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* ArtEvolution: Averted, the comic has been around for over 13 years and his art style has not changed at all.
** Actually, it has, but in subtle ways. Check out Matt [[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20041105.html here,]] in 2004, and [[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20150109.html here]] in 2015, for example.

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* ArtEvolution: Averted, the comic has been around for over 13 years and his art style has not changed at all.
** Actually, it has,
It's very subtle, but in subtle ways. Check out Matt it's there. Compare [[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20041105.html here,]] in 2004, and the 2004 version of Matt]] with [[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20150109.html here]] in 2015, the 2015 version]], for example.
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* ButICantBePregnant: Tavatania and Cotton's reaction to her pregnancy, since they've never had ''[[YourMindMakesItReal physical]]'' sex. This last for about five seconds before they decide [[AWizardDidIt Sight Of The Soul]] is responsible.
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''[[http://www.genecatlow.com/ Gene Catlow]]'' is a semi-weekly WebComic about a world of {{Funny Animal}}s and humans (among other forms of life) doing their best to just get along (...or not). The comic starts with technical office banter but quickly progresses into an in-depth adventure as the StatusQuo starts to unravel... and ''boy'' does it unravel...

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''[[http://www.genecatlow.''[[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/ Gene Catlow]]'' is a semi-weekly WebComic about a world of {{Funny Animal}}s and humans (among other forms of life) doing their best to just get along (...or not). The comic starts with technical office banter but quickly progresses into an in-depth adventure as the StatusQuo starts to unravel... and ''boy'' does it unravel...
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* AsideGlance: At the end of [[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20140910.html this strip]], after having spent the entire thing making crazy faces at each other, to be interrupted by someone they'd previously chastised for arguing over whether 50's TV [[Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperman Superman]] or 70's TV Series/WonderWoman twirly-sparkly transformations were better.
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* WebcomicTime: How long is Michelle going to be a fetus? Gene and CW's canon son also has ''yet'' to enter the comic more than ten years into the story.

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* WebcomicTime: How long is Michelle going to be a fetus? Gene and CW's canon son also has ''yet'' to enter the comic more than ten years into the story.comic. (9 months or so in the story, if furry rabbit gestation is the same length as human.)
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* TalkToTheFist: When Crendall shows the leader of the Ancient Animen that one doesn't need special powers when a good, old-fashioned [[http://http//genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20040102.html right hook to the chops]] will suffice.

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* TalkToTheFist: When Crendall shows the leader of the Ancient Animen that one doesn't need special powers when a good, old-fashioned [[http://http//genecatlow.[[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20040102.html right hook to the chops]] will suffice.
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* ShoutOut: Lots. Batman, StarWars, and Series/DoctorWho, to name a few. Usually done by the Kotreeka Birds, oddly enough.

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* ShoutOut: Lots. Batman, StarWars, and Series/DoctorWho, to name a few. Usually done by the Kotreeka Birds, oddly enough. In [[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20120220.html this strip]] the equine mayor is annoyed that people keep expecting him to be a super fan of "Some television [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic show about horses]] that's become incredibly popular, people keep asking him about "Shutter-fly" or "Butter-shy".
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Not to be confused with a Western movie starring Creator/YulBrynner.
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* FurryReminder: When Gene dreams of fighting, he makes angry cat noises.
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** Let's not forget Dusk and Dawn.
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** Actually, it has, but in subtle ways. Check out Matt [[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20041105.html here,]] in 2004, and [[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20150109.html here]] in 2015, for example.
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* TalkToTheFist: When Crendall shows the leader of the Ancient Animen that one doesn't need special powers when a good, old-fashioned [[http://http//genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20040102.html right hook to the chops]] will suffice.
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* FanService: Lots of characters appear naked, frequently, for almost any reason. We rarely get to see private parts, though.
** FanDisservice: Naked Matt was not designed to be hot. Even if you think he looks hot, he's too mean for a healthy sexual relationship.
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* FakeCrossover: Gene and [=CatsWhisker=] have both ... er... "appeared" together in ''KitNKayBoodle''. For very obvious reasons it shouldn't be considered canon that they partook in a backyard orgy so powerful that they were given blessing by the gods themselves.
** Given an ironic nod in [[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20040218.html this comic]].
** Webcomic/{{Jack}} has made [[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20011228.html multiple]] [[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20020807.html cameos]], and similarly Gene and [=CatsWhisker=] have appeared in his comic. But for a variety of reasons they can't be the same 'verse.

