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7	%%* MadeMyselfSad: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1782 Sven joking about his relationship troubles.]]
8	* TheMagazineRule:
9	** Punchbot, a guy who’s obsessed with punching, reads [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3175 Punches Monthly]].
10	** May reads Prolapse Monthly, fitting her crass, vulgar personality.
11	%%* MagicFeather: [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1203 The Worry Hat]] is obviously one, but that doesn't mean it isn't effective.
12	* MagicSkirt: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1657 Averted.]] Momo has to hold up her skirt when upside-down.
13	* {{Malaproper}}: "I might not be the sharpest bulb in the box but I'm not THAT gullible." [[TheRant The sharpest bulb in the box being the broken one, of course.]] Of note is that Raven has previously used this [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=487 correctly]].
14	%%* MaleGaze: Heck, it's the title of strip [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2290 2290]].
15	%%* MamaBear:
16	%%** Marten's Mom [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=459 warns Faye]] off hurting him.
17	%%** Later on, when Marten's mom found out about [[spoiler:his break-up with Dora]] and is on the plane to visit.
18	%%---> [''Dora shivers violently.'']\
19	%%'''Dora:''' Eesh, I feel like a goose just walked over my grave.
20	%%** And once they finally meet, [[spoiler:it turns out to be a subversion, since she actually [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1833 hugs Dora]] and says she's sorry it didn't work out]].
21	%%* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: Faye to Marten.
22	* MatchmakerCrush: In the earlier strips, Faye was telling Marten how Dora liked him and Dora was giving Marten advice on Faye.
23	* MatchmakerFailure: [[TheMatchmaker Claire]] tricks her brother Clinton into visiting his crush Emily at her workplace so he has no choice but to ask her out. She turns him down. Outside, he [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3208 tells Claire off]] for manipulating and publicly embarrassing them both.
24	-->'''Claire:''' W-wait! That's not how it was supposed to go!
25	-->'''Clinton:''' It certainly ''went.''
26	* MathematiciansAnswer:
27	** Emily [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2241 does this]].
28	---> '''Claire:''' How do you even eat that?\
29	'''Emily:''' With my mouth!
30	** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2557 When Marigold is freaking out over inviting her crush Dale to her apartment:]]
31	---> '''Marigold:''' What am I supposed to WEAR?\
32	'''Hannelore:''' Um, clothes?\
33	'''Marigold:''' That isn’t a helpful answer!\
34	'''Hannelore:''' Y-you mean you DON’T want to wear any clothes?!
35	** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5174 Faye gives this sort of response when Ayo asks about her and Bubbles' relationship.]]
36	---> '''Ayo:''' So, like, how does that work? Sexytimes-wise, I mean.\
37	'''Faye:''' Quite well, thank you.
38	* MeaningfulGift: For his birthday, Hannelore [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2146 gives her father]] a hug and an "I love you" that [[TearsOfJoy move him to tears]]. Having grown up with [[HatesBeingTouched crippling OCD]] and then moved away, it's their first hug since she was a baby, as well as proof that her life has hugely improved.
39	* MeetCute:
40	** Amir and Natasha first met in a mosh pit, when she kicked out one of his teeth. She saved the tooth, happened to bump into him a few days later and offered to return it kicking off their romance. If you're a metalhead you'll go "Awww!" and if you're something else you'll go "WTF!!".
41	** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3209 Name dropped by Marten]] after [[spoiler:Claire attempted (and failed) to invoke it to secure a second date with Emily for her brother, Clinton]]. (This is despite Jeph Jacques claiming to despise Website/TVTropes).
42	%%** Also played with [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1543 with Steve and Cosette]] , though technically she already had his number.
43	* MenDontCry: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1448 Angus thinks]] it's perfectly fine for a guy to cry over cartoons.
44	* {{Metaphorgotten}}:
45	** For [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=369 example.]]
46	** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1426 This]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1427 one]] is even lampshaded.
47	** In [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4647 #4647]], Claire's mom has sent her an ominous "I have something to tell you" text. Claire asks where this news is on a scale of "I took a pottery class" to "I have a terminal illness". Her mom responds with "Imagine I took a pottery class and my pottery became extremely famous and now I'm doing pottery full time under a nom de pot. Metaphorically speaking."
48	** When Bubbles starts to compose out loud a character reference for Claire, the phrase "take a bullet for" [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4394 quickly turns into a full-scale war plan about exactly how she would defend Claire's library from a ground assault]].
49	** When May is determined to mine the livestream of [=MommyMilkers=] and [=BurgerOni=] for all the revenue it's worth, [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4839 Dale calls her for describing spreadsheets as "for nerds"]]:
50	--->'''May''': When the fuckin' goose starts shitting out golden eggs, you don't say "wehh animal husbandry is for nerds", you put on your fuckin' '''farmer hat''' and get to suckin' dick behind the chicken coop!\
51	'''Dale''': [''pause''] ''What?''\
52	'''May''': Sorry, I got too excited and lost control of the metaphor.
53	%%* MilhollandRelationshipMoment:
54	%%** Dora/Faye after Dora got together with Marten two days after Faye told him "Not now."
55	%%** Numerous others, including just about any time someone confesses something to Marten.
56	* MilitarySalute: Jacques tends to make his characters do these whenever they take responsibility for anything.
