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the author is currently dabbling in various new media, please bear with his experimentation. also due to a recent move to {{tumblr}} many of our links go to the wrong comics and none of the comics have alt text anymore. sorry

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* [[the fun in funeral}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/240 a beach funeral]]

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* [[the {{the fun in funeral}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/240 a beach funeral]]
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* {{barred from the afterlife}}: in the original and [[AbortedArc abandoned]] storyline, [[PhraseCatcher paul, who is a ghost,]] [[CelestialBureaucracy being unable]] go to [[MundaneAfterlife hell]] is the main plot.
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fixed the links for the long john silver\'s comics under product placement


* {{product placement}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/248 hooray for]] [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/249 long john silver's]] [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/264/ and]] [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/270/ purina]] [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/271/ and]] [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/272/ gum]]

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* {{product placement}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/248 com/223/ hooray for]] [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/249 com/224/ long john silver's]] [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/264/ and]] [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/270/ purina]] [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/271/ and]] [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/272/ gum]]
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fixed the links under who shot jfk and you bastard


* {{who shot jfk}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/366 yr mileage may vary on whether this is black comedy or what]]
* {{you bastard}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/103 i am not telling a joke. you are terrible]]

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* {{who shot jfk}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/366 com/299/ yr mileage may vary on whether this is black comedy or what]]
* {{you bastard}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/103 com/94/ i am not telling a joke. you are terrible]]
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fixed the link under the singularity


* {{the singularity}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/102 a rather cynical take]]

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* {{the singularity}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/102 com/93/ a rather cynical take]]
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fixed the link under talking poo


* {{talking poo}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/190 the voice of reason]]

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* {{talking poo}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/190 com/58/ the voice of reason]]
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fixed the link under talkative loon


* {{talkative loon}}: the [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/331 music promoter]]

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* {{talkative loon}}: the [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/331 com/276/ music promoter]]
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fixed the links for the racist grandma and racist grandpa comics


* {{racist grandma}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/131 if she is not being racist, then she is just boring.]]
** also you may consider [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/120 this tree]] to be a racist grandpa, it was certainly planted by one

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* {{racist grandma}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/131 com/121/ if she is not being racist, then she is just boring.]]
** also you may consider [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/120 com/111/ this tree]] to be a racist grandpa, it was certainly planted by one
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can\'t find the right links for the long john silver\'s comics under product placement so i just added links to comics about purina and orbit


* {{product placement}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/248 hooray for]] [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/249 long john silver's]]

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* {{product placement}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/248 hooray for]] [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/249 long john silver's]]silver's]] [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/264/ and]] [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/270/ purina]] [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/271/ and]] [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/272/ gum]]
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fixed the link for the comic under platform game


* {{platform game}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/315 this one]] contains examples of {{scoring points}} {{designated villain}} {{goomba stomp}} and {{for massive damage}}

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* {{platform game}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/315 com/263/ this one]] contains examples of {{scoring points}} {{designated villain}} {{goomba stomp}} and {{for massive damage}}
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fixed the link for poor dfw under island help message


* {{island help message}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/122 poor dfw]]

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* {{island help message}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/122 com/167/ poor dfw]]
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fixed the link for gary imagines his future with a girl (comic titled \"how embarrassing\") under imagine spot


* {{imagine spot}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/107 gary imagines his future with a girl]]

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* {{imagine spot}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/107 com/98/ gary imagines his future with a girl]]
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fixed the link for we are all going down together under episode on a plane


* {{episode on a plane}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/372 we are all going down together]]

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* {{episode on a plane}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/372 com/304/ we are all going down together]]
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fixed the link for impossibly tragic grandma under deus angst machina


* {{deus angst machina}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/153 impossibly tragic grandma]]

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* {{deus angst machina}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/153 com/142/ impossibly tragic grandma]]
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* {{furry fandom}}: [[InvertedTrope inverted]], [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/116 the dog is a uh, reverse furry]]

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* {{furry fandom}}: [[InvertedTrope inverted]], [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/116 com/107 the dog is a uh, reverse furry]]
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* {{celestial bureaucracy}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/176 paul waits in line to get into the afterlife.]]

