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** Erotic comics posted on Slipshine.

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** Erotic comics posted on Slipshine.Slipshine and Erotic pin-ups of the characters in another Patreon.
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* IKnewIt: Becky [[spoiler: being attracted to Joyce]] was called by a sizable number of the commentators.

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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally Dorothy was not going to have a role bigger than "Danny's Ex."

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Originally Dorothy was not going to have a role bigger than "Danny's Ex.""
** Willis has posted some strips on his Patreon that for one reason or another he rejected from 'canon'.
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Considering that it looks like a Fandom Nod but isn't, it's an aversion notable enough to mention.

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* FandomNod: Walky's [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2022/comic/book-12/05-this-was-halloween/booing/ theory]] [[spoiler:that Mike didn't die and was put in witness protection instead]], despite being published after a long period of the fandom speculating the exact same thing, [[AvertedTrope isn't an example]] -- according to [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/early-update-for-70005928 Willis' comment on Patreon]] it was planned since before the timeskip, [[spoiler:before Mike's death was confirmed.]]
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* DiagnosisOfGod: Dina Saruyama from ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'' was retconned as having undiagnosed Asperger's Syndrome in [[https://dumbingofage.tumblr.com/post/124121859452/hi-willis-community-clips-are-great-and-all-but a blog post]] by the comic's author, David Willis. According to Willis, he didn't intentionally design Dina as autistic at first, but based her heavily on himself; after learning that he likely had undiagnosed Asperger's, he decided that Dina was the same way.

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* DiagnosisOfGod: Dina Saruyama from ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'' was retconned as having undiagnosed Asperger's Syndrome in [[https://dumbingofage.tumblr.com/post/124121859452/hi-willis-community-clips-are-great-and-all-but a blog post]] by the comic's author, David Willis. According to Willis, he didn't intentionally design Dina as autistic at first, but based her heavily on himself; after learning that he likely had undiagnosed Asperger's, he decided that Dina was the same way. It was later stated on-panel that attempts to diagnose Dina didn't go anywhere because the doctors assumed she's just speaking English as a second language... even though she's American and so are her parents.

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** Patreon only strips that showcase people not directly related to the current storyline (some voted in by fans).
** Not safe for work comics posted on Slipshine.

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** Patreon only Patreon-only strips that showcase people not directly related to the current storyline (some voted in by fans).
** Not safe for work Erotic comics posted on Slipshine.



* WriteWhoYouKnow: This applies to a bunch of characters, but most of all it applies to Joyce and her amazingly sheltered views. In Willis' own words, he used to ''be'' her.

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* WriteWhoYouKnow: This applies to a bunch of characters, but most characters.
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of all it applies to Joyce and her amazingly sheltered views. In Willis' own words, he used to ''be'' her.

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* CreatorInJoke: Willis works in a few local references that only an IU student or Bloomington local will get.
** Galasso's Pizza is, in fact, popular real-life IU hang-out Mother Bear's. A newspaper article on the buyout is framed on Galasso's wall, and Hank mentions the previous logo [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-10/04-is-a-song-forever/ownership/ in an August 2020 comic]].
** Robin Desanto charters a jet to get from Indianapolis to Bloomington - an easy hour's drive in real life - to impress her constituents with her arrival. The RealLife Bloomington Airport is far away from campus in the middle of nowhere surrounded by woods. It doesn't even have a terminal. She might as well have landed in Alaska.
** The northern half of Indiana is flat, the southern half isn't. IU is in the south. Only the students who come from Northern Indiana complain about negotiating IU's relatively hilly campus.



* DiagnosisOfGod: Dina Saruyama from ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'' was retconned as having undiagnosed Asperger's Syndrome in [[https://dumbingofage.tumblr.com/post/124121859452/hi-willis-community-clips-are-great-and-all-but a blog post]] by the comic's author, David Willis. According to Willis, he didn't intentionally design Dina as autistic at first, but based her heavily on himself; after learning that he likely had undiagnosed Asperger's, he decided that Dina was the same way.



** Joyce's mother is based on [[http://itswalky.tumblr.com/post/133847635397/i-dont-talk-to-my-mom-anymore-whenever-we-had Willis' own mother]].

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** Joyce's mother is based on [[http://itswalky.tumblr.com/post/133847635397/i-dont-talk-to-my-mom-anymore-whenever-we-had Willis' own mother]].mother]].
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** Galasso's Pizza is, in fact, popular real-life IU hang-out Mother Bear's, and a newspaper article on the buyout is framed on Galasso's wall.

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** Galasso's Pizza is, in fact, popular real-life IU hang-out Mother Bear's, and a Bear's. A newspaper article on the buyout is framed on Galasso's wall.wall, and Hank mentions the previous logo [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2020/comic/book-10/04-is-a-song-forever/ownership/ in an August 2020 comic]].