57	%%** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1726 A Marigold example.]]
58	%%* MilkingTheGiantCow: Marten being [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1641 melodramatic]].
59	%%* MillsAndBoonProse: Parodied in Jimbo's romance novels.
60	* MistakenForCheating: Dora finds Marten and Faye on the couch in their bedclothes hugging and jumps to the entirely wrong conclusion. The setup starts [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1740 here]].
61	%%* MistakenForGay:
62	%%** "[[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1050 Shh, it's best not to get involved in domestic disputes]]".
63	%%** Happens to [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1866 Marten and Steve]].
64	* MistakenForRomance: Ayo turns up at her sister Yemisi's doorstep to tell her that she's flunked out of school and needs to stay with her. Hannelore, who is accompanying her, [[HatesBeingTouched reluctantly]] lets her hold her hand for moral support. Yemisi [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5133 opens the door]], is greeted with the sight of them holding hands and smiling nervously at her and Ayo saying she has "big news", and guesses: "You…have a girlfriend?" Yemisi's roommate Willow then excitedly butts in, squealing over the supposed relationship.
65	* MisterSeahorse: Randy is [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1826 male]], yet is drawn with a pouch, which he's [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1545 used for his babies]].
66	%%* ModestyBedsheet: Played straight most times that two characters are depicted having sex, but averted when two characters are depicted AFTER having sex.
67	%%* ModestyTowel: Worn by [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1081 Sven]].
68	%%* MomentKiller:
69	%%** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=57 A moment of silence for both your moments.]]
70	%%** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1741 Mixed with]] OhCrap...
71	* MoodWhiplash: Frequent. This comic has a habit of throwing in a punchline even into the most dramatic of moments (although there ''are'' exceptions).
72	%%** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1245 I'm...I'm speechless. That may be the greatest non-sequitur in human history.]]
73	%%** The title of [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1741 #1741]] describes it pretty well: [=AwwwOHSHIT=]
74	%%** Going from [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1794 this]] to [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1799 this]] in just 5 strips is pretty whiplash-inducing.
75	%%** Another appropriate title - "[[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2033 Get A Neck Brace]]";
76	%%** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2134 Strip 2134]] is one of the more blatant examples.
77	%%** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2146 Strip 2146]]. As Jeph states, Lt. Potter you are out of control.
78	%%** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2710 The sudden return]] of [[spoiler:May]] catches Dale completely off-guard.
79	%%** In the otherwise very dark [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2882 strip 2882]], we get a quick shot of Marten getting punched by Faye [[spoiler:as she clings to life]]
80	* MostFanficWritersAreGirls: Two female fanfic writers, Tai and Marigold; Tai's stuff is apparently good (she writes a raved-about Franchise/HarryPotter piece), Marigold's, not so much. After a near miss where lesbian Tai hits on straight Marigold, the latter seeks to make up for the awkwardness by posting a story to Tai wherein Hermione and Ginny "go all the way."
81	* MrExposition: Momo fills this role in regards to the history of [=AIs=] in the QC universe. Jeph clearly has some pretty clear ideas about the universe, and Momo is often used to share them with the audience.
82	* MundaneFantastic: The comic has sentient robots, minor superheroes, a main character who was raised on a space station, and at one point ''TheSingularity happens'' and yet it's brushed off by nearly everyone.
83	%%* MundaneMadeAwesome: [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=178 Marten's story]] about the Music/ArcadeFire drummer.
84	-->"I AM MAKING MYSELF SOME CEREAL AND GODDAMN IF IT ISN'T GOING TO BE THE MOST DELICIOUS CEREAL IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND!"
85	%%** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1416 "My name is Hannelore Ellicott-Chatham. I end messes."]]
86	%%** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1485 Momo vs. squirrel.]]
87	%%** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1731 Once subverted.]]
88	* MundaneUtility:
89	** One of [[BurgerFool two possible explanations]] for caped superheroes who deliver food. A third explanation, speculated about in-universe, is that they are special superheroes whose specific power is delivering food.
90	** More recently, a combat AI chassis strong enough to punch a Bradley AFV to shards is very helpful when moving furniture.
91	%%* MushroomSamba: "When you say big words, smoke comes out of your nostrils."
92	* MustStateIfYoureACop: Parodied in the AltText to [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3243 #3243]].
93	-->If you ask someone if they're a murderer, they have to tell you
94	%%* MyGodYouAreSerious: [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1559 Episode 1559]] definitely qualifies as an example of this.
95	* MyHairCameOutGreen: Raven tries to bleach her hair blond to appeal to Sven, but instead it comes out "all orangey and gross", so she has to settle for dyeing it neon-pink.
96	%%* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=386 Here.]]
97	%%--> '''Dora:''' You know how animals can sense a tsunami coming before humans notice? I'm like that, only for sexy things.
98	* MyNewGiftIsLame: Zig-zagged when Claire, desperate for a job, starts working at Coffee of Doom as a barista. Faye and Bubbles [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4661 get her a handmake chocolate cake]] from the Secret Bakery, with "Congrats Claire!" written on it in icing, and a picture of a coffee cup. However, Claire is already spiralling because her mother wasn't particularly impressed that she's only got a job as a barista, not as a librarian, so even though it's a nice-looking cake, her reaction is to burst into tears.