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* {{celestial bureaucracy}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/176 com/189 paul waits in line to get into the afterlife.]]
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* {{blessed with suck}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/256 HAPPY BIRTHDAY]]

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* {{blessed with suck}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/256 com/212 HAPPY BIRTHDAY]]
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points to the right comic now
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points to the right comic now


* {{fetish}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/165 "do you have any pornography that simulates having a significant relationship, that is my fetish"]]

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* {{fetish}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/165 com/154 "do you have any pornography that simulates having a significant relationship, that is my fetish"]]
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--'''gary''' describes the [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/142 the toast he wants to give at his brother's wedding]]

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--'''gary''' describes the [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/142 com/132/ the toast he wants to give at his brother's wedding]]



there are many [[MagicalRealism magic realist]] elements to the world as well, like an [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/115 ipod that plays you your regrets]], a family that has [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/130 the powers]] [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/135 of jesus]], and [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/18 post-it notes that seemingly come from no one]]

the author is currently dabbling in various new media, please bear with his experimentation. due to a recent shift to {{tumblr}} many of our links are also entirely useless. sorry

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there are many [[MagicalRealism magic realist]] elements to the world as well, like an [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/115 com/106/ ipod that plays you your regrets]], a family that has [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/130 the powers]] [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/135 of jesus]], and [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/18 post-it notes that seemingly come from no one]]

the author is currently dabbling in various new media, please bear with his experimentation. also due to a recent shift move to {{tumblr}} many of our links are also entirely useless.go to the wrong comics and none of the comics have alt text anymore. sorry



* {{and thats terrible}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/56 you are not dead you are just a bad person]]
* {{alt text}}
* {{and now for something completely different}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/331 up the mountain to see the dead man]]

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* {{and thats terrible}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/56 com/56/ you are not dead you are just a bad person]]
* {{alt text}}
text}}: well, until the site moved, anyway. they're all gone now
* {{and now for something completely different}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/331 com/276/ up the mountain to see the dead man]]
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the author is currently dabbling in various new media, please bear with his experimentation

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the author is currently dabbling in various new media, please bear with his experimentation
experimentation. due to a recent shift to {{tumblr}} many of our links are also entirely useless. sorry
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* {{no punctuation is funnier}}: or i mean if you think it's funnier
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** [[TSEliot ts eliot]] [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/31 prufrock]]

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** [[TSEliot [[Creator/TSEliot ts eliot]] [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/31 prufrock]]
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--'''gary''' describes the [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=142 the toast he wants to give at his brother's wedding]]

->''i made [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=290 this comic]] and i regret it, but i regret most comics and i regret most things.''\\

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--'''gary''' describes the [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=142 com/142 the toast he wants to give at his brother's wedding]]

->''i made [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=290 com/290 this comic]] and i regret it, but i regret most comics and i regret most things.''\\



''[[http://picturesforsadchildren.com/ pictures for sad children]]'' is a webcomic by john campbell. it features a minimalist style of art, humor, and grammar. originally, the comic also featured character-driven stories about a ghost and some other people

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''[[http://picturesforsadchildren.''[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/ pictures for sad children]]'' is a webcomic by john campbell. it features a minimalist style of art, humor, and grammar. originally, the comic also featured character-driven stories about a ghost and some other people



paul, [[PhraseCatcher who is a ghost]], who is wearing a bedsheet, died just before the first strip. he wears the bed sheet to look [[BedsheetGhost ghosty]] of course. he [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=65 hates everything]] and [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=56 doesn't care]]

gary is a grad student who currently works at a call center that takes the overflow of indian help lines. [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=28 people call him]] and {{hilarity ensues}}

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paul, [[PhraseCatcher who is a ghost]], who is wearing a bedsheet, died just before the first strip. he wears the bed sheet to look [[BedsheetGhost ghosty]] of course. he [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=65 com/65 hates everything]] and [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=56 com/56 doesn't care]]

gary is a grad student who currently works at a call center that takes the overflow of indian help lines. [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=28 com/28 people call him]] and {{hilarity ensues}}



there are many [[MagicalRealism magic realist]] elements to the world as well, like an [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=115 ipod that plays you your regrets]], a family that has [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=130 the powers]] [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=135 of jesus]], and [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=18 post-it notes that seemingly come from no one]]

