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* Transsexual: Reade Turner, bookstore owner, was revealed to be Reed Turner, best friend and fellow Boy Scout to Nelson. She and Nelson are currently an "item."

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* Transsexual: Transgender: Reade Turner, bookstore owner, was revealed to be Reed Turner, best friend and fellow Boy Scout to Nelson. She and Nelson are currently an "item."

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Are the Shout Outs too obvious?


* StacysMom: As revealed in flashbacks and dreams, Edison Lighthouse ued to wear sexy outfits, as a ploy to get more of her teenaged son's friends to come over and play with him. Fortifying herself with ''Dutch Courage,'' this rapidly descended into heavy drinking.

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* ShoutOuts: Late sixties pop music "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" obviously, not to mention "Groovy Kinda Love."
* StacysMom: As revealed in flashbacks and dreams, Edison Lighthouse ued used to wear sexy outfits, as a ploy to get more of her teenaged son's friends to come over and play with him. Fortifying herself with ''Dutch Courage,'' this rapidly descended into heavy drinking.
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Removing as per TRS Thread


* BaconAddiction: Stephanie creates a waffle made entirely of bacon. It is well-received.
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* Transgender: Reade Turner, bookstore owner, was revealed to be Reed Turner, best friend and fellow Boy Scout to Nelson. She and Nelson are currently an "item."

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* Transgender: Transsexual: Reade Turner, bookstore owner, was revealed to be Reed Turner, best friend and fellow Boy Scout to Nelson. She and Nelson are currently an "item."
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* ArtificialHuman: Stephanie Rossum. Tall, blonde, adorable. Loves pudding and books with pictures of kittens. This RobotGirl smokes cigarettes, which she can light with her finger.

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* ArtificialHuman: Stephanie Rossum. Tall, blonde, asexual and adorable. Loves pudding and books with pictures of kittens. This RobotGirl (she prefers the term "humachinal") smokes cigarettes, which she can light with her finger.



* FantasyKitchenSink: With a bit of sci-fi flavor. Somehow an otherwise normal setting has aliens, sentient robots, cavemen, and a whole slew of weird things.

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* FantasyKitchenSink: With a bit of sci-fi flavor. Somehow an otherwise normal setting has aliens, sentient robots, cavemen, a greedy li'l hexapod who steals food and doesn't talk, and a whole slew of weird things.



* MsFanservice: Eleanor, and especially Edison, if you like 40 year old women with less than perfect bodies who like to show off their [[BareYourMidriff midriff]] and cleavage. Eleanor, Edison, and Anya all prefer VaporWear, [[StockingFiller fishnets, stockings, garters]], and {{Dangerously Short Skirt}}s, though Anya dresses appropriately for work.

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* MsFanservice: Eleanor, and especially Edison, if you like 40 year old women with less than perfect bodies who like to show off their [[BareYourMidriff midriff]] and cleavage. Eleanor, Edison, Reade, and Anya all prefer VaporWear, [[StockingFiller fishnets, stockings, garters]], and {{Dangerously Short Skirt}}s, though Anya dresses appropriately for work.



* MysteriousPast: Edison Lighthouse, as Rosemary Pipkin, lived with her husband and teenage son in a Riverdale like suburb. Now she's a presumably single, alcoholic artist living in an apartment in Innesmount. Also, Larry Pye used to date The Famous Supermodel Victoria, Eleanor's sister, until something happened that no one is allowed to mention.

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* MysteriousPast: Edison Lighthouse, as Rosemary Pipkin, lived with her husband and teenage son in a Riverdale like suburb. Now she's a presumably single, alcoholic artist living in an apartment in Innesmount. Also, Larry Pye used to date The Famous Supermodel Victoria, Eleanor's sister, until something happened that no one Eleanor pushed her through the Discombobulationotron into another reality. Where, it is allowed to mention.speculated, she became a vampire. Nobody really knows.



* PermaStubble: Toivo sports an everlasting five o’ clock shadow.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: Stephanie looks entirely human.