99	-->'''Faye''': [''to Bubbles''] Told ya we should have gone with buttercream.
100	* MySisterIsOffLimits: Many of the characters are protective of their families and loved ones: In Hanners Is Off Limits: "I see flashing lights, dudes in hard hats waving flags, and about three miles of caution tape. There's a big sign that says '[[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1076 DETOUR - ANY OTHER FEMALE IN EXISTENCE]]'." Made funnier later when [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1754 Hanners asks Sven out on a pretend date]].
101	%%** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=167 Faye takes this literally.]]
102	%%---> '''Faye:''' Flirting with my sister will cause you to be rendered into a fine paste by the sheer force of my elder-sibling rage.
103	%%* NakedApron: [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2304 At 24 North Pine Island Road.]]
104	%%* NakedPeopleAreFunny:
105	%%** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1352 Oh, Wil.]]
106	%%** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2304 Played with when Dora and Tai end up at the wrong house.]]
107	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: There's a notable split between cutesy AI names and intimidating AI names. This isn't usually a good metric for judging personality, though.
108	-->'''Faye''': Does every AI in this friggin' town have a cutesy name?\
109	'''Bubbles''': I do not find "Crushbot" or "Gyarados Skullfucker" to be particularly cutesy.\
110	'''Sam''': Wait, you know Miss Skullbleeper? She's my English teacher!
111	** The AI head of security at Cubetown is named "Evanescent Incinerator". As it quickly turns out, the owner of the name is actually [[NonIndicativeName an incompetent and very unscary screwup]].
112	--->'''Evan''': Please don't ask about the name. It was randomly generated. People just call me Evan.
113	%%** Coffee of Doom's basement is called "The Spider Zone" for a reason.
114	%%** Calling “[[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=642 Deathbot 9000]]” “Stupid-Twat-Bot 6900” wasn’t one of Pintsize’s best ideas.
115	* NarrativeBackpedaling: When Momo asks Marten how he and Pintsize met, Marten [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2333 starts to tell her]] about when he applied for an [=AnthroPC=] companion. When the story suddenly veers into [[SexForServices pornographic territory,]] it cuts back to Momo and Marten looking disgustedly at an impish Pintsize. Marten then tells her how the application process actually happened.
116	%%* NerdsAreVirgins
117	* NeverLendToAFriend: In a moment of desperation, Marigold insists that Momo owes her a favour because she paid for Momo's new chassis. This goes down ''extremely'' badly, because Momo interprets it as "guilt-trip[ping] me over a debt I am already repaying".
118	* NiceGuy: Dale plays by MookChivalry in video games (which most people avoid) and gives [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2500 May a second chance]].
119	-->'''Jeph Comment:''' Dale is too nice for his own good.
120	%%** Marten, to a fault.
121	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Faye is disturbed by the changes Dora has made to Coffee of Doom, in the interests of making it a kinder and nicer place. As a direct result of Dora trying to reassure her, Faye almost falls off the wagon.
122	-->'''Dora''': Change can be good! Look what's come from you leaving the shop. You've got sober, you've got a job that utilizes your skills, you're helping a giant muscular Robo-Valkyrie make her way in the world...\
123	'''Faye''': Whoa, you're right. I haven't thought about havin' a drink for, like, a ''while''.\
124	'''Dora''': See? Good for you!\
125	'''Faye''': [''seething''] ''Not'' good for me! Now I'm aware of it and I want one!
126	* TheNicknamer: Faye invents (often insulting) nicknames for most of her friends:
127	** Marten is "Assbutt" or "Marty" (his mother's pet name for him, which he considers embarrassingly childish).
128	** Dora is "Spookypants" or "Spookybutt" (less so since she toned down her gothy tendencies).
129	** Sven is "Smarmosaurus".
130	** Hannelore is "Hanners" (which is soon adopted by all the cast and which Hannelore seems to like).
131	** Marigold is "Mar-Bear" (again, she seems to have no objections).
132	** Raven is "Ray-Ray" or "our savant" (a reference to her GeniusDitz characteristics).
133	** Penelope, who would prefer to be called by her full name, thank you ''very much'', is "Penny" or "Pen-Pen".
134	** Angus is "Argument Guy", long before Faye ever finds out his real name.
135	** Bubbles is "Bubs", but only because she completely ruled out "Miss Bubbles", "Palkyrie" and "Large Metal Friend".
136	%%* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2343 Referenced]] by Faye.
137	%%-->Robot bacon zombie coffee ninja UGH
138	* NoAntagonist: Being primarily a SliceOfLife RomanticComedy, there are no evil or antagonistic characters in this comic. The conflicts mainly come from relationship problems. At least until we and Faye meet [[spoiler:Corpse Witch, the manager of the semi-illegal AI fighting arena]], who crosses into flat-out villain territory with [[spoiler:her treatment of Bubbles]].
139	* NoBisexuals: Averted. Initially, and for a long time, Dora was the only one, but then [[spoiler: Faye, who had only ever gone out with men]], fell in love with Bubbles the female robot, and then [[spoiler: Elliot and Clinton]], both of whom had previously been attracted mostly to women, fell for each other.
140	%%* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The Linux [=AnthroPC=] appears to be based on Richard Stallman.
141	%%* NoIndoorVoice: Yelling Bird.
