History Recap / PennyAndAggieAwakening

** As the police arrest Gary, Stan points and laughs at him with a speech bubble that includes an image of [[TheSimpsons Nelson Muntz]].

Sara approaches Lisa, the ''other'' person to have guessed her sexual orientation, for advice. Lisa takes her bowling with Aggie, Fred and Daphne, and teases her about assuming they're all gay. "You're half right," she says, in that Fred and Daphne are in fact gay. Daphne then invites everyone to her home to give Sara a makeover. In the process, Sara babbles nervously on about her previous reactions, or lack thereof, to guys, revealing in the process that she'd been somewhat interested in Marshall and had kissed him. This sends Aggie into a jealous rage. Outside, Lisa attempts to put the best possible spin on this, but Aggie's not in the mood. She tells Lisa to leave her alone, shoves her to the ground and walks off.

Sara approaches Lisa, the ''other'' person to have guessed her sexual orientation, for advice. Lisa takes her bowling with Aggie, Fred and Daphne, and teases her about assuming they're all gay. "You're half right," she says, in that Fred and Daphne are in fact queer. Daphne then invites everyone to her home to give Sara a makeover. In the process, Sara babbles nervously on about her previous reactions, or lack thereof, to guys, revealing in the process that she'd been somewhat interested in Marshall and had kissed him. This sends Aggie into a jealous rage. Outside, Lisa attempts to put the best possible spin on this, but Aggie's not in the mood. She tells Lisa to leave her alone, shoves her to the ground and walks off.

** Aggie wears a t-shirt bearing the logo of Campbell's and Lagacé's other webcomic, ''Cool Cat Studio'', which had just relaunched at the time.

->''"Pick a role or society will pick one for you."''

--> Pick a role or society will pick one for you.

** Gary's arrest draws the attention of ScottMcCloud and his family, who were on a cross-country blogging tour at the time; each of them gets a line in reaction. Lagacé draws [=McCloud=] in his own stylized look from ''UnderstandingComics'', but depicts his wife and daughters in a more realistic style.

* AWorldWidePunomenon: Fred refers to Sara's self-obsessed babbling--which Lisa notes is "part of the coming out process"--as "the bi-torrent."

* ButchLesbian / LipstickLesbian - Sara's makeover combines aspects of both.
* TheCameo - Several, to the point where many readers, and subsequently [[WordOfGod Campbell himself]], felt they intruded on the story.

* CelebCrush - [[RunningGag This week]], Lisa's is Topher Grace.

* ConverseWithTheUnconscious - Penny talks to the comatose Rich again, this time with affection. However, upon awakening he reveals that he heard her earlier raging at him.
* GreenEyedMonster - [[ExaggeratedTrope Exaggerated]] as Aggie flies into a cartoonish [[http://www.pennyandaggie.com/index.php?p=551 rage]], making her resemble a cubist painting and then an angry cat, upon hearing that Sara kissed Marshall.
* LipstickLesbian - Daphne, to the extent that her sexual orientation is news to her friend Aggie.
* TheMakeover - Includes an ImportantHaircut.
* MistakenForGay - When Sara approaches her in the school library, Lisa notices her exhaustion and tells her she needs to sleep. She's proven correct when Sara shouts in panic, "I'm not sleeping with you!"

* MotorMouth - Sara, during her makeover.
* {{Revenge}} - Once again, [[SubvertedTrope subverted]]. Stan longs to beat Gary up in retribution for stabbing Rich, but Jack talks him into calling 911 instead.
* SadistTeacher - Principal Giuliani reacts with delight to a student's panicked realization that exams are coming up, and revels in the anticipated mass anguish to his secretary.

* SymbolSwearing - Apologizing to Lisa for shoving her, Aggie calls herself a "¢#$#." Had the word appeared [[CountryMatters uncensored]], this would've counted as a PrecisionFStrike, as not only was the comic still avoiding spelled-out curse words at this point, but Aggie never otherwise utters "hard" swearwords even if censored.
* TheirFirstTime - Penny and Rich.
* AWorldWidePunomenon - Fred refers to Sara's self-obsessed babbling--which Lisa notes is "part of the coming out process"--as "the bi-torrent."

** Lisa's statement that she's "all about Topher Grace ''this week''" suggests she may be Ambiguously Bi, although it won't be until "There Are No Rules" that this possibility is revisited.

* TheMakeover. Includes an ImportantHaircut.

* TheMakeover

Eventually, a grateful Sara leaves too, as Penny visits Rich in the hospital and whispers gently into his ear. Meanwhile, Fred and Daphne, acknowledging their school is a "het-fest," hope they've done the right thing. Daphne tells him she'd hoped Aggie was gay and still suspects she may be. Fred comforts his lonely and sexually frustrated best friend with the assurance that helping others will pay off for her eventually.

This arc further explores the consequences of Rich's stabbing and Sara's realizing she's gay. At school, the day after [[Recap/PennyAndAggieBedsideManners Bedside Manners]], an exhausted Sara talks privately with Penny, who's still denying her persistent love for Rich. Sara urges her not to leave things like this with him, but to visit and talk to him again, as it's still unclear whether he'll ever wake up. As they hug, Sara struggles to come out to Penny, who's already guessed, not only from her behaviour at the [[Recap/PennyAndAggieVertigo dance party]], but because she can't recall her ever having shown interest in boys. Penny assures her best friend she's okay with this and agrees, at Sara's request, to keep her sexuality secret, even from their other friends.