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there are many [[MagicalRealism magic realist]] elements to the world as well, like an [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=115 com/115 ipod that plays you your regrets]], a family that has [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=130 com/130 the powers]] [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=135 com/135 of jesus]], and [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=18 com/18 post-it notes that seemingly come from no one]]



* {{and thats terrible}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=56 you are not dead you are just a bad person]]

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* {{and thats terrible}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=56 com/56 you are not dead you are just a bad person]]



* {{and now for something completely different}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=331 up the mountain to see the dead man]]

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* {{and now for something completely different}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=331 com/331 up the mountain to see the dead man]]



* {{blessed with suck}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=256 HAPPY BIRTHDAY]]
* {{celestial bureaucracy}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=176 paul waits in line to get into the afterlife.]]
* {{coitus uninterruptus}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=183 "i'm ben franklin and i'm giving it to a french lady, this is what i do."]]
* {{corrupt corporate executive}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=332 one or more may be involved, not like it matters b/c the result is the same no matter what, there is no point in thinking about how many different ones there are in this strip]]

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* {{blessed with suck}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=256 com/256 HAPPY BIRTHDAY]]
* {{celestial bureaucracy}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=176 com/176 paul waits in line to get into the afterlife.]]
* {{coitus uninterruptus}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=183 com/183 "i'm ben franklin and i'm giving it to a french lady, this is what i do."]]
* {{corrupt corporate executive}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=332 com/332 one or more may be involved, not like it matters b/c the result is the same no matter what, there is no point in thinking about how many different ones there are in this strip]]



* {{deus angst machina}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=153 impossibly tragic grandma]]
* {{episode on a plane}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=372 we are all going down together]]
* {{fetish}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=165 "do you have any pornography that simulates having a significant relationship, that is my fetish"]]
* {{flat what}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=28 what.]]
* {{furry fandom}}: [[InvertedTrope inverted]], [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=116 the dog is a uh, reverse furry]]

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* {{deus angst machina}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=153 com/153 impossibly tragic grandma]]
* {{episode on a plane}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=372 com/372 we are all going down together]]
* {{fetish}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=165 com/165 "do you have any pornography that simulates having a significant relationship, that is my fetish"]]
* {{flat what}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=28 com/28 what.]]
* {{furry fandom}}: [[InvertedTrope inverted]], [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=116 com/116 the dog is a uh, reverse furry]]



* {{imagine spot}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=107 gary imagines his future with a girl]]
* {{island help message}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=122 poor dfw]]
* {{jump off a bridge rebuttal}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=386 everyone is doing it]]
* {{kafka komedy}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=370 u may have been in this situation b4]]
* {{literary allusion title}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=46 so it goes]]
** [[TSEliot ts eliot]] [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=31 prufrock]]

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* {{imagine spot}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=107 com/107 gary imagines his future with a girl]]
* {{island help message}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=122 com/122 poor dfw]]
* {{jump off a bridge rebuttal}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=386 com/386 everyone is doing it]]
* {{kafka komedy}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=370 com/370 u may have been in this situation b4]]
* {{literary allusion title}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=46 com/46 so it goes]]
** [[TSEliot ts eliot]] [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=31 com/31 prufrock]]



* {{metaphorgotten}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=108 in the alt text]], [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=272 in the text text]]
* {{mixed metaphor}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=192 lampshaded in the alt text]]

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* {{metaphorgotten}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=108 com/108 in the alt text]], [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=272 com/272 in the text text]]
* {{mixed metaphor}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=192 com/192 lampshaded in the alt text]]



* {{the plague}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=304 it is not very convenient]]
* {{platform game}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=315 this one]] contains examples of {{scoring points}} {{designated villain}} {{goomba stomp}} and {{for massive damage}}
* {{product placement}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=248 hooray for]] [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=249 long john silver's]]
* {{racist grandma}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=131 if she is not being racist, then she is just boring.]]
** also you may consider [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=120 this tree]] to be a racist grandpa, it was certainly planted by one
* {{religion of evil}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=334 there may be a pedophile priest involved but he may also just be a sinister minister, either way yr soul will be crushed]]
* {{robotic reveal}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=340 and it gives his room mate a bsod]]