142	* NoSocialSkills:
143	** Hannelore is neurotic and quite at sea socially. She even has trouble with basics such as [[TheUnSmile smiling]]. She was raised by a [[ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder clinically Mad Scientist]] and a BadBoss ''on a space station'', and her psychological issues were much more severe when she was young.
144	** However, Marigold has been worse. At the strip's high point of drama, [[spoiler:when Marten and Claire had just got together and Faye, depressed at the break-up of her most solid relationship, had got drunk at work and been fired by her best friend]], Marigold was completely oblivious to all the goings-on:
145	--->'''Hannelore''': ... So [[spoiler:Marten and Claire are dating and Dora fired Faye from the coffee shop and Faye drank too much and went to the hospital and I got her a bear]]!\
146	'''Marigold''': [''reading a manga''] Uh-huh.\
147	'''Hannelore''': [''annoyed''] Are you even listening to me?\
148	'''Marigold''': 'Course I am.\
149	'''Hannelore''': Then repeat back what I just said.\
150	'''Marigold''': Marten got fired from the coffee shop and Claire is dating Dora and Faye got attacked by a bear and had to go to hospital.
151	* NobodyPoops: {{Inverted\|Trope}}; bodily functions of all types are part and parcel of the characters' daily lives, and are frequently plumbed for ToiletHumour. Hannelore's introduction was when Marten drunkenly mistook the women's restroom at the local bar for the men's, leading him to do his business in a sink and note that he thought the urinal was rather odd-looking when Hanners mentioned it.
152	%%** Tai was actually shown [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1694 on the toilet]] at an...inopportune moment.
153	* NoNavelNovelBirth: AIs don't have navels, as shown when some of the female AIs wear midriff baring outfits.
154	* NoodleIncident:
155	** [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=632 Hannelore finds a katydid in her burrito:]]
156	---> '''Faye:''' Dora, we have a freaked-out naked chick scrubbing herself furiously in our bathroom.\
157	'''Dora:''' Meh, it's not the first time.\
158	'''Faye:''' I... I don't want to know, do I.\
159	'''Dora:''' Probably not.
160	** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1567 June 14th, 1987.]] Apparently, it's so bad that it got ''Yelling Bird'' to break down into tears.
161	** [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2198 This incident.]] All we know is it had something to do with steampunk and that Marigold's father got it wrong somehow.
162	** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3299 Momo and May]] talking about an incident last night with Marigold and Dale. The incident was shown in [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/images/patbonus.png a bonus strip]].
163	** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3487 Melon and Arthur's]] stunt that ended up with Melon's butt in space and marine biologists yelling at the two of them.
164	** [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4077 Chaos Loaf was great.]] The world just wasn't ready for Chaos Loaf.
165	** Whatever happened [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4891 in Canada]] that led to Pintsize being [[PersonaNonGrata no longer welcome there]]. Apparently he got a letter from the prime minister.
166	** Pintsize is also [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5180 banned from Switzerland]] because of some incident involving CERN.
167	%%** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=402 Number 472]].
168	%%** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=499 How does Pintsize know that?]]
169	%%** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=777 Jimbo's no longer allowed in Canada]].
170	%%** Marten's [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1014 first date]].
171	%%** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1209 "We don't... we don't talk about that day."]]
172	%%** [[http://www.questionablecontentnet/view.php?comic=1213 Eleanor.]]
173	%%** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2094 Panel 4]]. Not exactly a normal occurrence in Marten's life.
174	%%** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2405 The entire reception]] when Marten's dad gets remarried.
175	* NoPunctuationIsFunnier: Very occasionally, a [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4008 character]] might make an exclamation or short statement like this.
176	* {{Nosebleed}}:
177	** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1528 Female example.]] {{Justified\|Trope}} because she did have an actual nosebleed the comic before and she blew a blood clot. The fact that this is a JustifiedTrope is {{Lampshade\|Hanging}}d by the comic title.
178	%%** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2001 And again]].
179	* NotADate:
180	** Hannelore goes out with Sven just to see what dates are like. Nothing romantic or sexual is expected to happen, and it doesn't.
181	** Tai follows Marigold back to her apartment on what Tai thinks at first is a date, until she [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1791 offers to kiss Marigold]].
182	* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: Marigold has convinced herself that Dale is a jerk. He isn't; she was way into ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' when they first met, and he mentioned he was in the Alliance, so she, being in the Horde, slammed the door in his face. He then started a FriendlyRivalry with her, but she took it the wrong way, and now assumes he's a jerk. It's at the point [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2489 she'd rather assume he's stuck her with a bill than wait for him to come out of the bathroom]].
183	* NotSoDifferentRemark: Parodied when [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4748 Willow meets Marten]]. Pintsize recognises her as a friend of Yemisi and calls her "The one whose ass she ate?" Willow introduces herself to Marten and comments that she's not into anilingus. Marten says he isn't either:
184	-->'''Willow''': We have so much in common! It's like we're '''destined''' to be friends!
185	-->'''Marten''': [''eye roll''] Truly, the universe works in mysterious ways.
186	** Taken even further when they proceed to the coffee shop:
187	--->'''Willow''': We just met! I accidentally flew a drone into his head, and then it turned out his robot buddy is a client of my roommate's, and then we all bonded over not being into eatin' butts.
188	--->'''Claire''': [''puzzled''] What?
