane for Christmas but tired of it within a day. Zoe and Hammie then dream that they receive a ridiculous amount of Christmas gifts, and [[spoiler: upon finding themselves overwhelmed, try to get a letter to Santa (via toy airplane) asking for the excess gifts to be returned.]] Wanda compliments Darryl on the poignancy of his story on the airplane, which he admits he made up [[spoiler: — just as a toy airplane is visible on the roof behind him.]]
** Also inverted in one Sunday strip, in which Wanda wakes up in the middle of the night, screaming in terror from a dream in which she had no free time, a wreck of a house, terminally flabbly thighs and a pair of ungrateful kids. "It all seemed so ''real!''"
* AllWomenLoveShoes: A one-week storyline involved Zoe [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?formname=getstrip&GoToDay=11/02/2009 practically falling in love]] with a pair of pink cowgirl boots.
* AnimatedAdaptation: Didn't last long.
* AnythingsAwesomeWithAnnouncers: Zoe, for a lot of examples. [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=1999-07-26 Here's an old one.]]
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Hammie and Wren to Zoe.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When asked what three things she would change about herself if she could, Wanda chooses her insecurity, her impatience and her hair.
* ArtEvolution: The strip was much looser and more sketchy in the first few years, looking more like pencil work than inking. Over time, it became much more streamlined.
* ArtifactTitle: Zoe was always the primary focus, and she is no longer a baby. Even Hammie is grade-school age now.
** But Wren, the third child, is still a baby, so new fans would probably asume Wren was the reason for the title.
* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: It's even in the name, so of course Baby Blues has babies. Started with Zoe, and later Hammie and Wren.
* BabyTalk: So far it's only with Zoe and Hammie, but most likely to happen with Wren in the future.
** Hammie used a little more BabyTalk than Zoe, which was mostly the third example mentioned by pronouncing "r" with "w" ("twuck")
** Zoe with similar baby talk to Hammie, but she usually pronounced more words correctly. Although, when she did use it, she mispronounced a lot of words like [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=1996-08-06 this example]]
** And there was a story (back when Zoe was a baby) with Darryl actually STUCK in BabyTalk.
* BadLiar: [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2007-04-13 Zoe in this example.]] Funny thing is, there is a similar strip which used the same joke, but was an old one.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The plot of the Christmas story.
* BillBillJunkBill [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2007-01-22 The beginning of this strip.]]
* BlueEyes: Wren (see the link in "Green-eyed Redhead.")
* BrandX: The [=MacPherson=]s' minivan is a model called the Oxymoron.
* BrattyHalfPint: Zoe and/or Hammie on different occasions.
* BrickJoke: Wanda attempts to wean Hammie off the pacifier because she read a survey that babies if not weaned from them soon will be too attached to them. A recent strip has Hammie, no longer a baby, still sucking on his pacifier in secret.
* BrotherSisterTeam: Zoe and Hammie. Sometimes they fight [[BigBallOfViolence to the extreme,]] but other times they work together to drive their parents crazy.
* BumblingDad: Averted, as Darryl is shown as being fairly competent at parenting. He even ''changed a diaper in the men's room at the mall''.
* ButtMonkey: Hammie when Zoe kept pulling his teeth out.
* CainandAbel: Zoe says [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2008-06-19 the Halverson boys']] Mom calls them Cain and Abel, do to their BigBallOfViolence.
* CensorDecoy: Done unintentionally as described in GettingCrapPastTheRadar below.
* ChristmasSpecial: (Would this count if it's not on tv?) They always have a strip mentioning Christmas, but an actual story was made in 2006. The story's true start was actually in [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?formname=getstrip&GoToDay=11/27/2006 November,]] when Wanda mentions what Zoe and Hammie called "The Perfect Christmas," in which there would be no end to the presents Santa brings. Zoe and Hammie start to write their Christmas lists, when Zoe has a brilliant idea; Santa brings them every present in the world! When they do get all the presents in the world, [[spoiler: they realize they've been greedy and decide to write another letter asking to return all the presents to Santa.]]
* ClassClown: Zoe in first grade. Whether or not it was intentional it could be debated on, but everything she said either made the class laugh or give Mr. Doyle a headache. Or both.
* ComicBookTime: WordOfGod says that the strip goes at roughly a 2:1 time frame (i.e., Zoe is 10 after 20 years of being in the strip).
** [[BlackBestFriend Keesha]] is a good example. Yolanda gave birth to her when Zoe was one year old, (they had a past strip that refers to Zoe as "a one year old") so Keesha would be a year younger than Zoe throughout the strip, right? Nope! When Zoe was about three, they stopped mentioning Keesha being younger, and when Zoe was about seven years old, Keesha was no longer shorter than Zoe. Over time, they made it easy to forget Keesha is a year younger, and even hint in present strips that Keesha is in Zoe's class.