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* PermaStubble: Toivo sports an everlasting five o’ clock shadow.
shadow. So does his pirate double, Mancanilla.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot: Stephanie looks entirely human. Except her hair never blows in the wind.



* ShoutOut: Quite a few, including one to [[Webcomic/QuestionableContent Questionable Content]].

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* ShoutOut: Quite a few, including one to [[Webcomic/QuestionableContent Questionable Content]]. Groovy, Kinda is known for a lot of cameos. Characters have shown up from Princess Chroma, The M9 Girls, The Demon Archives, October 20th, The Vatican Assassins, Berrybelle, and Doodling Around, among others.



* Transgender: Reade Turner, bookstore owner, was revealed to be Reed Turner, best friend and fellow Boy Scout to Nelson.

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* Transgender: Reade Turner, bookstore owner, was revealed to be Reed Turner, best friend and fellow Boy Scout to Nelson. She and Nelson are currently an "item."
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* AllWomenAreLustful: Almost. While Edison wants Larry and Anya, and Anya wants Larry and Edison, Stephanie's not programmed to want anybody. ''Yet.''

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* AllWomenAreLustful: Almost. While Edison wants Larry and Anya, and Anya. Anya wants Larry and Edison, Stephanie's not programmed Edison. Stephanie wants Larry, but she can't become aroused unless she's next to want anybody. ''Yet.''Edison's navel hangy thingy. It's kind of complicated.



* BareYourMidriff: Both Edison and Eleanor sport ultra-low hiphuggers, which always show a bit of tummy. The drunker Edison gets, the wider the gap between her pants and her top. She also has a mysterious navel piercing.

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* BareYourMidriff: Both Edison and Eleanor sport ultra-low hiphuggers, which always show a bit of tummy. The drunker Edison gets, the wider the gap between her pants and her top. She also has a mysterious navel piercing.piercing, her "navel hangy thingy."



* LoveDodecahedron: Though the comic focuses primarily on the relationships between the three main characters, there are hints that things are going to become a bit more complicated.

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* LoveDodecahedron: Though the comic focuses primarily on the relationships between the three main characters, there are hints that things are going to become a bit more complicated. And they do.



* MeaningfulName: Rossum the robot?

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* MeaningfulName: Rossum the robot?robot? Reade the bookstore owner?

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* WebcomicTime: ''Webcomic/GroovyKinda'' starts on a Friday night, and, after 180+ strips, has made it to the following Wednesday afternoon. Larry's slept with Edison, Edison's slept with Anya, Stephanie took a ride in an airship, learned to smoke, and got a library card. And a character died.
* WhatDidYouExpectWhenYouNamedIt_: Averted. One would expect the Hindenburger, a restaurant/zeppelin, to be a disaster waiting to happen, but nothing goes awry.

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* Transgender: Reade Turner, bookstore owner, was revealed to be Reed Turner, best friend and fellow Boy Scout to Nelson.
* WebcomicTime: ''Webcomic/GroovyKinda'' starts on a Friday night, and, after 180+ 400+ strips, has made it to the following Wednesday afternoon.covered just over two weeks. Larry's slept with Edison, Edison's slept with Anya, Stephanie took a ride in an airship, learned to smoke, and got a library card. And a character died.
* WhatDidYouExpectWhenYouNamedIt_: Averted. One would expect the Hindenburger, a restaurant/zeppelin, to be a disaster waiting to happen, but nothing goes awry.it doesn't blow up. Larry and Edison's relationship almost crashes and burns, though.
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* MrsRobinson: Even though Anya, who is 35, was once Eleanor's love slave, she was the exception. Eleanor much prefers high school boys and girls.

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* MrsRobinson: Even though Anya, who is 35, was once Eleanor's love slave, she was the exception. Eleanor much prefers high school boys and girls. Anya is currently living with one of Eleanor's former pets, 15 year old Jacob.
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* TheChessmaster: Eleanor is planning something huge, and she's using almost everyone in the story. Most of them don't know it yet.
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* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: Edison is a bit older than the typical example, but still has the good looks to qualify.
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*BaconAddiction: Stephanie creates a waffle made entirely of bacon. It is well-received.