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* {{the plague}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=304 com/304 it is not very convenient]]
* {{platform game}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=315 com/315 this one]] contains examples of {{scoring points}} {{designated villain}} {{goomba stomp}} and {{for massive damage}}
* {{product placement}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=248 com/248 hooray for]] [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=249 com/249 long john silver's]]
* {{racist grandma}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=131 com/131 if she is not being racist, then she is just boring.]]
** also you may consider [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=120 com/120 this tree]] to be a racist grandpa, it was certainly planted by one
* {{religion of evil}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=334 com/334 there may be a pedophile priest involved but he may also just be a sinister minister, either way yr soul will be crushed]]
* {{robotic reveal}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=340 com/340 and it gives his room mate a bsod]]



* {{self deprecation}}: in the alt text [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=376 here]].

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* {{self deprecation}}: in the alt text [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=376 com/376 here]].



* {{serious business}}: don't talk to jeremy about saint shoot unless you want [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=58 this]]
* {{suspiciously specific denial}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=308 an odd variation]]

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* {{serious business}}: don't talk to jeremy about saint shoot unless you want [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=58 com/58 this]]
* {{suspiciously specific denial}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=308 com/308 an odd variation]]



* {{take that}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=7 huge slam on oklahoma out of nowhere]]
* {{talkative loon}}: the [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=331 music promoter]]

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* {{take that}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=7 com/7 huge slam on oklahoma out of nowhere]]
* {{talkative loon}}: the [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=331 com/331 music promoter]]



* {{talking poo}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=190 the voice of reason]]
* {{the singularity}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=102 a rather cynical take]]

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* {{talking poo}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=190 com/190 the voice of reason]]
* {{the singularity}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=102 com/102 a rather cynical take]]



* {{who shot jfk}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=366 yr mileage may vary on whether this is black comedy or what]]
* {{you bastard}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=103 i am not telling a joke. you are terrible]]

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* {{who shot jfk}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=366 com/366 yr mileage may vary on whether this is black comedy or what]]
* {{you bastard}}: [[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=103 com/103 i am not telling a joke. you are terrible]]
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''[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/ pictures for sad children]]'' is a webcomic by john campbell. it features a minimalist style of art, humor, and grammar. originally, the comic also featured character-driven stories about a ghost and some other people

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''[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.''[[http://picturesforsadchildren.com/ pictures for sad children]]'' is a webcomic by john campbell. it features a minimalist style of art, humor, and grammar. originally, the comic also featured character-driven stories about a ghost and some other people
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the website changed its format


--'''gary''' describes the [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=142 the toast he wants to give at his brother's wedding]]

->''i made [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=290 this comic]] and i regret it, but i regret most comics and i regret most things.''\\

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--'''gary''' describes the [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=142 the toast he wants to give at his brother's wedding]]

->''i made [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=290 this comic]] and i regret it, but i regret most comics and i regret most things.''\\



''[[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/ pictures for sad children]]'' is a webcomic by john campbell. it features a minimalist style of art, humor, and grammar. originally, the comic also featured character-driven stories about a ghost and some other people

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''[[http://www.''[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/ pictures for sad children]]'' is a webcomic by john campbell. it features a minimalist style of art, humor, and grammar. originally, the comic also featured character-driven stories about a ghost and some other people



paul, [[PhraseCatcher who is a ghost]], who is wearing a bedsheet, died just before the first strip. he wears the bed sheet to look [[BedsheetGhost ghosty]] of course. he [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=65 hates everything]] and [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=56 doesn't care]]

gary is a grad student who currently works at a call center that takes the overflow of indian help lines. [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=28 people call him]] and {{hilarity ensues}}

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paul, [[PhraseCatcher who is a ghost]], who is wearing a bedsheet, died just before the first strip. he wears the bed sheet to look [[BedsheetGhost ghosty]] of course. he [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=65 hates everything]] and [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=56 doesn't care]]

gary is a grad student who currently works at a call center that takes the overflow of indian help lines. [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=28 people call him]] and {{hilarity ensues}}



there are many [[MagicalRealism magic realist]] elements to the world as well, like an [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=115 ipod that plays you your regrets]], a family that has [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=130 the powers]] [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=135 of jesus]], and [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=18 post-it notes that seemingly come from no one]]