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* FakeCrossover: FakeCrossover:
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Gene and [=CatsWhisker=] have both ... er... "appeared" together in ''KitNKayBoodle''. ''Kit 'N' Kay Boodle''. For very obvious reasons it shouldn't be considered canon that they partook in a backyard orgy so powerful that they were given blessing by the gods themselves.
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themselves. Given an ironic nod in [[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20040218.html this comic]].
** Webcomic/{{Jack}} Webcomic/{{Jack|DavidHopkins}} has made [[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20011228.html multiple]] [[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20020807.html cameos]], and similarly Gene and [=CatsWhisker=] have appeared in his comic. But comic, but for a variety of reasons they can't be the same 'verse.

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* FantasticRacism: The Furry, Human, and [[spoiler: animen]] relationship seems to be a bit of this.

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* FantasticRacism: The Furry, Human, and [[spoiler: animen]] Animen]] relationship seems to be a bit of this.



* ManipulativeBastard: Matt.



* TheMedic: You have Animen and Michelle. Take your pick!



* TheMedic: You have Animen and Michelle. Take your pick!
* ManipulativeBastard: Matt.



* WebcomicTime: How long is Michelle going to be a fetus? Gene and CW's canon son also has ''yet'' to enter the comic yet ten years into the story.

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* WebcomicTime: How long is Michelle going to be a fetus? Gene and CW's canon son also has ''yet'' to enter the comic yet more than ten years into the story.

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* LongestPregnancyEver: Tavatania, eight years and counting.

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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: You may be surprised how many of them appear to play an important part in the grand scheme of this epic.
* LongestPregnancyEver: Tavatania, eight nine years and counting.
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* NoNameGiven/TheNameless: Surprisingly common among important characters.

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* NoNameGiven/TheNameless: NoNameGiven / TheNameless: Surprisingly common among important characters.

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* HighHeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Dusk and Dawn.]]

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* HeelFaceTurn: Quite a few villains in the course of the series.
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HighHeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Dusk and Dawn.]]


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* HugeGuyTinyGirl: The hulking Crendall has become almost a father figure to Diane.


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* NoNameGiven/TheNameless: Surprisingly common among important characters.
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* InstantAIJustAddWater: Any electronic device can develop self-awareness over time, but Gene gains the ability to make machines self-aware instantly.
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** Webcomic/{{Jack}} made a cameo [[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20011228.html at least once]], and similarly Gene and [=CatsWhisker=] have appeared in his comic. But for a variety of reasons they can't be the same 'verse.

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** Webcomic/{{Jack}} has made a cameo [[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20011228.html at least once]], multiple]] [[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20020807.html cameos]], and similarly Gene and [=CatsWhisker=] have appeared in his comic. But for a variety of reasons they can't be the same 'verse.
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** Webcomic/{{Jack}} made a cameo [[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20011228.html at least once]], and similarly Gene and [=CatsWhisker=] have appeared in his comic. But for a variety of reasons they can't be the same 'verse.
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* ArtEvolution: Averted, as Mr. Temple had settled into his own style by the time he began the comic.

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* ArtEvolution: Averted, as Mr. Temple had settled into the comic has been around for over 13 years and his own art style by the time he began the comic.has not changed at all.
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Gene Catlow, the titular character, is not only the AuthorAvatar for AlbertTemple but is partnered with [=CatsWhisker=], the Author Avatar for Temple's sweetheart TawanaGilroy. Temple and Gilroy have collaborated on ''GeneCatlow'' since its inception.

