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* SignOfTheApocalypse: When Miriam stops talking.

* ReformedRake: Rod offers this. [[http://outthere.keenspot.com/d/20090326.html]]

* WhamLine: When Clayton lobbies for Miriam to get a job as a stripper, Miriam gets offended—not so much at the notion of being a stripper, but because she suspects Clayton is just trying to get her to leave Sherry's bar. Clayton, offended that Miriam has taken offense, attempts to elucidate: "Anyway, don't you think any of '''these''' losers wouldn't '''flock''' to see you [work as a stripper]? [[spoiler: Hell, I'm sure '''I''' would."]] The [[spoiler: kiss]] afterward serves the same general purpose.]] [[http://outthere.keenspot.com/d/20090124.html]]

Utilizing a four-panel (five in the early days), black-and-white {{Newspaper Comic}} format, Out There has updated six days a week without fail since Jun 12, 2006.

* ThePhilosopher: All of the recurring characters have occasionally taken turns playing this role.

Out There is a comedy, but its humor is understated; there are few "laugh out loud" moments (although YourMileageMayVary). Essentially it is a character drama, and its characters are exceptionally well-developed and complex.

* FrenchMaid: Miriam decides the costume is ideal for cleaning [[spoiler: Ari's condominium, and also for seducing her]] [[http://outthere.keenspot.com/d/20100511.html]]

* NoodleIncident: Miriam makes a list of wild things she's done and shows it to Chuck. We never see what is on the list but we find out that some of them [[http://outthere.keenspot.com/d/20080318.html seem impossible and require at least two people]], one of them [[http://outthere.keenspot.com/d/20080319.html involved Sherry in some way, much to her embarrassment (and attempted denial)]], and another one (which also involved Sherry) was [[http://outthere.keenspot.com/d/20080320.html "stupid", but apparently fun enough that Sherry would be willing to do it "once more", but "only once"]]. Chuck responds by writing down some things he did, one of which makes Miriam's eyes widen and results in this exchange:

::Wally's philandering ways began well [[http://outthere.keenspot.com/d/20060913.html before]] his marriage to Rebecca, and continued [[http://outthere.keenspot.com/d/20070427.html after they were wed]]; when he quit playing around, however, it seems he [[http://outthere.keenspot.com/d/20100126.html quit for good]].

::Steven fell in love with Sherry, and later, Miriam, [[http://outthere.keenspot.com/d/20090605.html]], but was unable to maintain fidelity to either of them [[http://outthere.keenspot.com/d/20090220.html]] [[http://outthere.keenspot.com/d/20090815.html]].

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Basically, and to varying degrees, ''all'' of the major male characters (the exceptions being John and Chuck). James is selfish and abrasive, arrogant, constantly borrowing money without paying it back; [[spoiler: he also volunteers at a homeless shelter]]. Clayton is surly, has been known to steal alcohol from his favorite bar, and is constantly seen mooching off of others; [[spoiler: but he refused to take advantage of Miriam when she was drunk]]. Steven and Rod are unrepentant philanderers, but are generally loyal and respectful towards their ex-flame-cum-best-friends (Sherry and Araceli, respectively). Wally is a ''repentant'' (and ''former'') philanderer. Considering the fact the main character, Miriam, has enough flaws to fill a book (while remaining unerringly sympathetic) ''Out There'' seems to be a world where everyone is a ''little'' bad, but nobody is ''too'' bad (although the near-saintly John is an idiosyncratic exception).