History ComicStrip / AJAndMagnus

** [[https://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2017/10/08 Alex is revealed to be afraid of clowns]]. He's clearly nervous when the family watches [[Film/{{It}}(2017)]].

%% * ComingOutStory: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2015/10/13 Discussed here]], with Franchise/XMen as an example.

%% * {{Cosplay}}: AJ, Ebony and Local love it but Aunt Roz [[CosplayOtakuGirl breathes it]].

%% * EngineeredPublicConfession: Roz orchestrates one to get back at the guy who fired John for being gay. [[https://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2020/07/19 Never mess with Roz]].

%% * PoliticallyMotivatedTeacher: Miss Napparella slightly. She does demonstrate the effects of gerrymandering.

%% * SnarkToSnarkCombat: AJ and Alex sometimes engage in those. Alex and Aunt Roz also spar occasionally.

* InterruptedIntimacy: AJ and Loca [[https://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2022/10/17 walk in on]] AJ's aunt and some randon guy she invited over. John and Alex were less than pleased when they found out.

* {{Jerkass}}: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2017/02/14 John's father in the past,]] known as an abuser. We find out later John's mom and siblings aren't much better.

%% * TheBear: John.

%% * {{Bookworm}}: Alex

%% * DeathByChildbirth: The strips from February to March 2018 told us what happened to AJ's mother, [[OneSteveLimit Alex]].

%% * GlamorousSingleMother: Denise, Ebony's mother. {{Justified|Trope}} somewhat in that she has a high paying job as a surgeon.

%% * HappilyMarried: Alex and John Parker.

%% * InterruptedIntimacy: [[spoiler:Why Aunt Kerin sent AJ and Loca to bed early]]. [[https://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2022/10/17 She's gonna be in for a world of hurt.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2017/02/14 John's father in the past,]] known as an abuser.
%% * LateArrivalSpoiler: AJ is named after his parents. His ''biological'' parents.

* QueerEstablishingMoment: For the longest time, AJ seemed to just be a straight ally for the LGBTQ+ community who had some gender non-conforming interests such as drag. That is until "[[https://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2023/01/09 First Day]]" where he falls in love with a male student named Logan.

%% * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Bacon Treats for Magnus.
%% * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes:
%% ** [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2014/10/16 AJ: needles]]
%% ** [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2016/10/22 John: spiders]]
%% ** [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2016/11/20 Magnus: heights]]
%% ** [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2017/05/21 Alex: being useless]]
%% ** [[https://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2017/10/05 Also Alex:]] [[https://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2017/10/08 clowns]]

* [[AndCallHimGeorge And Call Him "Mickey"!]]: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2017/02/08 You alright, Mickey?]]
* [[ArchEnemy Arch-Enemies]]: Magnus and squirrels.
* ArtEvolution: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2014/08/08 Here, the very first strip.]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2016/8/8 Here, one from exactly 2 years later.]] See the difference?
* AwesomeAussie: How Twix the wild dog speaks.
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2016/12/18 Twix's past 'owners' are implied to be this.]]
* BadlyBatteredBabysitter: Subverted. Somehow Caitlyn [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2015/11/24 is smart enough to avoid all of AJ's tricks.]]
* BaitAndSwitch: Quite common throughout the comic.
* TheBear: John.

* {{Bookworm}}: Alex
* BreakingTheFourthWall: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2016/05/16 With the help of hidden cameras.]]
* TheBully: Loca [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2015/07/06 Implied to be because of her emotionally abusive stepfather.]]
* TheBusCameBack: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2016/12/30 After a stint as AJ's babysitter, Caitlyn is back as a Parker Family Museum tour guide.]]
* CallBack: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2015/10/29 So John decided to scare Alex during Halloween 2015.]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2016/10/22 Guess what happened a year later?]]
* ChewoutFakeout: AJ playing a prank on his aunt had both of his dads amused. Despite making him apologize, they admitted he did what they always wanted to do and considered taking him to the toy store later on, as seen here http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2015/03/21.
* ChildProdigy: AJ. [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2015/08/29 This is him negotiating an allowance raise.]]
** Ebony. [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2015/05/19 She built a fully immersive VR system despite still being a kid.]]
* ClosetGeek: Ebony is a ''massive'' one.
* ComingOutStory: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2015/10/13 Discussed here]], with Franchise/XMen as an example.
* CoolTeacher: Miss Naparella. Complete with dyed pink hair, hippie clothing, and liberal views.
** Apparently CorruptPolitician are [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2016/09/12 'Human Being's Greatest Predator.']]
* {{Cosplay}}: AJ, Ebony and Local love it but Aunt Roz [[CosplayOtakuGirl breathes it]].
* CostumePorn: All courtesy of [[HiddenDepths Alex.]]
* CutenessProximity: The baby dragon from the video game causes this.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Some of the strips only feature the fathers.