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Gene Catlow, the titular character, is not only the AuthorAvatar for AlbertTemple Albert Temple but is partnered with [=CatsWhisker=], the Author Avatar for Temple's sweetheart TawanaGilroy.Tawana Gilroy. Temple and Gilroy have collaborated on ''GeneCatlow'' since its inception.



* FakeCrossover: Gene and [=CatsWhisker=] have both ... er... "appeared" together in KitNKayBoodle. For very obvious reasons it shouldn't be considered canon that they partook in a backyard orgy so powerful that they were given blessing by the gods themselves.

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* FakeCrossover: Gene and [=CatsWhisker=] have both ... er... "appeared" together in KitNKayBoodle.''KitNKayBoodle''. For very obvious reasons it shouldn't be considered canon that they partook in a backyard orgy so powerful that they were given blessing by the gods themselves.
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zero context examples and questionable examples for this trope are being purged. Please remember a Big Beautiful Woman a female character who is fat and portrayed as attractive. Examples must make both of those things clear.


* BigBeautifulWoman: Hannah the beaver.
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* KlatchianCoffee: Coffee Squared, Used near the start of the comic to unlock Cotton's Sight of the Soul ability.

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* KlatchianCoffee: Coffee Squared, Used used near the start of the comic to unlock Cotton's Sight of the Soul ability.
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* AreYouSureYouWantToDoThat: Implied by [=CatsWhisker=], and later invoked.
--> '''[=CatsWhisker=]:''' Cross that line and you can '''''NEVER''''' come [[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20120711.html back]]!


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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Do '''''NOT''''' [[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20120627.html attack]] [[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20120629.html CatsWhisker]] [[BerserkButton in front of Gene]]! He may be a [[BewareOfTheNiceOnes nice fellow]] but [[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20120702.html he will]] [[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20120704.html nearly]] '''''[[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20120706.html KILL THAT PERSON]]''' [[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20120709.html for doing so]].


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* ManipulativeBastard: Matt.
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* ArtEvolution: Averted, as Mr. Temple had settled into his own style by the time he began the comic.
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* LongestPregnancyEver: Tavatania, who carried Michelle for about five years, real time.

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* LongestPregnancyEver: Tavatania, who carried Michelle for about five years, real time.eight years and counting.
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* [[spoiler:BenevolentAlienInvasion: The amphibious aliens.]]

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* [[spoiler:BenevolentAlienInvasion: The BenevolentAlienInvasion: [[spoiler:The amphibious aliens.]]



* [[spoiler: HighHeelFaceTurn: Dusk and Dawn.]]

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* [[spoiler: HighHeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Dusk and Dawn.]]
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-->''"Just keep doing what you're doing, Gene."''\\
--'''Roger Tuska'''

''[[http://www.genecatlow.com/ Gene Catlow]]'' is a semi-weekly WebComic about a world of {{Funny Animal}}s and humans (among other forms of life) doing their best to just get along (...or not). The comic starts with technical office banter but quickly progresses into an in-depth adventure as the StatusQuo starts to unravel... and ''boy'' does it unravel...

Gene Catlow, the titular character, is not only the AuthorAvatar for AlbertTemple but is partnered with [=CatsWhisker=], the Author Avatar for Temple's sweetheart TawanaGilroy. Temple and Gilroy have collaborated on ''GeneCatlow'' since its inception.
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!!''GeneCatlow'' provides examples of:

* AerithAndBob: Gene and [=CatsWhisker=], for one...
* AllThereInTheManual: subverted in that much of the manual is a ''[[WordOfDante fanfic]]'' (The Basalt City Chronicles)
* AppliedPhlebotinum: What is the Sight of the Soul, exactly?
* ArtShift: When [[{{Kawaiiko}} Michelle]] uses the Sight of the Soul, in particular. [[spoiler:Whether this changes when she's finally ''born''... who knows...]]
* [[spoiler:BenevolentAlienInvasion: The amphibious aliens.]]
* BigBeautifulWoman: Hannah the beaver.
* CharacterTitle: Sure is.
* CarnivoreConfusion: According to the WordOfGod, yes, sentients eat other sentients. [[SubvertedTrope Specifically, sentients who donate their mortal remains to be processed into food, so there's no problem at all.]]
* DeusEstMachina: Oh, at ''first'' he thought so, eh?
* DistractedByTheSexy: [[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20040702.html I have a feeling the boys don't hate furries anymore.]]
* EnergyBeing: [[spoiler:The Friendship Island, for one.]] They don't require form, but they may take form to meet certain goals.
* FakeCrossover: Gene and [=CatsWhisker=] have both ... er... "appeared" together in KitNKayBoodle. For very obvious reasons it shouldn't be considered canon that they partook in a backyard orgy so powerful that they were given blessing by the gods themselves.
** Given an ironic nod in [[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20040218.html this comic]].
* FantasticRacism: The Furry, Human, and [[spoiler: animen]] relationship seems to be a bit of this.
* FourFingeredHands: Played with. Humans have five fingers, Furries don't.
* FunnyAnimal: To varying degrees. There are the major {{Funny Animal}}s as well as the [[TalkingAnimal Kotreeka Birds]], amphibious aliens, [[spoiler:Animen, the race from which human and furry branched off]], and even--if you want to be absolutely thorough about the variety of life--[[spoiler:living energy and technology]]!
* FurriesAreEasierToDraw: One look at his human characters and you can quickly tell why the majority of the comic only contains furries.
* GratuitousForeignLanguage: Ancient Canovian uses a hamburger for "yes"?
* [[spoiler: HighHeelFaceTurn: Dusk and Dawn.]]
* HighOnCatnip: Gene avoids catnip for this reason.
* HumansAreBastards: Accused of this at [[spoiler:the first instance of a human, Michael Alan Avariss]], but eventually disproved--at least for the majority.
* ImmodestOrgasm: When the Kotreeka Birds mime Gene and [=CatsWhisker=] having sex on the beach.
* KlatchianCoffee: Coffee Squared, Used near the start of the comic to unlock Cotton's Sight of the Soul ability.
* LongestPregnancyEver: Tavatania, who carried Michelle for about five years, real time.
* LongRunner: It's been on the internet for a good eleven years now. And yet it's still only in the middle of its story.
* MeaningfulName: Michael Alan Avariss, though a bit less so for his son.
* MechanicalLifeform: Not at the beginning, but...
* NonMammalMammaries: All female characters, except for [[spoiler:The Amphibious Aliens.]]
* OppositesThemeNaming: Dawn and Dusk.
* OutOfFocus: Gene himself for the longest time. And these days Cotton has taken a back seat.
* PowerGlows: [[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20111212.html Literally]].
* PunnyName: Cottontail-or, anyone?
* PuppyDogEyes: When one of the puppets wants [[http://genecatlow.keenspot.com/d/20100326.html just one more marshmellow]].
* RuleThirtyFour: Besides Gene and [=Catswhisker=] showing up now and then in KitNKayBoodle of all places, the artist also draws a ''lot'' of porn of his characters, but posts them on other websites.
* ShoutOut: Lots. Batman, StarWars, and Series/DoctorWho, to name a few. Usually done by the Kotreeka Birds, oddly enough.
* TheMedic: You have Animen and Michelle. Take your pick!
* TheSpeechless: Eubie/"UB" ("Unimportant Bear"), [[JustifiedTrope whose vocal cords are damaged beyond use]] [[spoiler: after his erstwhile allies tried to hang him.]]
* WebcomicTime: How long is Michelle going to be a fetus? Gene and CW's canon son also has ''yet'' to enter the comic yet ten years into the story.
* YouDidntAsk: Used by the island later on.
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