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** Later, when Faye is disturbed by the amount of change that's taken place at Coffee of Doom, she invokes this once again and goes to the liquor store to buy whiskey, telling Bubbles "If you don't like it you can ''fuck off''." But [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3257 Bubbles does not fuck off]]. [[spoiler: Cue further CharacterDevelopment.And Faye leaves the bottle full after all.]]
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** Later, when Faye is disturbed by the amount of change that's taken place at Coffee of Doom, she invokes this once again and goes to the liquor store, store to buy whiskey, telling Bubbles "If you don't like it you can ''fuck off''." But [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3257 Bubbles does not fuck off]]. [[spoiler: Cue further CharacterDevelopment.]]
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* TheLastStraw: Dora hits hers with [[spoiler:Faye when she catches Faye drinking at the cafe, and makes it clear that that's the case after firing her]].
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* IAmNotPretty: Marigold. She goes on multiple sobbing rants about how bad-looking she is, despite actually being cute.
* IAmTheTrope: [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=743 Strip 743]], with a ShoutOut to Franchise/{{Batman}}.
* ICallHimMisterHappy: Lil' Steve Ray Vaughn (NOT Lil' Stevie Wonder).
* IconicOutfit: Marten's "TEH" shirt and Faye's bearmonster shirt, to the point that they are wearing those shirts on the cover of [[http://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TO&Product_Code=QC-VOLUMEONE&Category_Code=QC QC Volume 1]].
* IdenticalStranger: [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1932 If this is true as shown]], then the [[spoiler:"Penny is Pizza Girl" theory]] is shot.
* IdiotHair: Emily's shortened hairstyle sports one.
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Veronica warning Faye, Faye warning Dora, Dora warning Sven...
* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship
* IJustWriteTheThing
* IkeaErotica: Marigold's ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' SlashFic: "[[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1790 And then Harry kissed Ron and it was very sexy]]." Her other SlashFic, ''[[http://marigoldfarmer.tumblr.com/post/1531768189/hermione-and-ginny-vs-the-space-wizards Hermione and Ginny vs. the Space Wizards]]'' is an even better example, mainly because we actually get to see the whole thing.
* IKnowMortalKombat: Dale [[SubvertedTrope does not]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1771 know World of Warcraft Kombat]].
* IKnowYourTrueName: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=784 Averted]], much to Faye's dismay, as she was trying to set Angus on fire with her mind at the time.
* ILoveTheSmellOfXInTheMorning: Hannelore uses this to describe how much she loves [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=897 fabric cleaner]].
* ImagineSpot: Used occasionally.
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1613 Marigold fantasizing]] about being in a maid anime.
** Emily wondering what an "arms race" would [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2368 look like.]]
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1425 Marten and Angus defeating the Awkward Zone appears to be this]], but it's a subversion, as [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1426 the next comic]] reveals that it's not imagined at all, the comic's world simply is that bizarre.
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1478 Hanners gets a rather violent one]] due to her desire for peaceful sleep.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Marten [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=513 needs one]] "to throw in [his] EYES." More traditionally, though:
** Shortly after Marten vents his bitterness over [[spoiler:his latest argument with Dora]], Faye decides it's time for [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1798 the emergency bourbon]].
** Marten comes in [[DrowningMySorrows intending to get drunk]] [[spoiler:to take his mind off Dora]]; [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1812 when he sees what Pintsize has done to help him with that]], it requires immediate application of liquor.
** After [[spoiler:reflexively telling Angus she loves him too]], Faye -- who is [[TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest still recovering from]] [[spoiler:the trust issues from her father's suicide]] -- [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2039 needs a coping mechanism.]]
--->'''Wil:''' I don't believe I know that drink.\\
'''Faye:''' It's easy. You put two ice cubes in a glass, then dump 'em out and fill it with bourbon.
* INeedToGoIronMyDog: [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2545 Marigold uses this]] to get away from [=CoD=]'s newest employee, [[spoiler:Dale]]:
-->'''Marigold''': I...gotta go. Do a thing. Away. From here.
* INeverToldYouMyName: Used in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=528 this strip]].
