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* AmusingInjuries - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=6 ouch.]]
* ArtEvolution

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* ComicBookTime
* ComplainingAboutComplaining
* DeadpanSnarker
* DeathGlare - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=40 An angry retail worker]]
* DoubleEntendre - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=1200 A hot steaming pile of double meanings]]

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* %%* DeathGlare - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=40 An angry retail worker]]
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* FacePalm - What an [[http://the-opt.com/?p=30 incredible joke]].
* FourFingeredHands - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=128 here]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=805 here]], and [[http://the-opt.com/?p=14 here]].
* FriendlessBackground - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=105 What a loser]]
* {{Homage}} - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=792 A reference]] to ''ComicStrip/TheFamilyCircus''.
* HumansAreBastards
* HypocriticalHumor
* {{Jerkass}}
* LawOfDisproportionateResponse - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=48 Napkins]]. [[http://the-opt.com/?p=89 Grammar correction]].

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* %%* FacePalm - What an [[http://the-opt.com/?p=30 incredible joke]].
* %%* FourFingeredHands - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=128 here]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=805 here]], and [[http://the-opt.com/?p=14 here]].
* %%* FriendlessBackground - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=105 What a loser]]
* %%* {{Homage}} - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=792 A reference]] to ''ComicStrip/TheFamilyCircus''.
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* %%* HypocriticalHumor
* %%* {{Jerkass}}
* %%* LawOfDisproportionateResponse - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=48 Napkins]]. [[http://the-opt.com/?p=89 Grammar correction]].



* NewYearsResolution - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=107 In this comic]] and in [[http://the-opt.com/?p=1229 this comic]].

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* %%* NewYearsResolution - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=107 In this comic]] and in [[http://the-opt.com/?p=1229 this comic]].



* SelfDeprecation

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* SliceOfLife
* StrawmanPolitical - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=97 In this comic]]
* TakeThat

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* %%* StrawmanPolitical - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=97 In this comic]]
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* VitriolicBestBuds
* WithFriendsLikeThese - Those two WTF kids with no names.

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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=38 In this strip]]

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* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad %%* PoliticalOvercorrectness - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=38 In this strip]]
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* SeriesHiatus - Tom Pappalardo published the comic strip Whiskey! Tango! Foxtrot! from 2007-2008, took a year off, and returned in 2010 with a retooled layout & new name.
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* {{Homage}} - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=792 A reference]] to TheFamilyCircus

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* {{Homage}} - [[http://the-opt.com/?p=792 A reference]] to TheFamilyCircus''ComicStrip/TheFamilyCircus''.
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[[http://www.the-opt.com/ The Optimist]] is a weekly black & white comic strip of dumb gags, little complainy rants, parodies, designery crap, infographics, fake ads, and bad writing by Tom Pappalardo. The comic was named Whiskey! Tango! Foxtrot! from 2007-2008 (also archived on the site) before a new layout and name change in 2010. Pappalardo is also the author of [[BrokenLines Broken Lines]], an illustrated story/graphic novel. The Optimist runs in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_Advocate#Sisters_and_competitors The Valley Advocate]] weekly paper.

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[[http://www.the-opt.com/ The Optimist]] is a weekly black & white comic strip of dumb gags, little complainy rants, parodies, designery crap, infographics, fake ads, and bad writing by Tom Pappalardo. The comic was named Whiskey! Tango! Foxtrot! from 2007-2008 (also archived on the site) before a new layout and name change in 2010. Pappalardo is also the author of [[BrokenLines Broken Lines]], ''Webcomic/BrokenLines'', an illustrated story/graphic novel. The Optimist runs in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_Advocate#Sisters_and_competitors The Valley Advocate]] weekly paper.
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* BeatPanel - An often-used device in the comic, as seen [[http://the-opt.com/?p=25 here]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=24 here]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=14 here]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=12 here]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=7 here]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=5 here]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=942 here]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=718 here]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=421 here]], and a double dose [[http://the-opt.com/?p=30 here]] and [[http://the-opt.com/?p=1314 here]].

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* BeatPanel - An often-used device in the comic, as seen Often used to represent [[http://the-opt.com/?p=24 listening]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=25 here]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=24 here]], waiting]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=14 here]], pausing to consider]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=12 here]], watching TV]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=7 here]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=5 here]], drawing]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=942 here]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=718 here]], consideration & reconsideration]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=421 here]], and a double dose boiling with rage]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=30 here]] and waiting for acknowledgement]], [[http://the-opt.com/?p=1314 here]].disbelief]], and [[http://the-opt.com/?p=3186 scowling]].

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* GeekyGlasses - The fat kid gets [[http://the-opt.com/?p=70 a wrong prescription]]


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* UnwantedGlassesPlot- The fat kid gets [[http://the-opt.com/?p=70 a wrong prescription]]

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