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there are many [[MagicalRealism magic realist]] elements to the world as well, like an [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=115 ipod that plays you your regrets]], a family that has [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=130 the powers]] [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=135 of jesus]], and [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=18 post-it notes that seemingly come from no one]]



* {{and thats terrible}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=56 you are not dead you are just a bad person]]

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* {{and thats terrible}}: [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=56 you are not dead you are just a bad person]]



* {{and now for something completely different}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=331 up the mountain to see the dead man]]

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* {{and now for something completely different}}: [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=331 up the mountain to see the dead man]]



* {{blessed with suck}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=256 HAPPY BIRTHDAY]]
* {{celestial bureaucracy}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=176 paul waits in line to get into the afterlife.]]
* {{coitus uninterruptus}}: [[http://picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=183 "i'm ben franklin and i'm giving it to a french lady, this is what i do."]]
* {{corrupt corporate executive}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=332 one or more may be involved, not like it matters b/c the result is the same no matter what, there is no point in thinking about how many different ones there are in this strip]]

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* {{blessed with suck}}: [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=256 HAPPY BIRTHDAY]]
* {{celestial bureaucracy}}: [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=176 paul waits in line to get into the afterlife.]]
* {{coitus uninterruptus}}: [[http://picturesforsadchildren.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=183 "i'm ben franklin and i'm giving it to a french lady, this is what i do."]]
* {{corrupt corporate executive}}: [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=332 one or more may be involved, not like it matters b/c the result is the same no matter what, there is no point in thinking about how many different ones there are in this strip]]



* {{deus angst machina}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=153 impossibly tragic grandma]]
* {{episode on a plane}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=372 we are all going down together]]
* {{fetish}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=165 "do you have any pornography that simulates having a significant relationship, that is my fetish"]]
* {{flat what}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=28 what.]]
* {{furry fandom}}: [[InvertedTrope inverted]], [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=116 the dog is a uh, reverse furry]]

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* {{deus angst machina}}: [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=153 impossibly tragic grandma]]
* {{episode on a plane}}: [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=372 we are all going down together]]
* {{fetish}}: [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=165 "do you have any pornography that simulates having a significant relationship, that is my fetish"]]
* {{flat what}}: [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=28 what.]]
* {{furry fandom}}: [[InvertedTrope inverted]], [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=116 the dog is a uh, reverse furry]]



* {{imagine spot}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=107 gary imagines his future with a girl]]
* {{island help message}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=122 poor dfw]]
* {{jump off a bridge rebuttal}}: [[http://picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=386 everyone is doing it]]
* {{kafka komedy}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=370 u may have been in this situation b4]]
* {{literary allusion title}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=46 so it goes]]
** [[TSEliot ts eliot]] [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=31 prufrock]]

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* {{imagine spot}}: [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=107 gary imagines his future with a girl]]
* {{island help message}}: [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=122 poor dfw]]
* {{jump off a bridge rebuttal}}: [[http://picturesforsadchildren.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=386 everyone is doing it]]
* {{kafka komedy}}: [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=370 u may have been in this situation b4]]
* {{literary allusion title}}: [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=46 so it goes]]
** [[TSEliot ts eliot]] [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=31 prufrock]]



* {{metaphorgotten}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=108 in the alt text]], [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=272 in the text text]]
* {{mixed metaphor}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=192 lampshaded in the alt text]]

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* {{metaphorgotten}}: [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=108 in the alt text]], [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=272 in the text text]]
* {{mixed metaphor}}: [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=192 lampshaded in the alt text]]



* {{the plague}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=304 it is not very convenient]]
* {{platform game}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=315 this one]] contains examples of {{scoring points}} {{designated villain}} {{goomba stomp}} and {{for massive damage}}
* {{product placement}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=248 hooray for]] [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=249 long john silver's]]
* {{racist grandma}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=131 if she is not being racist, then she is just boring.]]
** also you may consider [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=120 this tree]] to be a racist grandpa, it was certainly planted by one
* {{religion of evil}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=334 there may be a pedophile priest involved but he may also just be a sinister minister, either way yr soul will be crushed]]
* {{robotic reveal}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=340 and it gives his room mate a bsod]]

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* {{the plague}}: [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=304 it is not very convenient]]
* {{platform game}}: [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=315 this one]] contains examples of {{scoring points}} {{designated villain}} {{goomba stomp}} and {{for massive damage}}
* {{product placement}}: [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=248 hooray for]] [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=249 long john silver's]]
* {{racist grandma}}: [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=131 if she is not being racist, then she is just boring.]]
** also you may consider [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=120 this tree]] to be a racist grandpa, it was certainly planted by one
* {{religion of evil}}: [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=334 there may be a pedophile priest involved but he may also just be a sinister minister, either way yr soul will be crushed]]
* {{robotic reveal}}: [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=340 and it gives his room mate a bsod]]



* {{self deprecation}}: in the alt text [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=376 here]].