189	--->'''Pintsize''': Hey! Don't lump me into the anti-anilingus group!
190	* TheNotSoHarmlessPunishment: Hanners is checking some bookkeeping for her CorruptCorporateExecutive mother, trying to find the source of an error. Faye asks her what will happen to the employee who made the mistake once he's found, and Hanners replies that he'll be fired.
191	-->'''Faye:''' That's not so-\
192	'''Hanners:''' Out of a cannon, into a volcano.\
193	'''Faye:''' Oh.
194	%%* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: Following [[WhamEpisode strip 500]], the entire nature of the comic was redefined.
195	* NotWhatItLooksLike: Elliot [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3705 walks in on]] Brun [[WallPinOfLove crowding up against Clinton]] and mistakes it for an intimate moment when actually, she was just sniffing his deodorant.
196	* NoYou: When [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4674 Yay asks Roko if she thinks they're immature]], she replies categorically in the affirmative. Yay doesn't exactly deal with it well.
197	-->'''Yay''': No, ''you'' are overcompensating for ''your'' lack of social experience! Also [[BigStupidDoodooHead you are stupid, and smell weird!]]\
198	'''Roko''': Okay, I'm actually glad you woke me up for this, it's pretty funny.
199	* NumberOfTheBeast: Strip #666, complete with {{Black\|Metal}}[=/=]DeathMetal references.
200	-->[''Dora and Faye are both dressed in black outfits and wearing corpse paint'']\
201	'''Dora''': ALL HAIL OUR DARK LORD AND MASTER!\
202	'''Faye''': DRIPPING FLESHY BLOODGORE FESTERS IN YOUR GAPING WOUNDS! DEMONS N' STUFF! GRAAAAR!
203	* ObfuscatingStupidity: Many fans suspect [[TheDitz ditzy]] Raven is doing just this, especially since she returned to school to get a degree in Physics.
204	* ObviouslyNotFine: When Roko has a [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots dissociative episode]] so bad that she has a ThousandYardStare and her [[PaintingTheMedium speech bubbles are askew]], she tries to [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4350 pass it off]] as low blood sugar. She's a robot.
205	-->'''Beepatrice:''' Wait, whose blood?
206	* ObviousObjectCouldBeAnything: Faye argues at one point that a large envelope could contain a collapsible pony.
207	* OcularGushers: [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1475 Momo]]. Presumably synthesized in a similar way to the AnimeSweatDrop.
208	* OddFriendship:
209	** Marigold and Hannelore. One's shy, sullen, and a complete slob, the other's a perky, hyperactive clean freak with OCD. They've become the best of friends.
210	** May and Dale, a nice pizza-delivery guy and an abrasive AI on parole from jail. They bring out the best in each other somehow.
211	* AnOddPlaceToSleep: Brun of has been known to fall asleep in odd locations. She claimed that [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3955 "Anything's a bedroom if you sleep there,"]] and once fell asleep curled up [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4229 on top of a robot.]]
212	* OhCrap: Marten's face in [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4851 this strip]] when he thinks that Claire is about to break up with him.
213	* OhCrapThereAreFanficsOfUs:
214	** [[http://jephjacques.tumblr.com/post/1456308074/fffffffff Marigold]] hits Website/FanfictionDotNet in Jeph's Tumblr, and discovers SlashFic pairing her with both Hannelore and [[{{Robosexual}} Pintsize]]. She's clearly squicked out by this.
215	** Inverted [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4657 here]]. After Claire appears on her mother's [[VirtualYouTuber VTube]] show, and heartily congratulates her on her online celebrity status, Aurelia warns her that she has "a very, um, ''active'' and ''imaginative'' fan art community". However, Claire is positively giddy at the prospect of her character getting her own fanfic.
216	** And [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4840 here]], played straight ''and'' inverted. "[[VirtualYouTuber Mommymilkers]]" (Aurelia) cheerfully reads some slashfic (written, as it turns out, by Pintsize) about her and "Burger Oni" (Marigold), who is utterly horrified by it, particularly when she learns that her lactose intolerance is a plot point -- involving Mommymilkers having "[[{{Objectshifting}} Toiletmorph]]" powers...
217	--->'''Marigold''': '''''WHOEVER WROTE THIS FIC SHOULD BE IN JAIL'''''
218	* OldSchoolIntroductoryRap:
219	** Played for BlackComedy in Hannelore's recurring [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1171 nightmares]] of a homicidal rapping [[AnimateBodyParts penis]].
220	--->'''Hannelore:''' ''"My name is DJ Phalliz and I'm here to say / Kill your friends, kill them with a knife"''
221	** [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4766 Beeps does a rap]] when inviting Roko to a girls' night out.
222	--->'''Beeps:''' ''Well my name's Beepy Boopz and I'm here to say, Roko needs to cut loose in a major way''\
223	'''Roko:''' Okay okay just ''please'' stop rapping
224	* OlderThanTheyLook: Amir is thirty-five but looks like he's in his mid-twenties. He claims "good genes".
225	* OminousMundanity: Invoked for laughs when Moray is [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4935 showing Claire and Marten around Cubetown]]. She tells them about the industrial, commercial and residential quadrants, and Claire innocently asks what the fourth quadrant is like--after all, if there are quadrants, they must be four of them. Moray replies ominously "WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THE FOURTH QUADRANT."
