History ComicStrip / SafeHavens

* SharedUniverse: With ''OnTheFastrack''. Samantha's dad works for Fastrack, Samantha sometimes works there, she used to babysit Patina and Rusty, and now she's Patina's RA.

* TheBechdelTest: Passed on many occasions thanks to a strong female lineup and a female lead.

* TheyDo: [[spoiler:After more than a decade of buildup, Samantha and Dave got married.]]

* TooDumbToLive: The dodos have no instinct for self-preservation, so they mustn't be left alone for long. Oddly enough, they don't seem all that dumb most of the time.

* TheFaceless: The extremely tall Don and Rosalind were portrayed as being so tall their heads were always off-frame. Averted with Rosalind when, thanks to some mad science, she shrank an entire foot and decided she liked being of normal height.

* FreakyFridayFlip: Variant: Samantha and Dave, thanks to accidental lab potion ingestion, are turned into each other (Samantha's body turns into a duplicate of Dave's, and vice versa). [[spoiler:On their WeddingDay, no less.]]

* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Remora reveals many qualities not found in most other works. For example, she can shapeshift into fully human or fully fish forms only up to 12 hours at a time, after which she transforms into the opposite form [[InvoluntaryShapeshifter whether she wants to or not]]. It is also said that if a human saves a mermaid's life three times, they become a mermaid themselves, although exactly ''what'' qualifies as saving their life is PlayedForLaughs: Samantha found herself turned into a mermaid after something as simple as giving Remora a flotation ring for swimming practice. Remora's also [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld more than 400 years old despite looking the same age as her classmates]].

* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Before pairing with Jenny, Luis unintentionally won the hearts of two girls who already had boyfriends. When Dave asked Samantha why Jenny Egotistical of all people wanted Luis, all present females of every species shouted, "HE'S A TOTAL STUD!" May or may not be a case of InformedAttribute.

* FreakyFridayFlip: Variant: Samantha and Dave, thanks to accidental lab potion ingestion, are turned into each other (Samantha's body turns into a duplicate of Dave's, and vice-versa). [[spoiler:On their WeddingDay, no less.]]

* SharedUniverse: With ''OnTheFastrack''.

* ArtifactTitle: Safe Havens Daycare hasn't been seen in decades.
** The comic has tried to avoid this by having the students continue to same-named schools over the years and even adopting the name for a band. But at this point, neither the band nor the university are particularly central.
** Although now that the students are having their own children, Safe Havens Daycare is making a comeback. (Jenny's already enrolled Candide, and Maria plans to enroll Leonardo there).

** Also, [[http://safehavenscomic.com/?webcomic_post=december-4-2012 "This isn't fiction, Rosalind. It's real life."]]

* FreakyFridayFlip: Samantha and Dave, thanks to accidental lab potion ingestion. [[spoiler:On their WeddingDay, no less.]]

* SharedUniverse: With ''OnTheFasttrack''.

* DeggansRule: Followed! Samantha and her family are Black, as is Don. Luis is Latino, and Ming is Asian-American.

* IgnoreTheDisability: A key demand from Luis, which is why he loves Jenny instead of the ever-helpful Samantha.

* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Remora reveals many qualities not found in most other works. For example, she can shapeshift into fully human or fully fish forms only up to 12 hours at a time, after which she transforms into the opposite form [[InvoluntaryShapeshifter whether she wants to or not]]. It is also said that if a human saves a mermaid's life three times, they become a mermaid themselves, although exactly ''what'' qualifies as saving their life is PlayedForLaughs: Samantha found herself turned into a mermaid after something as simple as giving Remora a flotation ring for swimming practice.