Selkie / Funny - TV Tropes

Amanda's one-word reaction to hearing that Selkie's getting adopted.
- The next strip hits hard on the Mood Whiplash and dives right into Tearjerker, though.
Selkie Does Not Like Shoes. Todd suggests getting a teenaged-size shoe instead of a kid's shoe. The reaction is priceless.
Speaking of reactions, Selkie's reaction to having a room all to herself is just adorable.
Todd's flashback to working at Wool Mart. "The abyss stares back at you..."
Todd's dad gives parenting advice: "When an eight-year-old offers you their favorite food, don't recoil in horror. [...] Sometimes being a dad is knowing when to suck it up and eat the eyeballs."

Selkie's Dream Sequence. Tony yelling "Random French!" is the icing on the cake.
Todd gets some creative revenge on Selkie for her barging in the bathroom.
"Aaaand... Facebooked."
Georgie recovering quite well from his "accident" by showing off his ability to be a Magnificent Bastard.
The guest comic by The Merry Lurker where Selkie mistakes goldfish crackers for real goldfish
This comic. All of it.
- And the next, since we see Selkie develop a Precocious Crush on the doctor.
"I HAVE NO DECEIT IN MY HEART."
Sai Fen's first attempt at vegetarian cuisine.
- She later gives Selkie some advice on how to deal with bullies.
This is the story of two brave mice... who wanted nothing more than to CONQUER THE WORLD!
Those German lessons are coming along well.
Selkie's reaction upon learning that her race start as literal fish-people...
Selkie: Amanda must nevers know of this.
Todd: Don't be melodramatic. I mean, you're not wrong, but still.

When Andi's lie is finally revealed to Amanda, they go back to rejoin Todd's side of the family, and she's surprised they knew about it.
Amanda: Yeah, but I figured it out because I'm SMART!
Todd: WOW.
Antoine: This is the BEST Christmas.
After displaying her glowy-eyes, Tehk gets suspiciously-friendly with Selkie. Then Amanda comes in to mirror his behavior but with him as the target.
- And just two pages later, Tehk expresses disgust about the idea of a human sibling.
  Amanda: (Beat, then Death Glare) Can I talk to you for a minute?
  Tehk: Uh... nos?
  Amanda: Just come to my den, little adventurer. It'll be over, soon.
- After their teacher stops Amanda from acting out again, Amanda hits hard on the Mood Whiplash by cheerily inviting Tehk over to her house to make it up to him.
  Tehk: You mades more sense when you weres being scary.
- When Amanda finally lets her ulterior motive slip, Tehk immediately bursts into laughter, and Te Fahn, their Shrinking Violet classmate, can't help but start laughing at the idea herself.

After Amanda and Tehk get into a fight, he's shocked that his screech didn't make her freeze up - and she immediately points out that "Selkie does that when she wants the remote" before chastising him for his acid spit.
Tehk: I do nots spits acid! Likes your spits is any betters, anyways.
Amanda immediately spits on him
Tehk: AARGH!!! YOU'RES DISGUSTINGS! Ugh, it's alls warms and sticky!
Amanda: But not acid. You're WELCOME.

Funny / Selkie