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1	* BonusMaterial: Of two types:
2	** Patreon-only strips that showcase people not directly related to the current storyline (some voted in by fans).
3	** Erotic comics posted on Slipshine and Erotic pin-ups of the characters in another Patreon.
4	* {{Defictionalization}}: After a number of fans asked for a real life version of Dina's dinosaur hat, Willis got some felt and a sewing kit together and started making them.
5	* DiagnosisOfGod: Dina Saruyama from ''Webcomic/DumbingOfAge'' was retconned as having undiagnosed Asperger's Syndrome in [[https://dumbingofage.tumblr.com/post/124121859452/hi-willis-community-clips-are-great-and-all-but a blog post]] by the comic's author, David Willis. According to Willis, he didn't intentionally design Dina as autistic at first, but based her heavily on himself; after learning that he likely had undiagnosed Asperger's, he decided that Dina was the same way. It was later stated on-panel that attempts to diagnose Dina didn't go anywhere because the doctors assumed she's just speaking English as a second language... even though she's American and so are her parents.
6	* FandomNod: Walky's [[https://www.dumbingofage.com/2022/comic/book-12/05-this-was-halloween/booing/ theory]] [[spoiler:that Mike didn't die and was put in witness protection instead]], despite being published after a long period of the fandom speculating the exact same thing, [[AvertedTrope isn't an example]] -- according to [[https://www.patreon.com/posts/early-update-for-70005928 Willis' comment on Patreon]] it was planned since before the timeskip, [[spoiler:before Mike's death was confirmed.]]
7	* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: The youngest [=DeSanto=] sister, Riley, premiered as a twelve-year-old in this comic before appearing as an adult in ''Shortpacked.''
8	* ShrugOfGod: Is the new Alex the same person as old Alex post-transition? Willis notes that it's a popular head-canon and will not weigh in definitively. (New Alex is trans, though.)
9	* TeasingCreator:
10	** Assisted by the months-long buffer.
11	** In a point of the story where [[spoiler:Mike's fate was left ambiguous]] and he was last seen [[DisneyDeath tackling a villain off a balcony]], Willis linked to a Webcomic/SomethingPositive strip offhandedly alluding to this. [[https://somethingpositive.net/comic/hardly-appropriate/ It can be found here, if you don't mind the above spoiler]].
12	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
13	** Originally Dorothy was not going to have a role bigger than "Danny's Ex."
14	** Willis has posted some strips on his Patreon that for one reason or another he rejected from 'canon'.
15	* WriteWhoYouKnow: This applies to a bunch of characters.
16	** Most of all it applies to Joyce and her amazingly sheltered views. In Willis' own words, he used to ''be'' her.
17	** Joyce's mother is based on [[http://itswalky.tumblr.com/post/133847635397/i-dont-talk-to-my-mom-anymore-whenever-we-had Willis' own mother]].

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