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* LifeEmbellished: Even after the {{Kayfabe}} is broken, Book IV starts off as an accurate autobiography of Alec Robbins's real life... up until he starts [[spoiler: misrepresenting Liz's words and appearance to make her into his ideal girlfriend, much to the real Liz's annoyance. Alec goes as far as claiming that she agreed to marry him and legally changed her name to Betty Boop, [[LoopholeAbuse allowing him to reboot Mr. Boop]].]]
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* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Alec struggles to perform the first time he and Betty try to have sex, due to his fears that he's not good enough for her and that she'll leave him. Just two sessions with a therapist later and all their issues are [[IdealizedSex very,]] [[CasualKink very]] solved.
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* OffscreenBreakup: Implied between [[spoiler:Alec and Liz, sometime after he completely warps his depiction of her into his shallow fantasy. In the ending, he and Liz pass by each other again at the grocery store... but she walks away without even looking at him, while he tearfully glances back at her.]]
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** The therapist that many characters visit is attracted to the escaped prisoner who constantly gloats about how much he enjoys killing people. Later she talks to ComicStrip/Cathy Cathy, who agrees (in graphic detail) that people who could hurt or kill her are hot.
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** The therapist that many characters visit is attracted to the escaped prisoner who constantly gloats about how much he enjoys killing people. Later she talks tells this to ComicStrip/Cathy Cathy, {{ComicStrip/Cathy}}, who agrees (in graphic detail) that people who could hurt or kill her are hot.
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* BrutalHonesty: When the cast's therapist starts treating one of the escaped prisoners and hears him talk about how much he loves watching people die, she realizes she finds him hot. She then asks her own therapist if that's messed up, to which he responds: "[[BluntYes Yes.]] You shouldn't be a therapist."
* FauxHorrific: ''Mr. Boop and the Curse of the Dinner Party'' has ominous music, dialogue, and setting descriptions, culminating with finding Alec's diary and finds out his and Betty's nefarious plot is to... have a threesome with the player character.
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* TheGhost: Alec's first wife [[spoiler:[[{{Franchise/Metroid}} Samus Aran]]]] is mentioned but never depicted.
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* TheGhost: Alec's first wife [[spoiler:[[{{Franchise/Metroid}} Samus Aran]]]] is mentioned but never depicted.depicted, aside from [[spoiler:a clip of her in her own games]] during the ending montage.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler:Betty's father]]'s lawyer realizes he's spent his whole life working for a greedy, awful man, and he decides that from now on he's going to fight for the good guys. The very next panel is blank [[spoiler:due to the comic being cancelled]] and the character is never seen again.
* HeelFaceDoorSlam: [[spoiler:Betty's father]]'s lawyer realizes he's spent his whole life working for a greedy, awful man, and he decides that from now on he's going to fight for the good guys. The very next panel is blank [[spoiler:due to the comic being cancelled]] and the character is never seen again.
* IgnoredEpiphany: Several times Alec acknowledges that it isn't healthy for him to center his entire existence around Betty, and one of his ex-wives specifically says she divorced him because she was uncomfortable with his single-minded devotion to her and wanted him to live his own life.[[note]][[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And also because she wasn't into threesomes.]][[/note]] The topic is always brushed off dismissively and Alec goes right back to worshiping Betty.
-->'''[[spoiler:God Betty]]''': "You have a lot of issues you'll need to work through when you [[spoiler:wake up from your coma]]."
-->'''Alec:''' "To be quite honest, when I [[spoiler:wake up from my coma]] the only thing I'm doing is having sex with my wife. I didn't learn anything from any of this I'm just going to have sex."
-->'''[[spoiler:God Betty]]''': "You have a lot of issues you'll need to work through when you [[spoiler:wake up from your coma]]."
-->'''Alec:''' "To be quite honest, when I [[spoiler:wake up from my coma]] the only thing I'm doing is having sex with my wife. I didn't learn anything from any of this I'm just going to have sex."
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* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny Bugs']] original plan.
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* MultipleEndings: ''The Curse of the Dinner Party'' has two endings: The good ending where the player has an off-screen threesome with Betty and Alec, and the bad ending where the player "accidentally" leaves the house.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny Bugs']] originalplan. plan.
* NightmareFetishist: Alec's immediate reaction when he first sees the the AngelicAbomination that [[spoiler:resembles Betty and appears as God in his comatose dreams]] is a devious "oh HELL yeah", and he takes many of the stranger aspects of the dream in stride (like when he [[spoiler:ends up inside God!Betty's womb]]).
** The therapist that many characters visit is attracted to the escaped prisoner who constantly gloats about how much he enjoys killing people. Later she talks to ComicStrip/Cathy Cathy, who agrees (in graphic detail) that people who could hurt or kill her are hot.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny Bugs']] original
* NightmareFetishist: Alec's immediate reaction when he first sees the the AngelicAbomination that [[spoiler:resembles Betty and appears as God in his comatose dreams]] is a devious "oh HELL yeah", and he takes many of the stranger aspects of the dream in stride (like when he [[spoiler:ends up inside God!Betty's womb]]).
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* ParodyEpisode: Strip number #55 is a direct {{homage}} to the infamous [[WebComic/CtrlAltDel loss.jpg]]jpg]], and strip #90 is Loss in reverse.
** Strips #151-164 all reference ''Series/TheSopranos'' by [[spoiler:ending each strip abruptly with a [[SmashToBlack black panel]], representing the cancellation of the comic]]. There's even a cameo by the Sopranos themselves.