*** On the other hand, many children's relative heights don't correspond with their relative ages and Zoe could have started school late.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint:
-->Hammie: Can I watch tv while we eat?\\
Wanda: No. Let's just have a conversation.\\
Hammie: Okay. I'll have a conversation with Dad.\\
Wanda: Perfect.\\
Hammie: Hey dad. Wouldn't it be great if we could watch tv while we ate dinner?
* CuriousAsAMonkey: Hammie on some occasions. [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=1998-01-30 And Zoe as a toddler.]]
* CurseCutShort: [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2009-12-11 This one]]
* DeadGuyJunior: Hammie was named after his great-great-grandfather, [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2004-07-09 Hamish.]]
* EverythingsBetterDeepFried: More like fried in [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2003-07-19 this example.]]
* EverythingsBetterWithChocolate: [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2005-02-06 Wanda]] and [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2005-10-30 Darryl]] tend to show most examples, but Zoe and Hammie have even [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2011-03-13 done experiments]] with chocolate and [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2006-01-21 Wren had that M&M...]]
** There's also a storyline when Zoe was [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?formname=getstrip&GoToDay=03/08/2005 selling candy bars for the school fundraiser,]] and another where [[spoiler: Zoe won the fundraiser and got a 300 pound chocolate Easter egg.]]
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: The kids watch a show starring "Whistling Monkey Cowboys."
* EverythingsBetterWithMotorcycles: [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=1997-10-06 Hammie]] and [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2009-02-06 Darryl]] are guilty of this trope.
* EverythingsBetterwithPrincesses: [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2001-07-04 Princess High N' Mighty Big Shot Told-You-So Boss of the World]] (or "Zoe.")
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2006-06-12 This example of Hammie.]]
* FearOfThunder: All three kids are [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?formname=getstrip&GoToDay=10/27/2003 scared by lightning.]]
* [[FirstSnow First Snowflakes:]] In 2000, when Hammie was still a baby, Zoe taught him how to catch snowflakes on his tongue.
-->Zoe: (after Hammie cringes at the taste) "Nope, they only come in one flavor."
* FridgeHorror: In-universe, when Zoe and Hammie wish for all the presents in the world. They then have a dream in which it does happen, and are overjoyed-until Hammie discovers a wheelchair, and they realize that they have basically stolen presents that others might have actually needed.
* FunetikAksent: This was how Zoe's and Hammie's baby-talk was represented.
* GagNose: Darryl.
* {{Gasshole}}: Hammie, who is mostly a belch variant. Mostly.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** When Hammie is first shown, his penis is barely visible. The authors lampshaded this in an anthology book.
** One early gag involved Wanda squirting breast milk into Darryl's coffee. Jerry sketched out the strip as a joke on Rick, who got even by actually drawing and finishing it. They then decided to submit it as a joke on their editor, thinking that she'd laugh and ask them for a replacement — only to have it printed, as their regular editor was out that week.
** [[http://www.babyblues.com/Testing/index.php?formname=getstrip&GoToDay=02/26/04 This strip.]] CalvinAndHobbes did it first.
* GirlishPigtails: Zoe's hair in preschool. [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2006-05-11 And Wanda's hair as a kid.]]
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: Present-day Zoe might not care for them anymore, but there was once a week-long story line where [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?formname=getstrip&GoToDay=03/05/2001 Zoe used her toys in an attempt to stall bedtime.]] And boy did she have a lot of them!
* GreenEyes: It's impossible to tell the character's eye color in the drawings, since the drawings just show their eyes as dots. But one strip mentions Zoe and Hammie have green eyes (see "Green-eyed Redhead").
** GreeneyedRedhead: Zoe. How do you know her eyes are green exactly? [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2003-06-19 This comic.]]
* ImaginaryFriend: Zoe had Nadine, her "invisible friend," who wore polka-dots and pigtails and only ate cheese. Later, Nadine became Zoe's invisible sister. And TruthInTelevision, the idea for Zoe's imaginary friend was based on Rick Kirkman's daughter's imaginary friends, one of which was from Neptune.
* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: One strip has Zoe walking Wren around the living room, saying things like "this is our pretty lamp" and "this is our comfy couch." When they pass Hammie, Zoe says "This is our gross, creepy, germy, wormy brother." In the next panel, Zoe is continuing to walk Wren around as Hammie shouts after her "Who are you calling creepy?"
* IWantGrandkids: Two examples actually:
** The most common one is Rhonda, Wanda's little sister. Her parents are always complaining about how she doesn't have kids or a husband.
** This only happened once, since Darryl and Wanda have three children now, but in an early strip Darryl and Wanda invited both sets of their parents to spend Christmas with them. In the middle of the night, Mac, Hugh, and Maggie are in a line waiting for Pauline to be finished rocking baby Zoe, and Pauline says to Darryl "This wouldn't happen if you had another baby."