* InformedAttribute:
** Faye is supposed to have always been quite curvy and big-bottomed. The first [[ArtEvolution hundred or so]] strips utterly failed to show this, with no discernible difference between her and Dora (though this might just be a case of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness). Currently she actually fits: made more notable by the fact that the rest of the main cast are built like bulimics (or at least your average indie concert-goer), with the exception of Marigold.
** After Marten is invited to dinner by Dora's parents, Dora remarks that, among other disasters on previous dates, one of her boyfriends was distracted by her mother's particularly substantial endowment -- "Imagine my head on Heidi Klum's body", she tells Marten. When pressed for details after the meeting, Marten awkwardly confirms to Faye that Mrs. Bianchi's bust is rather generously proportioned. And yet when we actually see her during the date, her chest is at best only slightly larger than Dora's, and in some panels the difference is almost imperceptible.
** Also, for as notorious as Pintsize is about wreaking havoc, he almost never seems to do anything more than be a nuisance while on-screen. [[NoodleIncident But then...]]
* InherentlyFunnyWords:
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1836 "Cump."]]
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/random/1488dang.png "Dang."]]
* InnocentBigot: Emily asks Momo a number of extremely offensive questions about being a sentient machine, but she clearly doesn't understand that, and Momo hasn't been able to explain it to her.
* InnocentInnuendo: [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1702 Hanners, Hanners, Hanners...]]
** In [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2482 Strip 2482]]:
--> '''Tai:''' Emily! You'd sleep with Marten, right?\\
'''Marten:''' H-hey!\\
'''Emily:''' [[InnocentInaccurate You mean like a slumber party]]?\\
'''Tai:''' No, I--\\
'''Marten:''' '''CAMPING.''' She means camping.\\
'''Emily:''' If you can pitch a tent, then sure!\\
'''Claire:''' ''[stifling laughter]'' ''PFFFFFFFFFF''
* InnocentSwearing: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1200 In this strip]], after Pintsize tells Hannelore that robot swear words come from mashing on the keyboard, she asks him and Winslow what "qwerty" means. They're shocked.
* InsaneTrollLogic: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1411 "Shall I make you a tinfoil hat?"]]
* InsecureLoveInterest: Dora, in large part because of her jealousy of Sven. This becomes a major factor in [[spoiler:her and Marten's break-up]].
* InsistentTerminology: Marten doesn't think he's a townie. Of course, being [[ButtMonkey Marten,]] that [[doesn't last long.]]
* TheInsomniac: Hannelore is a mix of all three types thanks to her OCD, which is occasionally [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1477 played for laughs]].
* [[TropesInSpace In SPACE!!!]]: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2105 Comic 2105]] is the intro to a storyline involving this.
* InTheFutureWeStillHaveRoombas: Pintsize (himself an AI) attaches a rocket drive to an actual Roomba. The Roomba flies off through the window, [[BrickJoke only to return several strips later]] - together with a family of little airborne kids!.
* InvisibilityFlicker: Whatever it is that dropped Hannelore off at the lakehouse [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2297 does it here.]]
* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=826 No yelling in the library!]]
* ItAmusedMe: Hannelore is up front about being crazy, but she's also more than willing to pretend to be even crazier if it would be funny -- much to the confused horror of her friends.
* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: The "avant-garday" ''[[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1064 street musicians]]''.
* ItMeantSomethingToMe: After [[spoiler:Faye dumps Sven for sleeping with Gina Riversmith]], it becomes pretty clear that it had meant something to ''both'' [[spoiler:Faye and Sven]].
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy:
** Faye [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=567 uses virtually these very words]] to Marten.
** It looks like [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1687 Marigold]] might be taking the same stance on Faye and Angus.
** [[spoiler:Station and Hannelore]], mixed with DidNotGetTheGirl.
* IWillShowYouX: When Angus compliments his shy, socially awkward roommate Marigold on her haircut, then slips in an affectionate insult:
-->'''Angus:''' So does that mean you're gonna wash it more than twice a year now?\\
'''Marigold:''' (not amused) I'll—I'll wash you more than twice a year! B-because you're a stupid jerk! Who smells!\\
'''Angus:''' O venom-tongued maiden! Stay your barbs, I beseech you!