* DeadpanSnarker: Runs in the family
** SnarkToSnarkCombat: AJ and Alex sometimes engage in those. Alex and Aunt Roz also spar occasionally.

* EngineeredPublicConfession: Roz orchestrates one to get back at the guy who fired John for being gay. [[https://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2020/07/19 Never mess with Roz]].
* [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles Everything's Better With Sparkles/Bows/Rainbows/Unicorns]]: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2016/10/10 Cousin Chloe's design philosophy]]
* {{Expy}}: For the ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes comic strips:
** The Rambunctious [[ChildProdigy Boy Genius]] Protagonist: Calvin/AJ
** The TalkingAnimal Companion: Hobbes/Magnus
** The Stay-At-Home Parent: Calvin's Mom/Alex
** The Working Parent: Calvin's Dad/John
** The GirlNextDoor: Susie/Ebony
** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2016/05/02 here.]]
* FanDisservice: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2015/07/07 Aunt Rochell in a bikini.]] [[BrainBleach Eye bleach]] [[LampshadeHanging is needed indeed.]]
* FandomRivalry: InUniverse:
** [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2015/07/15 Star Wars vs Star Trek]]
** [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2017/01/06 Marvel vs DC]]
* FearOfThunder: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2016/05/21 Leading to this especially sweet moment.]]

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Loca, the local bully who ''somehow'' became AJ's 'friend'.
* FullNameUltimatum: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2016/04/09 That is apparently the secret code Alex uses to tell AJ]] [[SeriousBusiness it's serious.]]
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2016/11/27 AJ's walk in the woods.]]
* GlamorousSingleMother: Denise, Ebony's mother. {{Justified|Trope}} somewhat in that she has a high paying job as a surgeon.
* HalloweenCosplay: Seems quite a tradition in the Parker family:
** 2014: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2014/10/30 The Wizard of Oz]]
** 2015: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2015/10/31 Super Mario]]
** 2016: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2016/10/31 A few of the most iconic horror film characters]]
* HappilyMarried: Alex and John Parker.

* HockeyMaskAndChainsaw: [[https:www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2019/09/01 averts this]] [[Franchise/FridayThe13th it's all hockey mask]] [[Film/TheTexasChainSawMassacre1974 no chainsaw]].
* HouseHusband: Alex. And recently, he begins to hate it.
* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: Twix is an ''extremely'' strong believer in this trope.
** HeWhoFightsMonsters: He cruelly treats AJ like shit and even willingly hurts him, and visibly enjoys it, all because AJ's a human. [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech AJ brutally calls him out on it.]]
** HitMeDammit: Twix's reaction, realizing he went too far. {{Deconstructed}}: He clearly implies that he thinks that's the only way AJ will feel better, ''[[WhamLine and that he's used to it]]''.
** CooldownHug: AJ's answer.
* InsideAComputerSystem: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2015/05/19 A machine Ebony builds allows you to go inside a game.]] With dragons.
* InterruptedIntimacy: [[spoiler:Why Aunt Kerin sent AJ and Loca to bed early]]. [[https://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2022/10/17 She's gonna be in for a world of hurt.]]
* IThinkYouBrokeHim: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2017/01/15 Said word for word.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2017/02/14 John's father in the past.]] His crimes include:
** {{AbusiveParent|s}}
** AlcoholicParent
** DomesticAbuse
* LateArrivalSpoiler: AJ is named after his parents. His ''biological'' parents.
* LaxativePrank: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2015/03/27 Courtesy of AJ.]]
* LethalChef: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2016/06/11 John is implied to be one.]]

