- Beam Me Up, Scotty!: The Curmudgeon's wearables include a blue-collar hat named "No cents, no fence." In the actual Rex Morgan, M.D. comic this phrase comes from, however, it appeared as "No fence, no cents."
- Colbert Bump: Josh reviews many well known comics, though he also reviews note very obscure comics. Not to mention a lot of the fanbase that enjoys mocking Mary Worth, Apartment 3-G, and Funky Winkerbean first discovered them through this blog.
- Promoted Fanboy: Josh's constant riffing on newspaper Spider-Man got him invited to appear in the Rifftrax commentary track for Spider-Man 2.
- Write What You Know: Josh has written a novel, The Enthusiast
, about a guerilla marketer who secretly advertises her clients' products by pretending to be a member of niche groups of enthusiasts. One of those groups is dedicated to making fun of a decades-old soap opera comic strip.
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