* JerkassRealization: The redheaded library grad student (whom we soon learn to be Claire) [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2206 has one]].
* JetPack: An unusual use of it on [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1557 Hannelore's roomba]]. Held on by what appears to be [[DuctTapeForEverything scotch tape no less.]] And yet, it seems to be [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1643 inheritable]]...somehow.
* [[JugglingLoadedGuns Juggling Armed Tasers]]: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=529 Marten doesn't observe]] ''taser'' safety and accidentally shocks himself. Of course, he ''was'' drunk.
* JumpScare: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2103 This strip]] opens with a (thankfully fake) announcement about the website being blocked by the Protect IP Act.
* JumpingTheShark: In-universe, Pintsize [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=951 lampshades and parodies this by name]].
* JustFriends:
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1631 Angus and Marigold]], though Marigold doesn't take it well at first.
** Marten/Faye.
** Elliot/Padma, though he'd prefer otherwise.
** As well as [[spoiler:Marten and Dora after their breakup]], though she's been the only one insisting it would be an easy thing to do. It took [[spoiler:Marten]] weeks before he could properly deal with it.
* JustSmileAndNod: Hannelore, Hannelore, Hannelore... In fact, [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=596 it's how she got through college]].
* TheKlutz: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1322 Cosette couldn't have]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1323 had worse luck]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1327 if she tried]]. Then Marten hooked her up with Steve, but before she could meet him she fell down some stairs and ended up in a hospital with a broken leg. Later she managed to ''accidentally'' meet him and things finally turned for a good side for her. When they finally got to it, [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1552 the fire alarm went off]]. On the second try, [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1554 she got back into the hospital]]. [[{{Woobie}} Yeah...]]
* {{Kwyjibo}}: "Yarwhal"
* LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1510 Raven likes to feel SCIENCEY.]]
* LamePunReaction:
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=316 No, Marten]], {{lampshad|eHanging}}ing it doesn't take the pain away.
** Done proactively by Jeph in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2314 this page]] with the explanation that he was on hardcore pain meds after hand surgery.
* LampshadeHanging: Self-aware humour? [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=534 That would never happen]].
* LapPillow: Marten, [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=832 here]].
* LateArrivalSpoiler: Marten takes 500 strips to find out Faye's tragic history. Angus gets two jokes.
* LeavingYouToFindMyself: [[spoiler:[[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1310 Wil does this to Penny.]] [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1432 He does return, however.]]]]
* LetMeGetThisStraight: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2034 second panel.]]
* LethalChef: {{Inverted|Trope}}. Faye's cooking is fine; she's more of a danger to herself when she is in the kitchen.
* LikeRealityUnlessNoted: The most obvious difference is the presence of intelligent robots and androids. Others include:
** Low-level superheroes.
** SSTO space travel.
** Quasi-civilian space stations.
** Occasional hints of the supernatural (witches, voodoo dolls that work for ass-grabbing).
** Whiskey so fine, it literally glows.
** Metal sculptures that can teleport through time.
** Cloaked aircraft of some sort. (As in, invisible from 20 feet away.)
** Really bitchin' cybernetic hands.
** One character was allegedly eaten by an allosaurus.
** Space owls are apparently a plausible lie.
** (The filler strips with talking animals and the Shame Orb are probably not canon, even though Sweet-Tits has been seen in the main continuity.)
*** (The strip may actually be [[LikeRealityUnlessNoted Like Reality]] [[RuleOfFunny Unless Funny]].)
* LimitedSocialCircle: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2270 Lampshaded]].
** And again [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2298 here.]] "Oh God, we've adopted another one."
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2134 Station to Hannelore as a kid.]] [[spoiler:Inverted later on, as [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2158 Station didn't count on her moving to Earth permanently]], and it made him realize how much he needs her.]]
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: A strange example, as it started out as very self-contained with four main characters. Since then, Jeph has had at least twenty be in focus at some point, and several major characters have been PutOnABus.
* LocalHangout:
** The coffee shop.
** The 19th century dress bar seems to be becoming this at night.
* LongRunner: Started in 2003, and went to 5 comics a week a year or so later.