* LowestCommonDenominator: InUniverse. [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2015/10/06 Part of the reason why Alex hates]] UsefulNotes/AmericanFootball. Then again, he also considers it (justifiably) as a BloodSport.
* {{Malaproper}}: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2017/01/25 What is 'paranoidal captivity?']] [[note]] [[MathematiciansAnswer She is paralysed with fear?]] [[/note]]
* MissingMom[=/=]DeathByChildbirth: The strips from February to March 2018 told us what happened to AJ's mother, [[OneSteveLimit Alex]].
* NotSoAboveItAll: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2016/08/08 Even Alex would sacrifice his dignity for $25]]
* OccultDetective: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2015/11/17 AJ parodies as one.]]

* OutGambitted: AJ's prank's don't always work on Alex. Notable cases:
** [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2016/02/24 Operation Cookie Heist]]

-->'''AJ:''' OH MY DOG! Our pine cones got [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Thanosed]]!
* [[PoliceAreUseless Park Rangers Are Useless:]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2016/12/07 Unfortunately.]]

* PoliticallyMotivatedTeacher: Miss Napparella slightly. She does demonstrate the effects of gerrymandering.
* PuffOfLogic:
* RealMenWearPink: Alex. He sews, does housework, drinks tea, and gardens.

* ShadyRealEstateAgent: Mr. Lowe he's helping Gram sell John and Alex's home without their consent.
* ShoutOut: To ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' with [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2016/05/05 Magnus as the dragon]].
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: {{Parodied|Trope}} [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2016/05/30 here.]]
* SplashPanel: Every Halloween and Christmas comic so far, as well as a few special occasions.
* SpitTake: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2016/08/27 Healthy but disgusting smoothies]]
* SweetTooth: AJ and John
* TakeAThirdOption: AJ's Modus Operundi
* TeamMom: Alex. [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2016/09/17 Lampshaded here.]]
* TemptingFate: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2015/06/05 The video]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2015/06/11 game arc]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2015/06/16 is one]] [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2015/06/18 big one.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Bacon Treats for Magnus.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes:
** [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2014/10/16 AJ: needles]]
** [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2016/10/22 John: spiders]]
** [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2016/11/20 Magnus: heights]]
** [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2017/05/21 Alex: being useless]]
** [[https://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2017/10/05 Also Alex:]] [[https://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2017/10/08 clowns]]

* ADogAteMyHomework: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2016/02/15 Magnus actually eats AJ's homework.]] [[EverybodyHatesMath And of course it's math homework.]]

So you have a [[{{Homage}} modern re-imagining]] of ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes except with an [[BigFriendlyDog English Mastiff]] and [[HasTwoMommies two fathers]]. That's the short version of the story.

* HasTwoDaddies: Alex and John have raised AJ since birth.

* ExtremeOmnivore [[https://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2023/03/17 Rochelle bit into a power line once thinking it was licorice.]]

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2015/03/21 AJ's pranks at Aunt Rochelle]]

%% * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Bacon Treats for Magnus.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Bacon Treats for Magnus.
* {{Transgender}}: Aunt Roz, although AJ thought she was a cosplayer.

%%* SweetTooth: AJ and John
%%* TakeAThirdOption: AJ's Modus Operundi

%%* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Bacon Treats for Magnus.

%%* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes:
%%** [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2014/10/16 AJ: needles]]
%%** [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2016/10/22 John: spiders]]
%%** [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2016/11/20 Magnus: heights]]
%%** [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2017/05/21 Alex: being useless]]

* Transgender: Aunt Roz, although AJ thought she was a cosplayer.

* LaxativePrank: [[http://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2015/03/27 Courtesy of AJ.]]

* {{Cosplay}}: AJ, Ebony and Local love it but Aunt Roz breathes it.

* Cosplay: AJ, Ebony and Local love it but Aunt Roz breathes it.

* EngineeredPublicConfession: Roz orchestrates one to get back at the guy who fired John for being gay. [[https://www.gocomics.com/aj-and-magnus/2020/07/19 never mess with Roz]].