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* EpicFail: In the Easter special, P.J. fails to find even a single egg in the Easter egg hunt, despite his siblings making it as easy as possible.

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* ShoutOut: On Halloween 2012, this strip ran a comic that made a reference to ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''. [[http://familycircus.com/comics/october-31-2012/ No really. It did]].

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On Halloween 2012, this strip ran a comic that made a reference to ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''.40000}}'' ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'' II. [[http://familycircus.com/comics/october-31-2012/ No really. It did]].
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* PinkGirlBlueBoy: Conversed in a 2008 strip where Dolly says this to an unconvinced Billy.
-->'''Dolly:''' WesternAnimation/ThePinkPanther is a girl. If he was a boy, he'd be The Blue Panther.
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* TheCameo: Jeff Keane put his friend, fellow cartoonist Lynda Barry, in [[https://www.comicsbeat.com/this-lynda-barryfamily-circus-crossover-may-make-you-cry/ a comic]] back in May 2017.
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* ArtEvolution: Though most is explained in EarlyInstallmentWeirdness below, up through the mid-1990s Mommy had puffy Olive Oyl-ish hair and a completely round face like the kids, as opposed to the very broad chin she has now. (Though her mother still has the hair)

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* ArtEvolution: Though most is explained in EarlyInstallmentWeirdness below, up through the mid-1990s Mommy had puffy Olive Oyl-ish hair and a completely round face like the kids, as opposed to the short hair and very broad chin she has now. (Though her mother still has the hair)



%%* CheerfulChild: All the kids.

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%%* * CheerfulChild: All the kids.kids are very happy most of the time.



%%* FluffyCloudHeaven: ''Always'' played straight.

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%%* * FluffyCloudHeaven: ''Always'' played straight.straight when Grandad is shown in heaven, although apart from the clouds and angelic robes, it generally seems like a friendly seniors' community.



%%* InnocentSwearing: Jeffy does this, and gets spanked for it.

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%%* * InnocentSwearing: In at least one early strip, Jeffy does this, and gets spanked for it.it. In more recent strips, both due to the kids' MenaceDecay and due to changing views on CorporalPunishment, this would obviously never happen.
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* HypocriticalHumor: One early strip has Thel scolding the children for not wearing their slippers at night. Around the corner, the dad is shown about to walk through, without his own slippers, and immediately turning around.

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-> '''Todd Gaines:''' There you are, enjoying your comics, when all of a sudden there's ''The Family Circus'' just waiting to suck, and ruin your whole experience.\\
'''Claire:''' Then why don't you just not read it?\\
'''Todd Gaines:''' I hate it, but I'm compelled to read it.
-->--Dialogue from the film ''Film/{{Go}}''
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Other characters include random neighbor children, pets, extended family members [[SpiritAdvisor (many of whom are dead)]], and various [[TheGhost ghosts]] representing childhood excuses. A standard ''Family Circus'' trope is for a parent to ask the children who broke something, only for them all to say: "not me"... Just as a ghost named "Not Me" flees the scene, damning evidence of the crime in hand.

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Other characters include random neighbor children, pets, extended family members [[SpiritAdvisor (many of whom are dead)]], and various [[TheGhost ghosts]] representing childhood excuses. A standard ''Family Circus'' trope is for a parent to ask the children who broke something, only for them all to say: "not say "Not me"... Just just as a ghost named "Not Me" flees the scene, damning evidence of the crime in hand.

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