* LooseCanon: The filler comics, which have their own characters and could be said to exist in a world outside of the main comic, seeing as they have MediumAwareness. Although Sweet-Tits did make [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2031 a cameo]] once.
* LysistrataGambit: Natasha threatens to withhold sex from Amir for a month if he doesn't agree to name the band Deathmøle.
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* IAmNotPretty: Marigold. She goes on multiple sobbing rants about how bad-looking she is, despite actually being cute.
* IAmTheTrope: [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=743 Strip 743]], with a ShoutOut to Franchise/{{Batman}}.
* ICallHimMisterHappy: Lil' Steve Ray Vaughn (NOT Lil' Stevie Wonder).
* IconicOutfit: Marten's "TEH" shirt and Faye's bearmonster shirt, to the point that they are wearing those shirts on the cover of [[http://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TO&Product_Code=QC-VOLUMEONE&Category_Code=QC QC Volume 1]].
* IdenticalStranger: [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1932 If this is true as shown]], then the [[spoiler:"Penny is Pizza Girl" theory]] is shot.
* IdiotHair: Emily's shortened hairstyle sports one.
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Veronica warning Faye, Faye warning Dora, Dora warning Sven...
* IDontWantToRuinOurFriendship
* IJustWriteTheThing
* IkeaErotica: Marigold's ''Franchise/HarryPotter'' SlashFic: "[[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1790 And then Harry kissed Ron and it was very sexy]]." Her other SlashFic, ''[[http://marigoldfarmer.tumblr.com/post/1531768189/hermione-and-ginny-vs-the-space-wizards Hermione and Ginny vs. the Space Wizards]]'' is an even better example, mainly because we actually get to see the whole thing.
* IKnowMortalKombat: Dale [[SubvertedTrope does not]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1771 know World of Warcraft Kombat]].
* IKnowYourTrueName: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=784 Averted]], much to Faye's dismay, as she was trying to set Angus on fire with her mind at the time.
* ILoveTheSmellOfXInTheMorning: Hannelore uses this to describe how much she loves [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=897 fabric cleaner]].
* ImagineSpot: Used occasionally.
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1613 Marigold fantasizing]] about being in a maid anime.
** Emily wondering what an "arms race" would [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2368 look like.]]
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1425 Marten and Angus defeating the Awkward Zone appears to be this]], but it's a subversion, as [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1426 the next comic]] reveals that it's not imagined at all, the comic's world simply is that bizarre.
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1478 Hanners gets a rather violent one]] due to her desire for peaceful sleep.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Marten [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=513 needs one]] "to throw in [his] EYES." More traditionally, though:
** Shortly after Marten vents his bitterness over [[spoiler:his latest argument with Dora]], Faye decides it's time for [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1798 the emergency bourbon]].
** Marten comes in [[DrowningMySorrows intending to get drunk]] [[spoiler:to take his mind off Dora]]; [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1812 when he sees what Pintsize has done to help him with that]], it requires immediate application of liquor.
** After [[spoiler:reflexively telling Angus she loves him too]], Faye -- who is [[TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest still recovering from]] [[spoiler:the trust issues from her father's suicide]] -- [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2039 needs a coping mechanism.]]
--->'''Wil:''' I don't believe I know that drink.\\
'''Faye:''' It's easy. You put two ice cubes in a glass, then dump 'em out and fill it with bourbon.
* INeedToGoIronMyDog: [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2545 Marigold uses this]] to get away from [=CoD=]'s newest employee, [[spoiler:Dale]]:
-->'''Marigold''': I...gotta go. Do a thing. Away. From here.
* INeverToldYouMyName: Used in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=528 this strip]].
* InformedAttribute:
** Faye is supposed to have always been quite curvy and big-bottomed. The first [[ArtEvolution hundred or so]] strips utterly failed to show this, with no discernible difference between her and Dora (though this might just be a case of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness). Currently she actually fits: made more notable by the fact that the rest of the main cast are built like bulimics (or at least your average indie concert-goer), with the exception of Marigold.