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*CatGirl: Miffy, a feline-looking [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe alien from Venus]].
*DescriptionCut: Every so often. When characters speculate on what someone (or someones) else is doing their assumptions invariably turn out to be off the mark.


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*FantasyKitchenSink: With a bit of sci-fi flavor. Somehow an otherwise normal setting has aliens, sentient robots, cavemen, and a whole slew of weird things.


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*FriendToAllChildren: Anya is quite fond of kids.


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*MoodWhiplash: The mood tends to shift from silly to serious at a moments’ notice, especially when jumping from one group of characters to another.


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*PermaStubble: Toivo sports an everlasting five o’ clock shadow.


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*SickeningSweethearts: Edison and Larry tend to get pretty mushy, especially when she’s had a bit too much to drink.


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*ShoutOut: Quite a few, including one to [[Webcomic/QuestionableContent Questionable Content]].


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*WhatDidYouExpectWhenYouNamedIt_: Averted. One would expect the Hindenburger, a restaurant/zeppelin, to be a disaster waiting to happen, but nothing goes awry.
*WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: Edison is a bit older than the typical example, but still has the good looks to qualify.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Larry and Stephanie both have their moments.
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*LoveDodecahedron: Though the comic focuses primarily on the relationships between the three main characters, there are hints that things are going to become a bit more complicated.


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*RidiculouslyHumanRobot: Stephanie looks entirely human.
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* SignificantName: Rossum the robot?

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* SignificantName: MeaningfulName: Rossum the robot?
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* SignificantName: Rossum the robot?
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* DeliberatelyMonochrome, with a couple of color sequences when Stephanie had a cigarette.
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* MundaneFantastic: Eleanor invented the Discombobulationotron, which can open up a (literal) doorway into another universe. Larry mentions how he and Phyl Sampson investigated the Plateau that Time Misplaced (with dinosaurs), The Underwater Aliens, and helped build The Great Saharan Monorail. Also there may be a Venusian Cat Girl running loose.
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* WebcomicTime: ''Webcomic/GroovyKinda'' starts on a Friday night, and, after 180+ strips, has made it to the following Wednesday afternoon.

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* WebcomicTime: ''Webcomic/GroovyKinda'' starts on a Friday night, and, after 180+ strips, has made it to the following Wednesday afternoon. Larry's slept with Edison, Edison's slept with Anya, Stephanie took a ride in an airship, learned to smoke, and got a library card. And a character died.

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* BareYourMidriff: Both Edison and Eleanor sport ultra-low hiphuggers, which always show a bit of tummy. The drunker Edison gets, the wider the gap between her pants and her top. She also has a mysterious navel piercing.



* WebcomicTime: ''Webcomic/GroovyKina'' starts on a Friday night, and, after 180+ strips, has made it to the following Wednesday afternoon.

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* WebcomicTime: ''Webcomic/GroovyKina'' ''Webcomic/GroovyKinda'' starts on a Friday night, and, after 180+ strips, has made it to the following Wednesday afternoon.
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* MsFanservice: Eleanor, and especially Edison, if you like 40 year old women with less than perfect bodies who like to show off their [[BareYourMidriff midriff]] and cleavage. Eleanor, Edison, and Anya all prefer [[StockingFiller fishnets, stockings, garters]], and {{Dangerously Short Skirt}}s, though Anya dresses appropriately for work.

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* MsFanservice: Eleanor, and especially Edison, if you like 40 year old women with less than perfect bodies who like to show off their [[BareYourMidriff midriff]] and cleavage. Eleanor, Edison, and Anya all prefer VaporWear, [[StockingFiller fishnets, stockings, garters]], and {{Dangerously Short Skirt}}s, though Anya dresses appropriately for work.

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* TheAlcoholic: Edison Lighthouse rarely appears without a drink in hand. While old enough to be a LadyDrunk, she's far too cheerful, and too much a homebody to be a HardDrinkingPartyGirl.