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* {{self deprecation}}: in the alt text [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=376 here]].



* {{serious business}}: don't talk to jeremy about saint shoot unless you want [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=58 this]]
* {{suspiciously specific denial}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=308 an odd variation]]

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* {{serious business}}: don't talk to jeremy about saint shoot unless you want [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=58 this]]
* {{suspiciously specific denial}}: [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=308 an odd variation]]



* {{take that}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=7 huge slam on oklahoma out of nowhere]]
* {{talkative loon}}: the [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=331 music promoter]]

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* {{take that}}: [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=7 huge slam on oklahoma out of nowhere]]
* {{talkative loon}}: the [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=331 music promoter]]



* {{talking poo}}: [[http://picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=190 the voice of reason]]
* {{the singularity}}: [[http://picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=102 a rather cynical take]]

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* {{talking poo}}: [[http://picturesforsadchildren.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=190 the voice of reason]]
* {{the singularity}}: [[http://picturesforsadchildren.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=102 a rather cynical take]]



* {{who shot jfk}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=366 yr mileage may vary on whether this is black comedy or what]]
* {{you bastard}}: [[http://picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=103 i am not telling a joke. you are terrible]]

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* {{who shot jfk}}: [[http://www.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=366 yr mileage may vary on whether this is black comedy or what]]
* {{you bastard}}: [[http://picturesforsadchildren.[[http://archive.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=103 i am not telling a joke. you are terrible]]
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->''whatever happens you guys will do great-ish things, probably. unless you don't, like most people. but you will be doing it together. unless you get divorced.''\\
--'''gary''' describes the [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=142 the toast he wants to give at his brother's wedding]]

->''i made [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=290 this comic]] and i regret it, but i regret most comics and i regret most things.''\\
-- '''john campbell'''

''[[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/ pictures for sad children]]'' is a webcomic by john campbell. it features a minimalist style of art, humor, and grammar. originally, the comic also featured character-driven stories about a ghost and some other people

it uses punctuation only sporadically [[SelfDemonstratingArticle which is why this article is written this way]] not because we are too dumb to find the shift key. blame john campbell

the two main characters were paul and gary, although sometimes the comic would follow the other minor characters for a little bit

paul, [[PhraseCatcher who is a ghost]], who is wearing a bedsheet, died just before the first strip. he wears the bed sheet to look [[BedsheetGhost ghosty]] of course. he [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=65 hates everything]] and [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=56 doesn't care]]

gary is a grad student who currently works at a call center that takes the overflow of indian help lines. [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=28 people call him]] and {{hilarity ensues}}

after 226 pages, the story of paul and gary came to a very abrupt and inconclusive end. since then, the comic has continued as an unconnected series of surreal one-shots w/ sometimes story arcs but not as long as the big one

the world of ''pictures for sad children'' is [[CrapsackWorld cynical]]. most of the characters are depressed even though they know that they have no real problems. the main characters also resign themselves to a life of unfulfilled dreams and crushing meaningless jobs.

there are many [[MagicalRealism magic realist]] elements to the world as well, like an [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=115 ipod that plays you your regrets]], a family that has [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=130 the powers]] [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=135 of jesus]], and [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=18 post-it notes that seemingly come from no one]]

the author is currently dabbling in various new media, please bear with his experimentation