** Strips #151-164 all reference ''Series/TheSopranos'' by [[spoiler:ending each strip abruptly with a [[SmashToBlack black panel]], representing the cancellation of the comic]]. There's even a cameo by the Sopranos themselves.
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* RomanticAsexual: Spongebob, who is worried about having a relationship with the very sexually-active Sonic. Sonic assures him that he's still very enamored with him and wants to figure out a way to make it work together. [[spoiler:They never get a chance to try, being interrupted by the comic shutting down.]]
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* TheCameo: A live-action video of the fans “forgiving” Alec for not being actually married to Betty Boop features brief appearances from Creator/TimRobinson, Creator/MaraWilson, and [[Podcast/MyBrotherMyBrotherAndMe Justin McElroy]] as themselves.
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A LifeEmbellished webcomic about the titular Alec Boop (nee Robbins) and his life being married to WesternAnimation/BettyBoop. Claimed to be based on Alec Robbins' real life, and posted on his [[https://twitter.com/alecrobbins twitter account]] and [[http://mrboop.net/ a website]], the webcomic features Alec meeting (and usually having sex with) characters from various media, including WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy, Series/TheSopranos ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', ''Series/TheSopranos'' and even {{WebComic/Homestuck}}.''WebComic/{{Homestuck}}''.
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* AmicableExes: Alec and Gina from ''Anime/PorcoRosso''.
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* KavorkaMan: Despite Comic Alec being drawn extremely exaggeratedly, he has managed to marry Betty Boop, [[Anime/PorcoRosso Madame Gina]] and [[spoiler:[[{{Franchise/Metroid}} Samus Aran]]]]. [[spoiler:Even in the "real" world, he wins Liz's heart quite effortlessly, though RealityEnsues when she resists his efforts to [[ReplacementGoldfish turn her into someone she's not]].]]
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* KavorkaMan: Despite Comic Alec being drawn extremely exaggeratedly, he has managed to marry Betty Boop, [[Anime/PorcoRosso Madame Gina]] and [[spoiler:[[{{Franchise/Metroid}} Samus Aran]]]]. [[spoiler:Even in the "real" world, he wins Liz's heart quite effortlessly, though RealityEnsues when she resists his efforts to [[ReplacementGoldfish turn her into someone she's not]].]]
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* ArtEvolution: PlayedForHorror in book IV as [[spoiler:Alec increasingly draws Liz to resemble Betty until he's just drawing Betty again.]]
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* JournalComic: In-story, a fictional one, ''Mr. Mr. Boop,'' replaces ''Mr. Boop'' after Alec "ends" the comic. [[spoiler:It gradually evolves back into ''Mr. Boop'' as Alec [[ReplacementGoldfish turns his new girlfriend Liz into Betty.]]
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* JournalComic: In-story, a fictional one, ''Mr. Mr. Boop,'' replaces ''Mr. Boop'' after Alec "ends" the comic. [[spoiler:It gradually evolves back into ''Mr. Boop'' as Alec [[ReplacementGoldfish turns his new girlfriend Liz into Betty.]]]]]]
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* KavorkaMan: Despite Comic Alec being drawn extremely exaggeratedly, he has managed to marry Betty Boop, [[Anime/PorcoRosso Madame Gina]] and [[spoiler:[[{{Franchise/Metroid}} Samus Aran]]]].
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* KavorkaMan: Despite Comic Alec being drawn extremely exaggeratedly, he has managed to marry Betty Boop, [[Anime/PorcoRosso Madame Gina]] and [[spoiler:[[{{Franchise/Metroid}} Samus Aran]]]]. [[spoiler:Even in the "real" world, he wins Liz's heart quite effortlessly, though RealityEnsues when she resists his efforts to [[ReplacementGoldfish turn her into someone she's not]].]]
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* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Alec and Betty, and later, [[spoiler:Alec and Liz.]]
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* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Alec and Betty, and later, [[spoiler:Alec and Liz.Liz, who notes that his low stature was one of the only things he didn't exaggerate about his appearance.]]
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* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Betty is so attractive that she and Alec struggle to consummate their relationship for most of book I as [[InsecureLoveInterest he's too insecure to perform]].
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* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Betty is so attractive that she and Alec struggle to consummate their relationship for most of book I as [[InsecureLoveInterest he's too insecure to perform]]. She also causes a lot of people to want her husband dead.
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* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Betty is so attractive that she and Alec struggle to consummate their relationship for most of book I as [[InsecureLoveInterest he's too insecure to perform]].
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* LovingAShadow: How Alec falls for Liz finds herself becoming a ReplacementGoldfish for Betty.[[ReplacementGoldfish because she reminds him of Betty]], and when she departs from the script he simply [[SelectiveObliviousness rewrites her behavior to suit his fantasies]].
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* CerebusSyndrome: Book IV is much less goofy than previous books, being presented as [[spoiler:an actual diary comic of Alec Robbins life]] during the real life UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. This gets even heavier, then, into full-on CerebusRetcon territory, as [[spoiler:Alec starts dating a woman who, rapidly, begins to be drawn and written with the tone of the earlier comics, all while being shown outright as disapproving of this portrayal, feeling embarrassed and mistreated by it]].
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* CerebusSyndrome: Book IV is much less goofy than previous books, being presented as [[spoiler:an actual diary comic of Alec Robbins Robbins' life]] during the real life real-life UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. This gets even heavier, then, into full-on CerebusRetcon territory, as [[spoiler:Alec starts dating a woman who, rapidly, begins to be drawn and written with the tone of the earlier comics, all while being shown outright as disapproving of this portrayal, feeling embarrassed and mistreated by it]].
