History Creator / Lat

** (Former Minister of Works) Samy Vellu installing a lot of toll gates. A lot, a LOT of toll gates. Whether it be in the sea, in a park or even on the ''moon''.
** A husband painfully trying to fix his car on the road, while his wife reads trivial news to him.
* SheCleansUpNicely: One comic has a HenpeckedHusband try to divorce his big fat nasty wife so he could marry a younger and prettier woman. She has a breakdown and tries to go at them, while another woman decides to help the wife, saying her husband will be back "on his knees". The husband has had enough and decides to call his wife out... and he finds out she has gotten in shape, becoming slimmer, wears more flattering clothes and is more attractive.

* CluckingFunny: In one cartoon about a chicken meat crisis, we are introduced to the different characters of the industry. The farmer, the consumer... and the chicken itself who holds a sign saying "Better eat fish!".

* TheEighties: Most of the comics in his anthology books date from the 80s, and show Malaysian society as it was then.

* GagNose: His rendition of former Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad has a comically large nose. Generally speaking, Lat has a distinctive way of drawing noses, often making them look like "3" with an extra curve.

* TheHilarityOfHats: One gag has an owner complain that a clothing ad poster shows a White Western man and how that doesn't go with Malaysian culture/society, so his employee paints a ''songkok'' (traditional Malay black felt cap) on the man.
* ManInAKilt: Or rather, men in ''sarong'', traditional long plaid skirts typically worn indoors. Several Malays are seen wearing it without any big deal made of it. A few gags are centered on sarongs: an arrested smuggler has to put his hands up but his sarong is dropping, and a white Westerner looking awkward wearing a sarong.

!!His works contain the following tropes:

** (Former Minister of Works) Samy Vellu installing a lot of toll gates. A lot, a LOT of toll gates. Whether it be in the sea, in a park or even on the ''moon'.

* HeadTurningBeauty: Normah, the "hottest girl in Ipoh", who has all the boys seduced in ''Town Boy''.

* ManInAKilt: Or rather, men in ''sarong'', traditional long plaid skirts typically worn indoors.

* AnimatedAdaptation: His ''Kampung Boy'' comic was made into an animated series that ran two seasons, from 1999 to 2000. It focused on Lat's childhood.

* FalseTeethTomfoolery: Shahrum bin Yub tries to eat corncobs alongside Mahathir, but his dentures get stuck in the cob, surprising Dr. M.

* TheGenerationGap: A middle-aged woman is surprised at seeing at the news of Music/TheBeatles reuniting. Her teenage daughter has no idea who they are.

* TheGenerationGap: A middle-aged woman is surprised at seeing at the news of the Beatles reuniting. Her TotallyRadical teenage daughter

* TheHilarityOfHats: One gag has an owner complain that a clothing ad poster shows a White Western man, that doesn't go with Malaysian culture, so his employee paints a ''songkok'' (traditional Malay black felt cap) on the man.

* FollowTheLeader: Quite a few other Malaysian cartoonists have been... more than a little influenced by his style.

* GagLips: Mohamed Rahmat is notably depicted with big long dark lips.
* GagNose: His rendition of Prime Minister Mahathir notably has a comically large nose. Generally speaking, Lat has a distinctive way of drawing noses, making them look like "3" with an extra curve.

** Samy Vellu installing a lot of toll gates. A lot, a LOT of toll gates. Whether it be in the sea, in a park or even on the ''moon'.

* BilingualBonus / BilingualDialogue: The dialogue in his comics will jump from English to Malay at the drop of a hat.

* NiceHat: The traditional Malay ''songkok'', a black felt cap, is often shown worn by Malay men. One gag has an owner complain that a clothing ad poster shows a White Western man, so his employee paints a songkok on the man.

* GagNose: His rendition of Prime Minister Mahathir notably has a comically large nose. Generally speaking, Lat has a distinctive way of drawing noses, making them look like "3" with an extra curve.

* BilingualBonus/BilingualDialogue: The dialogue in his comics will jump from English to Malay at the drop of a hat.

* AllMenArePerverts: In ''Town Boy'', art teacher Mr Lee tells his male students that anything can be art, including the naked figure of a woman, and tells his students to do anything, as long as it's art. Cue all the boys drawing sexualized women in various states of undress.

* BilingualBonus: The dialogue in his comics will jump from English to Malay at the drop of a hat.

* RunningGag: Samy Vellu installing a lot of toll gates. A lot, a LOT of toll gates. Whether it be in the sea, in a park or even on the ''moon'.