* KidsPreferBoxes: [[http://www.babyblues.com/Testing/index.php?formname=getstrip&GoToDay=01/06/09 This strip]] as well as [[http://www.babyblues.com/Testing/index.php?formname=getstrip&GoToDay=05/28/05 this one]].
* LethalChef: One strip had Wanda asking Zoe to ask Darryl if he needed any help cooking dinner. Zoe then asks while Darryl was using a fire extinguisher on a burning pan while shouting repeatedly "OH NO!" Zoe misinterpreted it as him just saying "oh no" to her question.
* LetsHaveAnotherBaby: Wanda swings in and out of this one all the time.
* MiddleChildSyndrome: This happened to Hammie a [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2006-12-17 couple]] of [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2009-06-10 times]]. He is the middle child, but it only happened in circumstances where he is jealous of baby Wren.
* MisterSeahorse: Played with. When watching a nature DVD which ([[ShownTheirWork correctly]]) explains male seahorse anatomy, Wanda simplifies it by telling Zoe that the male seahorse basically has the baby. Wanda then offhandedly asks if male seahorses do household chores as well.
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: After being handed down a pair of Zoe's pink monkey pajamas, Hammie draws on them to make them into pink vampire scorpion ninja monkeys.
* ParentalAbandonment: Spoofed in one strip as the family tries to find a kids movie to rent. "Do you have any family movies that have families in them?"
* PrintLongRunners: Started in 1989.
* PunnyName: Hammie's name is sometimes used as a pun for "ham," the food, and Wren [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2002-10-29 was actually named after a bird that smacked into the window.]]
* ReversePsychologyBackfire: [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2001-01-12 This strip.]]
* RoadTripAcrossTheStreet
* SecretKeeper: Zoe for Hammie's pacifier (see Security Blanket below) and [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2007-12-04 when Hammie swore.]]
* SecurityBlanket: When Zoe was a baby, she had Boo-Boo Bankie.
** Not to mention the various trucks Hammie slept with.
*** And Hammie's pacifier [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?formname=getstrip&GoToDay=11/17/2008 Which he still has.]]
* ShoutOut: One of the crocodiles from ''PearlsBeforeSwine'' appears on a box of cereal. Most likely a reference to ''Pearls'' featuring a ''Baby Blues''-centric storyline around the same time.
** After a ''Pearls Before Swine'' storyline about the characters babysitting the ''Baby Blues'' kids finished up, one ''Baby Blues'' strip afterwards featured one of the kids chewing on one of the crocodiles.
* SiblingRivalry: A lot of it.
* SirSwearsALot: Darryl swears a lot in the strip, particularly when frustrated or after injuring himself.
* SomethingBlues
* SouvenirLand: Whistling Cowboy Monkey Land.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Hammie's name has been spelled "Hammy" and Zoe's name has been spelled "Zoey." And these are adult fans. And the names are SPELLED in the strip on a regular basis.
* SpikyHair: Hammie, even on the strip where he was born.
* SymbolSwearing: Used frequently by Darryl. When being asked if he "swears" to be on his best behavior at his in-laws', his response is, "Oh, [grawlix], we're here!" Also a StealthPun on his part.
* TagalongKid: [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=1999-06-22 Hammie as Prince Bobo]]
* TheGhost: Recently, Zoe had a crush on Bryan Barge, who has never been seen or heard of in the strip. Unless he's [[NoNameGiven Bryan the Dinosaur.]]
* TheSwearJar: Darryl having to put money into the Swearing Jar numerous times.
* ThemeTwinNaming: Bunny's twin boys are Wendell John and Wendell Jon.
* TinkleInTheEye: Provider of the page quote.
* ToiletHumor: Many, many jokes about dirty diapers and farting. Somewhat justified, as babies do that.
* WasntThatFun
* WaterGunsAndBalloons: A week-long storyline involved Zoe and Hammie competing against Darryl in a water fight with giant water guns.
* WeDidntStartTheBillyJoelParodies: An early Sunday strip has "We Didn't Start Out Tired".
* WrittenRoar: "AIEEEEEEEE!" is very common.
* XRaySparks: In one strip, Hammie does it to his older sister.
* YouDidntAsk: This can happen sometimes. Here's [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2000-08-25 one of them from when Hammie was being potty-trained.]] and a later one with [[http://www.babyblues.com/archive/index.php?GoToDay=2004-01-18 Zoe and Hammie on a walk with Darryl and Wren.]]
* YouNeverDidThatForMe: Though in most cases, it would be a sibling trope, this one happened comparing the children and their parents. Darryl's parents and Wanda's parents were invited for Christmas, and on Christmas day Darryl and Wanda look at their small number of presents as baby Zoe sits beside her large pile.
-->Darryl and Wanda: "Why didn't you give us that many presents when we were little?"
-->All grandparents: "We didn't want to spoil you."
* YouthfulFreckles: Hammie.
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