** After Marten is invited to dinner by Dora's parents, Dora remarks that, among other disasters on previous dates, one of her boyfriends was distracted by her mother's particularly substantial endowment -- "Imagine my head on Heidi Klum's body", she tells Marten. When pressed for details after the meeting, Marten awkwardly confirms to Faye that Mrs. Bianchi's bust is rather generously proportioned. And yet when we actually see her during the date, her chest is at best only slightly larger than Dora's, and in some panels the difference is almost imperceptible.
** Also, for as notorious as Pintsize is about wreaking havoc, he almost never seems to do anything more than be a nuisance while on-screen. [[NoodleIncident But then...]]
* InherentlyFunnyWords:
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1836 "Cump."]]
** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/random/1488dang.png "Dang."]]
* InnocentBigot: Emily asks Momo a number of extremely offensive questions about being a sentient machine, but she clearly doesn't understand that, and Momo hasn't been able to explain it to her.
* InnocentInnuendo: [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1702 Hanners, Hanners, Hanners...]]
** In [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2482 Strip 2482]]:
--> '''Tai:''' Emily! You'd sleep with Marten, right?\\
'''Marten:''' H-hey!\\
'''Emily:''' [[InnocentInaccurate You mean like a slumber party]]?\\
'''Tai:''' No, I--\\
'''Marten:''' '''CAMPING.''' She means camping.\\
'''Emily:''' If you can pitch a tent, then sure!\\
'''Claire:''' ''[stifling laughter]'' ''PFFFFFFFFFF''
* InnocentSwearing: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1200 In this strip]], after Pintsize tells Hannelore that robot swear words come from mashing on the keyboard, she asks him and Winslow what "qwerty" means. They're shocked.
* InsaneTrollLogic: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1411 "Shall I make you a tinfoil hat?"]]
* InsecureLoveInterest: Dora, in large part because of her jealousy of Sven. This becomes a major factor in [[spoiler:her and Marten's break-up]].
* InsistentTerminology: Marten doesn't think he's a townie. Of course, being [[ButtMonkey Marten,]] that [[doesn't last long.]]
* TheInsomniac: Hannelore is a mix of all three types thanks to her OCD, which is occasionally [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1477 played for laughs]].
* [[TropesInSpace In SPACE!!!]]: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2105 Comic 2105]] is the intro to a storyline involving this.
* InTheFutureWeStillHaveRoombas: Pintsize (himself an AI) attaches a rocket drive to an actual Roomba. The Roomba flies off through the window, [[BrickJoke only to return several strips later]] - together with a family of little airborne kids!.
* InvisibilityFlicker: Whatever it is that dropped Hannelore off at the lakehouse [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2297 does it here.]]
* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=826 No yelling in the library!]]
* ItAmusedMe: Hannelore is up front about being crazy, but she's also more than willing to pretend to be even crazier if it would be funny -- much to the confused horror of her friends.
* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: The "avant-garday" ''[[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1064 street musicians]]''.
* ItMeantSomethingToMe: After [[spoiler:Faye dumps Sven for sleeping with Gina Riversmith]], it becomes pretty clear that it had meant something to ''both'' [[spoiler:Faye and Sven]].
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy:
** Faye [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=567 uses virtually these very words]] to Marten.
** It looks like [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1687 Marigold]] might be taking the same stance on Faye and Angus.
** [[spoiler:Station and Hannelore]], mixed with DidNotGetTheGirl.
* IWillShowYouX: When Angus compliments his shy, socially awkward roommate Marigold on her haircut, then slips in an affectionate insult:
-->'''Angus:''' So does that mean you're gonna wash it more than twice a year now?\\
'''Marigold:''' (not amused) I'll—I'll wash you more than twice a year! B-because you're a stupid jerk! Who smells!\\
'''Angus:''' O venom-tongued maiden! Stay your barbs, I beseech you!
* JerkassRealization: The redheaded library grad student (whom we soon learn to be Claire) [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2206 has one]].
* JetPack: An unusual use of it on [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1557 Hannelore's roomba]]. Held on by what appears to be [[DuctTapeForEverything scotch tape no less.]] And yet, it seems to be [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1643 inheritable]]...somehow.