226	-->'''Claire''': Wh-why?
227	-->'''Moray''': [''glumly''] Because nobody can agree on what to do with it, and it always turns into a big argument.
228	-->'''Marten''': Giant ballpit.
229	* OminousVisualGlitch: Hannelore and the space station A.I. stay up all night tracking a weather pattern. The station burned out a few processor banks trying to trace it back, and its [[ProjectedMan holographic avatar]] [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2162 displays this]].
230	* OneSteveLimit:
231	** When Marigold is introduced, her first words are "Damnit Angus, I told you I have a raid!". Sure enough, it is later revealed that recurring character Angus is her roommate. Dora even says "I thought she said your name earlier!" as if there was only one person named Angus in the world.
232	** And, of course, ''literally'', since there's only one Steve in the cast.
233	** {{Averted\|Trope}} with Claire. Back in her goth days, Dora knew a Claire who would check Cosette for curses since every place she worked before Coffee of Doom either went out of business or was about to, mostly due to illegal actions on the owners' parts. Shown [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1716 here]].
234	%%* OneTwoPunchline: Used periodically; [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1812 #1812]] is one example.
235	* OnlySaneMan:
236	** Bubbles, to a considerable extent. She cuts a jarring figure in some ways, since her main problem appears to be a form of PTSD resulting from truly horrifying events which resulted in her military service being terminated, and subsequently a considerable section of her memories being erased. She has this under control, though, and generally seems a controlled and balanced figure.
237	** Amanda, Faye’s sister, appears to consider herself the “sane sister” despite the evidence - failing her classes and transferring her major from pre-med to modern dance.
238	%%** Marten...for a debatable definition of "sane."
239	%%** Penelope is definitely this in the Coffee Of Doom staff.
240	* OnlySixFaces:
241	** In his [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1196 guest comic]] [[Webcomic/PicturesForSadChildren John Campbell]] lampshades his minimalist drawing style for the punchline.
242	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
243	** When ''Hannalore'' starts asserting herself at high volume, it's time to step back and do some serious introspection. Even a [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1108 drunken Faye]] isn't brave enough to cross Hanners when she's angry.
244	** Seriously, [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1418 she's like a force of nature]].
245	* OpenMouthInsertFoot: [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1162 Occurs when Faye]], in a jealous rage, jumps to the conclusion that a woman in Sven's apartment is first an innocent, inexperienced girl he's seducing, and ''then'' thinks she's a prostitute. She turns out to be Sven's lawyer, to Faye's complete mortification.
246	%%** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=362 Marten]] does a fine job.
247	%%--->'''Faye''': Holy crap, Marten. If your foot were wedged any further down your throat, you'd be choking on your own femur.
248	* OpenRelationshipFailure: Faye and Sven become FriendsWithBenefits with the understanding that they aren't romantically involved or sexually exclusive. Nonetheless, when Sven sleeps with someone else, their friends treat him like a cheater and Faye stops seeing him at all.
249	* OpenSaysMe: When Bubbles hears Claire cry out in the other room, she promptly springs into action and proceeds to [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3564 "breach the room".]] After realizing there was no danger, she promises to refine her "Claire Threat Evaluation Protocol".
250	-->'''Martin''': The door...
251	%%* OpenMindedParent: Veronica Reed (Marten's mom) and Mrs. Augustus (Claire and Clinton's mom).
252	* OrphanedPunchline: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=35 I realized he was using the Alphabet trick on me]] [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1733 so I went all "That's right, spell my name, bitch!"]]
253	%%** In [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1479 1479]].
254	* OrwellianRetcon:
255	** There was an early strip in which the word "rape" was replaced with "hump". Apparently, someone managed to explain to Jeph that being shy and submissive is not the same as wanting to be sexually assaulted by a random barista.
256	** When Dora makes fun of Raven for apparently styling her hair with Crisco, Raven objects that she'd never use Crisco [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne because of "cute vegan boys."]] When someone pointed out to Jeph, or he found himself upon checking, that Crisco not only ''is'' vegan, but came about as a vegetarian substitute for animal tallow, Jeph [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=703 changed the word to "lard."]]
257	* OutOfFocus: An omnipresent case in the comic, especially as time goes on. Once-major characters, subject to huge character arcs, often vanish at the end of them, so that Jeph can write a new character (characters like Marigold, Claire and Bubbles receive a ton of focus after their introductions). In other cases, Jeph simply stops using characters for a chunk of time.
258	** Steve; once a major character, he'd all but disappeared for a year, leading many readers to e-mail Jacques asking about his whereabouts, leading in turn to a LampshadeHanging strip and a request from the cartoonist to stop asking. The worry was he'd been PutOnABus. It wasn't the first time, either; early in the strip he disappeared for nearly a hundred pages. Then again, it is WebcomicTime... He returned a few months after a LampshadeHanging, having had some rather interesting adventures while he was gone. He then slipped into the background again, only to return in another strip, titled [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2407 "You Needed To Know"]].
259	** Angus [=McPhee=] also qualifies, though this is arguably justified by [[spoiler:Faye's and Sven's frenemies-with-benefits relationship]]. He then started appearing as a semi-regular again, then finally became a regular character, while [[spoiler:Sven]] slipped into the background somewhat. [[spoiler:However, he soon was written out, moving away and ending his relationship with Faye.]]