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!!this webcomic provides examples of:
* {{aerith and bob}}: afsheen and sara
* {{all lowercase letters}}
* {{and thats terrible}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=56 you are not dead you are just a bad person]]
* {{alt text}}
* {{and now for something completely different}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=331 up the mountain to see the dead man]]
* {{art shift}}: one comic is a sunday strip from a fictional syndicated version of comic, done in full colour (and complete with [[http://www.kingfeatures.com/ king features syndicate]] small print in the margins)
** also as part of the minor but protracted {{creator breakdown}} john campbell is posting his work in various media in place of regular comics
* {{bedsheet ghost}}
* {{blessed with suck}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=256 HAPPY BIRTHDAY]]
* {{celestial bureaucracy}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=176 paul waits in line to get into the afterlife.]]
* {{coitus uninterruptus}}: [[http://picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=183 "i'm ben franklin and i'm giving it to a french lady, this is what i do."]]
* {{corrupt corporate executive}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=332 one or more may be involved, not like it matters b/c the result is the same no matter what, there is no point in thinking about how many different ones there are in this strip]]
* {{death is cheap}}: best shown through paul who is killed by a car hitting him and simply becomes a ghost. then when his time of haunting is up he is forced into hell but ends up escaping it very easily
* {{deus angst machina}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=153 impossibly tragic grandma]]
* {{episode on a plane}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=372 we are all going down together]]
* {{fetish}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=165 "do you have any pornography that simulates having a significant relationship, that is my fetish"]]
* {{flat what}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=28 what.]]
* {{furry fandom}}: [[InvertedTrope inverted]], [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=116 the dog is a uh, reverse furry]]
* {{hell}}: apparently it is a hotel in latin america. ironic punishments are pretty lax and the wi-fi is slow and you have to pay for it
* {{hypocrisy nod}}
* {{imagine spot}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=107 gary imagines his future with a girl]]
* {{island help message}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=122 poor dfw]]
* {{jump off a bridge rebuttal}}: [[http://picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=386 everyone is doing it]]
* {{kafka komedy}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=370 u may have been in this situation b4]]
* {{literary allusion title}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=46 so it goes]]
** [[TSEliot ts eliot]] [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=31 prufrock]]
** [[KurtVonnegut kurt vonnegut,]] [[SlaughterhouseFive slaughterhouse-five.]]
* {{metaphorgotten}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=108 in the alt text]], [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=272 in the text text]]
* {{mixed metaphor}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=192 lampshaded in the alt text]]
* {{mundane afterlife}}: hell is a hotel somewhere in latin america
* {{the plague}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=304 it is not very convenient]]
* {{platform game}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=315 this one]] contains examples of {{scoring points}} {{designated villain}} {{goomba stomp}} and {{for massive damage}}
* {{product placement}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=248 hooray for]] [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=249 long john silver's]]
* {{racist grandma}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=131 if she is not being racist, then she is just boring.]]
** also you may consider [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=120 this tree]] to be a racist grandpa, it was certainly planted by one
* {{religion of evil}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=334 there may be a pedophile priest involved but he may also just be a sinister minister, either way yr soul will be crushed]]
* {{robotic reveal}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=340 and it gives his room mate a bsod]]
* {{running gag}}: a character calls for help and reaches gary
* {{self deprecation}}: in the alt text [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=376 here]].
-->''i can almost see something mediocre. it says pictures... of small children??''
* {{serious business}}: don't talk to jeremy about saint shoot unless you want [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=58 this]]
* {{suspiciously specific denial}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=308 an odd variation]]
* {{shout out}}: in early comics, to the love song of j. alfred prufrock
* {{suddenly ethnicity}}: paul (who is a ghost) is chinese
** gary's ethnicity is "[[AmbiguouslyBrown brown. ish.]]"
* {{take that}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=7 huge slam on oklahoma out of nowhere]]
* {{talkative loon}}: the [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=331 music promoter]]
-->''lacking the hazy hooks of their debut, a pleasing middle ground between lo-fi and club, this folk ep will be making year end lists for the east coast shitgaze tropicalia no wave dubstep sxsw bedroom split single''
* {{talking poo}}: [[http://picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=190 the voice of reason]]
* {{the singularity}}: [[http://picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=102 a rather cynical take]]
** ''it's flying car bullshit: surely the world will conform to our speculative fiction, surely we're the ones who will get to live in the future''
* {{who shot jfk}}: [[http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=366 yr mileage may vary on whether this is black comedy or what]]
* {{you bastard}}: [[http://picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=103 i am not telling a joke. you are terrible]]
----

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