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1	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Jim, who is either UnintentionallySympathetic or a hypocritical DoggedNiceGuy, depending on who you ask.
2	** Corsetto intended to portray him as the latter, [[WordOfGod claiming so]] on [[https://twitter.com/#!/dcorsetto/status/137268323955113985 one of her tweets]]. However some people feel that by placing him [[http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-1279/ next to Chris]] [[http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-1280/ who was just bragging about getting laid]], that painted him as a [[StrawLoser loser]] to whom [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown it's okay to brag that you are getting what he is not]], and if that was not enough, [[http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-1281/ when Jim snaps for this he is then portrayed by other guys as making the false dichotomy that since a Nice Guy can't get laid]] [[http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-1285/ then all guys who do must be Jerkasses]].
3	** On the other hand, Jim explicitly contrasts himself to the other guys by calling himself a "nice guy", and complaining that "nice guys don't get laid", clearly implying that the other guys are ''only'' getting laid because they ''aren't'' nice guys. Later on, Chris (feeling bad about the whole Jim thing) admits to Jim that he has nothing against him. Jim resentfully calls the other guys "assholes", and when Chris points out that just because they don't like him, it doesn't make them assholes, Jim retorts "If they were decent they would have at least '''tried''' to like me." This [[{{Hypocrite}} after Jim has insulted them to their faces]]. In any case, the debate about the sort of character Jim was intended to be, and how he comes across, continues.
4	* HarsherInHindsight:
5	** All the early strips with the UnresolvedSexualTension between Hazel and Zach and when they get a RelationshipUpgrade come off as this, knowing how their relationship is going to turn out.
6	** Angel's belief that lesbians cannot give each other [=STDs=], cue the first documented AIDS transmission from woman to woman.
7	%%* HoYay:
8	%%** Jamie and... pretty much everyone female.
9	%%** Jamie stumbles into that territory quite often too. It's just not as noticeable, because of all the adorable bubbliness and because the jerkishness usually goes against Hazel, which seems to be acceptable.
10	* JerkassWoobie: Hazel dipped into this territory after [[http://www.girlswithslingshots.com/comic/gws-1432/ her breakup with Zach.]] She was pretty shattered.
11	* MoralEventHorizon: Candy crosses this when she attempts to sabotage Jameson and Maureen's wedding.
12	* TheWoobie: Thea is heading toward this territory. Loses her job: check. Sister has cancer: check. Girl she's taken with uses her for sex and exposes her to an STD: check. Yup, we've got ourselves a woobie.

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