260	** Raven has fallen into this as well. She was once a major recurring character and the butt of numerous jokes. Eventually, however, she was completely overshadowed by others and was written out. She often goes months or years between appearances now (between strip 1510 and 1939). The occasional appearance has been limited at best.
261	** Deathmøle returned in strip 1985 but has faded into nonexistence since then.
262	** Marigold came into the strip as "Angus's Roommate", and very quickly became Jeph's favorite character to draw -- she soon gained a ton of focus, got a huge Character Arc based around her social anxiety and various personal issues, then finally entered a relationship with Dale. At the completion of this Arc... the character largely-vanished, appearing now only once every month or so. She's still ''around'', but her day in the sun is over (newer characters like Claire and Bubbles now receive more focus).
263	** Even Marten falls victim to this for an extended period starting around the beginning of 2016. He goes for more than a year with no storyline of his own and only periodically pops in to react to what's happening to everyone else before disappearing again.
264	* PaidForFamily: Referenced - Hanners once admits that she's secretly worried that the rest of the cast are just skilled actors paid by her (ludicrously wealthy) parents to give her the illusion of a normal life.
265	-->'''Faye''': Well, if we WERE, we wouldn't be allowed to admit it, so there's not much point in worrying about it, is there?
266	* PaintingTheMedium:
267	** Faye's "'''[[UnsoundEffect SCORN!]]'''" ''[[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1445 takes physical form]]'' to [[GaleForceSound propel Angus out of the door of the coffee shop]].
268	** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2093 Marten literally waves away his forebodings]], which are floating above his head.
269	** AI speech bubbles adopt a computerized shape and typeface. [[spoiler: The more powerful the AI, the less technological the speech display.]]
270	** [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4350 One of Roko's dissociative episodes]] is represented by her colouration shifting outside of her lines and her speech becoming tilted within her text bubbles.
271	* ParodySue: Dave, the ex-boyfriend of one of Steve's girlfriends, is ridiculously perfect, from studying to be a doctor to "help the children" to avoiding telling his girlfriend he was going to church because he didn't want to force his spiritual beliefs onto her. He's also a major milquetoast; that plus feeling inadequate in comparison to him is why Mina broke up with him.
272	-->'''Steve:''' Next you'll be telling me he donates all his money to charities and spends twenty hours a week feeding the homeless.\
273	'''Mina:''' Only fifteen. He's gotta sleep some time.
274	* PardonMyKlingon: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1200 "ASDF" and "QWERTY" are offensive robot profanities]], the latter so much so that it shocked Winslow and even Pintsize into silence.
275	* PassThePopcorn: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1095 Penelope breaks out the popcorn]] while Dora and Faye get into a spat about Faye sleeping with Sven.
276	* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: The password to get into the [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3003 underground robot fighting ring]] is...
277	-->'''Faye''': "1 2 3 4 5 6 7." And your password system sucks.\
278	'''Bubbles''': I have made management aware of this on multiple occasions.
279	%%* PercussiveMaintenance: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=629 Marten to Pintsize]] when excess RAM triggers his MotorMouth.
280	%%* PercussiveTherapy: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3258 Faye]], after almost falling off the wagon. Coupled with BerserkerTears.
281	* PerformanceAnxiety: [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=553 Marten suffers from it.]] Especially when, on the occasion of his father's remarriage, he's called upon to give an impromptu speech, which quickly descends into InaneBlabbering.
282	--> '''Marten:''' ''ANYWAY.'' Ma-marriage! Yes! Marriage yes. ''Good job marriage. Good dads. Yes. Thanks.''
283	* PerkyGoth: Formerly Dora, although Dora and Raven each abandoned the goth look a long time ago now.
284	-->'''Dora:''' [''listening to music''] Why do I suddenly want to dance around giggling like an idiot while [[Music/FlamingLips a smiling man in a white suit throws confetti at me?]]\
285	'''Faye:''' That feeling is what we non-goths call "happiness". This record is its most condensed form. It is like a crack-rock of pure joy!
286	* PersonaNonGrata: [[NoodleIncident SOMETHING]] happened to make Pintsize [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4891 no longer welcome in Canada]].
287	* ThePigPen: Nat rarely showers; her body odor is frequently commented on. The comic's cast page even describes her as "VERY crusty" whereas Amir is "somewhat crusty".
288	%%* PinkGirlBlueBoy: A subtle example on [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3447 this page]] -- Jeremy's face glows a shade of blue, while Number 7's face glows pink. (correction: as seen on https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3500, it would seem she was blushing.)
289	* PinkElephants: The [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=474 Tequila Monster]] and [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=719 Beast of Bourbon]]. The former looks sorta like a psychedelic weasel, the latter...well, it's yellow, that's all that's definite.
290	%%* PinkMeansFeminine: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1643 Hannelore's Roomba's wife...don't ask.]]
291	* PizzaBoySpecialDelivery:
292	** Subverted [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2356 here]]. When Dale delivers her a pizza, Hannelore hasn't enough money to provide a tip. She nervously offers "something else" and insists he come in (despite him telling her it's unnecessary), but it turns out she was just inviting him to share the pizza with her and Marigold and chat for a while. (Of course, anyone familiar with Hannelore's character would never expect her to play the trope straight anyway.)