* [[JugglingLoadedGuns Juggling Armed Tasers]]: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=529 Marten doesn't observe]] ''taser'' safety and accidentally shocks himself. Of course, he ''was'' drunk.
* JumpScare: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2103 This strip]] opens with a (thankfully fake) announcement about the website being blocked by the Protect IP Act.
* JumpingTheShark: In-universe, Pintsize [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=951 lampshades and parodies this by name]].
* JustFriends:
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1631 Angus and Marigold]], though Marigold doesn't take it well at first.
** Marten/Faye.
** Elliot/Padma, though he'd prefer otherwise.
** As well as [[spoiler:Marten and Dora after their breakup]], though she's been the only one insisting it would be an easy thing to do. It took [[spoiler:Marten]] weeks before he could properly deal with it.
* JustSmileAndNod: Hannelore, Hannelore, Hannelore... In fact, [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=596 it's how she got through college]].
* TheKlutz: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1322 Cosette couldn't have]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1323 had worse luck]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1327 if she tried]]. Then Marten hooked her up with Steve, but before she could meet him she fell down some stairs and ended up in a hospital with a broken leg. Later she managed to ''accidentally'' meet him and things finally turned for a good side for her. When they finally got to it, [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1552 the fire alarm went off]]. On the second try, [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1554 she got back into the hospital]]. [[{{Woobie}} Yeah...]]
* {{Kwyjibo}}: "Yarwhal"
* LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1510 Raven likes to feel SCIENCEY.]]
* LamePunReaction:
** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=316 No, Marten]], {{lampshad|eHanging}}ing it doesn't take the pain away.
** Done proactively by Jeph in [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2314 this page]] with the explanation that he was on hardcore pain meds after hand surgery.
* LampshadeHanging: Self-aware humour? [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=534 That would never happen]].
* LapPillow: Marten, [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=832 here]].
* LateArrivalSpoiler: Marten takes 500 strips to find out Faye's tragic history. Angus gets two jokes.
* LeavingYouToFindMyself: [[spoiler:[[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1310 Wil does this to Penny.]] [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1432 He does return, however.]]]]
* LetMeGetThisStraight: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2034 second panel.]]
* LethalChef: {{Inverted|Trope}}. Faye's cooking is fine; she's more of a danger to herself when she is in the kitchen.
* LikeRealityUnlessNoted: The most obvious difference is the presence of intelligent robots and androids. Others include:
** Low-level superheroes.
** SSTO space travel.
** Quasi-civilian space stations.
** Occasional hints of the supernatural (witches, voodoo dolls that work for ass-grabbing).
** Whiskey so fine, it literally glows.
** Metal sculptures that can teleport through time.
** Cloaked aircraft of some sort. (As in, invisible from 20 feet away.)
** Really bitchin' cybernetic hands.
** One character was allegedly eaten by an allosaurus.
** Space owls are apparently a plausible lie.
** (The filler strips with talking animals and the Shame Orb are probably not canon, even though Sweet-Tits has been seen in the main continuity.)
*** (The strip may actually be [[LikeRealityUnlessNoted Like Reality]] [[RuleOfFunny Unless Funny]].)
* LimitedSocialCircle: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2270 Lampshaded]].
** And again [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2298 here.]] "Oh God, we've adopted another one."
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2134 Station to Hannelore as a kid.]] [[spoiler:Inverted later on, as [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2158 Station didn't count on her moving to Earth permanently]], and it made him realize how much he needs her.]]
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: A strange example, as it started out as very self-contained with four main characters. Since then, Jeph has had at least twenty be in focus at some point, and several major characters have been PutOnABus.
* LocalHangout:
** The coffee shop.
** The 19th century dress bar seems to be becoming this at night.
* LongRunner: Started in 2003, and went to 5 comics a week a year or so later.
* LooseCanon: The filler comics, which have their own characters and could be said to exist in a world outside of the main comic, seeing as they have MediumAwareness. Although Sweet-Tits did make [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2031 a cameo]] once.
* LysistrataGambit: Natasha threatens to withhold sex from Amir for a month if he doesn't agree to name the band Deathmøle.
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