** In a point of the story where [[spoiler:Mike's fate was left ambiguous]] and he was last seen [[DisneyDeath tackling a villain off a balcony]], Willis linked to a Webcomic/SomethingPositive strip offhandedly alluding to this. [[https://somethingpositive.net/sp01272020.shtml It can be found here, if you don't mind the above spoiler]].

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** In a point of the story where [[spoiler:Mike's fate was left ambiguous]] and he was last seen [[DisneyDeath tackling a villain off a balcony]], Willis linked to a Webcomic/SomethingPositive strip offhandedly alluding to this. [[https://somethingpositive.net/sp01272020.shtml net/comic/hardly-appropriate/ It can be found here, if you don't mind the above spoiler]].

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* TeasingCreator: Assisted by the months-long buffer.

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* TeasingCreator: TeasingCreator:
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Assisted by the months-long buffer.buffer.
** In a point of the story where [[spoiler:Mike's fate was left ambiguous]] and he was last seen [[DisneyDeath tackling a villain off a balcony]], Willis linked to a Webcomic/SomethingPositive strip offhandedly alluding to this. [[https://somethingpositive.net/sp01272020.shtml It can be found here, if you don't mind the above spoiler]].
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* ShrugOfGod: Is the new Alex the same person as old Alex post-transition? Willis notes that it's a popular head-canon and will not weigh in definitively. (New Alex is trans, though.)
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* BonusMaterial: Of two types:
** Patreon only strips that showcase people not directly related to the current storyline (some voted in by fans).
** Not safe for work comics posted on Slipshine.
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** Galasso's Pizza is compared to Mother Bear's, a RealLife IU student hangout.

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** Galasso's Pizza is compared to is, in fact, popular real-life IU hang-out Mother Bear's, and a RealLife IU student hangout.newspaper article on the buyout is framed on Galasso's wall.
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* CreatorInJoke: Willis works in a few local references that only an IU student or Bloomington Resident will get.
** Galasso's Pizza is compared to Mother Bear's a RealLife IU student hangout.
** Robin Desanto charters a jet to get from Indianapolis to Bloomington - an easy hour's drive in real life - to impress her constituents with her arrival. The RealLife Bloomington Airport is in the middle of nowhere surrounded by woods. It doesn't even have a terminal.
** The northern half of Indiana is flat, the southern half isn't. IU is in the south. Only the students who come from Northern Indiana complain about IU's relatively hilly campus

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* CreatorInJoke: Willis works in a few local references that only an IU student or Bloomington Resident local will get.
** Galasso's Pizza is compared to Mother Bear's Bear's, a RealLife IU student hangout.
** Robin Desanto charters a jet to get from Indianapolis to Bloomington - an easy hour's drive in real life - to impress her constituents with her arrival. The RealLife Bloomington Airport is far away from campus in the middle of nowhere surrounded by woods. It doesn't even have a terminal. \n She might as well have landed in Alaska.
** The northern half of Indiana is flat, the southern half isn't. IU is in the south. Only the students who come from Northern Indiana complain about negotiating IU's relatively hilly campus campus.
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* CreatorInJoke: Willis works in a few local references that only an IU student or Bloomington Resident will get.
** Galasso's Pizza is compared to Mother Bear's a RealLife IU student hangout.
** Robin Desanto charters a jet to get from Indianapolis to Bloomington - an easy hour's drive in real life - to impress her constituents with her arrival. The RealLife Bloomington Airport is in the middle of nowhere surrounded by woods. It doesn't even have a terminal.
** The northern half of Indiana is flat, the southern half isn't. IU is in the south. Only the students who come from Northern Indiana complain about IU's relatively hilly campus
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** Joyce's mother is based on [[http://itswalky.tumblr.com/post/133847635397/i-dont-talk-to-my-mom-anymore-whenever-we-had Willis' own mother]].
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* IKnewIt: Becky [[spoiler: being attracted to Joyce]] was called by a vast majority of the commentators.

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* IKnewIt: Becky [[spoiler: being attracted to Joyce]] was called by a vast majority sizable number of the commentators.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Originally Dorothy was not going to have a role bigger than "Danny's Ex."
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* IKnewIt: Becky [[spoiler: being attracted to Joyce]] was called by a vast majority of the commentators.
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* TeasingCreator: Assisted by the months-long buffer.
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* {{Defictionalization}}: After a number of fans asked for a real life version of Dina's dinosaur hat, Willis got some felt and a sewing kit together and started making them.
* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: The youngest [=DeSanto=] sister, Riley, premiered as a twelve-year-old in this comic before appearing as an adult in ''Shortpacked.''
* WriteWhoYouKnow: This applies to a bunch of characters, but most of all it applies to Joyce and her amazingly sheltered views. In Willis' own words, he used to ''be'' her.

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