293	--->'''Dale''': Whew. I was afraid you were gonna offer to bone me.\
294	'''Hannelore''': ''(horrified)'' '''''EWW!''''' People '''''DO''''' that?!
295	** Many strips later, May [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4804 questions]] Dale about this, but he insists it only happens in pornos. After a probing stare from her he admits he ''did'' get propositioned once, but didn't go through with it.
296	--->'''May''': Coward.\
297	'''Dale''': ''(angrily)'' I'm not a coward. I just took stock of my life up to that moment and decided I wasn't the kind of guy who'd trade sex for pizza.\
298	'''Marigold''': ''(holding a slice of pizza)'' Explain last night, then.
299	* PlotTumor: Robots and AI have always been part of the strip, but they were mainly used for one-off jokes and {{Funny Background Event}}s for the first several years, while the more serious long term stories were about mundane human relationships. Then the number of important AI characters and AI-centered subplots gradually increased, to the point where at times the robot subplots eclipse the human ones.
300	%%* PluckyComicRelief: The robots in general and Pintsize in particular.
301	* PornStash: Marten's is PlayedForDrama. Dora insists that he tell her about the contents and steals his laptop to go through it when he refuses. Marten understandably is infuriated about Dora invading his privacy on a whim and being unable to take no for an answer. [[spoiler:This becomes the primary catalyst for their break-up.]]
302	%%** Marigold had one. Now it belongs to Hannelore.
303	%%** Pintsize consists of one, and is certain he will become one when the Singularity hits.
304	* PostKissCatatonia: The [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2247 first time]] [[spoiler:Tai and Dora]] kiss, both get stuck blushing and only able to say things like "I. Um. Wow."
305	%%** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1725 Faye]] after getting a surprise kiss from [[spoiler:Angus]].
306	%%* PowerGlows: Some ''really'' good whiskey.
307	%%* PrecisionFStrike: Although they curse a lot, seeing it come from [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1108 Hannelore]] was just awesome.
308	* PregnancyTestPlot: [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1120 Hannelore]]'s test [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1125 comes up negative]] but she spends the day "drinking water and striving for statistical rigor."
309	-->'''Hannelore''': You have to '''''PEE''''' on a '''''STICK'''''!!!
310	* PreppyName: [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4517 This]] strip mentions two rich people, Hayden Tuckerfield and Tucker Haydenfield.
311	%%* ProjectedMan: Spaceship and Station's DigitalAvatar is in this form.
312	* PunchClockVillain: Greg L., the ObstructiveBureaucrat in charge of assigning robot bodies, who seems to have been conceived as this. He's bored, disengaged, doesn't even pretend to be polite to Roko or interested in her case (he refuses even to read the package of documents she's put together), tells her that there's nothing he can do for her, doesn't bother to suggest any alternative solutions to the problem, and goes back to his crossword before she's even got up from her chair--in fact, it's hard to see why he's even there, since there's no need for an actual human to do his job. Roko earlier [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4118 noted]] that all his social media posts are apparently random; he shows no consistent pattern of being interested in anything in particular and his only comments on the things he links to are "Huh" or "Didn't know that."
313	* PunctuatedForEmphasis:
314	** '''[[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1049 "You. Did. NOT. Just call me fat."]]''', which was quickly followed by [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1051 "I... am... going... to... KILL you."]]
315	** Steve to Marten: [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1862 "WE ARE BROS, MAN! WE! ARE! '''BROS'''!"]]. With a crowd of three random dudes shouting "Bros! Bros! Bros! Bros!"
316	** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3210 This. Is. A. Bar. We. Serve. Beer. And. Liquor.]] Even the title of the strip is "This. Is. A. Comic." Jeph's comment: "SPEAK. SLOWLY. SO. HE. WILL. UNDERSTAND."
317	** Roko having trouble getting used to her new body: '''[[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4176 "I TRIED TO DO SOMETHING AND MY BODY. WOULDN'T. LET ME."]]'''
318	** When Liz blows off Faye's recovering alcoholism with "Not my problem, just don't drink?" [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=5203 "Get. THE FUCK. Outta my shop."]]
319	%%** I SAID '''''SUMMON. THE. [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1566 WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORES]]'''''
320	%%** '''[[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=858 "Go. Eat. A. Cookie."]]'''
321	* PunnyName: The ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' addict and all around dork, Mari''gold Farmer''.
322	%%* PuppyDogEyes:
323	%%** [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2001 Momo expresses her gratitude to Marigold.]]
324	%%** [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3091 Momo again shows her mastery of this.]]
325	* PutOnABus:
326	** According to Word of God, the following characters have been permanently written out of the strip: "Sarah, Ellen, Nat, [[SadClown any chance at happiness for Marten]]." There are other cases where this is [[TheBusCameBack averted]], as some characters will disappear for extended periods of time only to reappear hundreds of strips later, like [[spoiler:Hannelore and Winslow]].
327	** Marten himself was slowly building up to this after he started his relationshop with [[spoiler:Claire]] (example [[https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=4260 here.]]) due to Jeph no longer knowing what to do with him, it was later averted after the Cubetown Arc, when suddenly having Marten in an entirely different setting made him easy to write for.
328	%%** Also apparently on the bus: Gabby, Dr. Corrinne, Meena, and Bailey. Gabby is still listed on the cast page but hasn't been seen in a long time.

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