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* TheAlcoholic: Edison Lighthouse rarely appears without a drink in hand. While old enough to be a LadyDrunk, she's far too cheerful, and too much of a homebody to be a HardDrinkingPartyGirl.



* StatuesqueStunner: Stephanie "Steffie" Rossum, a robot version of the trope

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* StatuesqueStunner: Stephanie "Steffie" Rossum, a robot version of the tropetrope.
* WebcomicTime: ''Webcomic/GroovyKina'' starts on a Friday night, and, after 180+ strips, has made it to the following Wednesday afternoon.
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''[[http://www.groovykinda.org/ Groovy, Kinda]]'' is a MundaneFantastic webcomic by Charlie Wise. Follow the comedic misadventures of Larry Pye, Edison Lighthouse, and Anya Langerak, as they try to make a three-way romance work. ''Groovy, Kinda'' is unique in that the leads are all in their late 30s to early 40s.

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''[[http://www.groovykinda.org/ Groovy, Kinda]]'' is a MundaneFantastic webcomic by Charlie Wise. Follow the comedic misadventures of Larry Pye, Edison Lighthouse, and Anya Langerak, as they try to make a three-way romance LoveTriangle work. ''Groovy, Kinda'' is unique in that the leads are all in their late 30s to early 40s.

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* ArtShift: Starts to look like Archie comics during the flashbacks to Edison's youth, juxtaposed with the emotional complexity of her relationships
* ArtificialHuman: Stephanie Rossum. Tall, blonde, adorable. Loves pudding and books with pictures of kittens. This RobotGirl smokes cigarettes, which she can light with her finger.



* ArtificialHuman: Stephanie Rossum. Tall, blonde, adorable. Loves pudding and books with pictures of kittens. This RobotGirl smokes cigarettes, which she can light with her finger.
* ArtShift: Starts to look like Archie comics during the flashbacks to Edison's youth, juxtaposed with the emotional complexity of her relationships.



* StacysMom: As revealed in flashbacks and dreams, Edison Lighthouse dressed as sexy as possible, in an attempt to get more of her son's friends to come over and play with him. Fortifying herself with ''Dutch Courage,'' this rapidly descended into heavy drinking.

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* StacysMom: As revealed in flashbacks and dreams, Edison Lighthouse dressed as ued to wear sexy outfits, as possible, in an attempt a ploy to get more of her teenaged son's friends to come over and play with him. Fortifying herself with ''Dutch Courage,'' this rapidly descended into heavy drinking.
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* Fetish: Anya has one for CLOWNS. Seriously.

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* Fetish: {{Fetish}}: Anya has one for CLOWNS. Seriously.



* MysteriousPast: Edison Lighthouse, as Rosemary Pipkin, lived with her husband and teenage son in a Riverdale like suburb. Now she's a presumably single alcoholic artist living in an apartment in Innesmount. Also, Larry Pye used to date The Famous Supermodel Victoria, Eleanor's sister, until something happened that no one is allowed to mention.

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* MysteriousPast: Edison Lighthouse, as Rosemary Pipkin, lived with her husband and teenage son in a Riverdale like suburb. Now she's a presumably single single, alcoholic artist living in an apartment in Innesmount. Also, Larry Pye used to date The Famous Supermodel Victoria, Eleanor's sister, until something happened that no one is allowed to mention.
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* MsFanservice: Eleanor, and especially Edison, if you like 40 year old women with less than perfect bodies who like to show off their [[BareYourMidriff midriff]] and cleavage. Eleanor, Edison, and Anya all prefer [[StockingFiller fishnets, stockings, garters]], and {{Dangerously Short Skirt}}s, though Anya dresses appropriately for work.
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[[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]]

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[[caption-width-right:300:some caption text]][[caption-width-right:300:Edison & Anya's first kiss]]
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* DreamSequence: Edison sometimes has them when she goes to sleep drunk (it's rare when she goes to sleep any other way). Usually she's recalling her past. Larry's had a couple as well.
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* Fetish: Anya has one for ''CLOWNS''. Seriously.

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* Fetish: Anya has one for ''CLOWNS''.CLOWNS. Seriously.
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