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* HeroicBSOD: Scarlett declares that poker and [[ShowWithinAShow Princess Amazia]] are her two favorite things, and she couldn't do without either. Then Amazia [[AnAesop comes out against]] gambling.

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* %%* HeroicBSOD: Scarlett declares that poker and [[ShowWithinAShow Princess Amazia]] are her two favorite things, and she couldn't do without either. Then Amazia [[AnAesop comes out against]] gambling.
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* CamWhore: OK, so Violet presents her bikini photos in her blog.
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%%* EverythingsBetterWithLlamas
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%%* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: princess Amazia.
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* ThemeNaming: Corbin's wife's name is Violet. Her first daughter is Scarlett, which is a shade of red. [[CaptainObvious And violet is a mixture of red and blue.]] So it was logical to give their second daughter a name that's a shade of blue, and thus she was named... Ultramarine!

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* ThemeNaming: Corbin's wife's name is Violet. Her first daughter is Scarlett, which is a shade of red. [[CaptainObvious And violet is a mixture of red and blue.]] blue. So it was logical to give their second daughter a name that's a shade of blue, and thus she was named... Ultramarine!
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Just for Fun, and not a trope


* RickRoll: done in RealLife. Yes, there is such a thing as a real life rickroll.
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"A TabletopGame/{{Poker}} Comic with Positive Expected Value." (Hint: +EV is the common abbreviation for "positive expected value".) About professional online poker player Corbin, his family, his poker buddies and several prominent poker players.

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''+EV'' is "A TabletopGame/{{Poker}} Comic with Positive Expected Value." (Hint: +EV is the common abbreviation for "positive expected value".) About professional online poker player Corbin, his family, his poker buddies and several prominent poker players.
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Most of the links appear to be broken... I guess the comic's website has been taken down. Deleting all broken links and general clean-ip.


%%* AntiPoopSocking: Averted (yes), [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060927.html here]].

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%%* AntiPoopSocking: Averted (yes), [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060927.html here]].Averted.



* CatchPhrase: Violet's "I think I want a divorce" qualifies to the point she lampshades it [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20090913.html when Corbin calls her a "dink" in a text message.]]
* CamWhore: OK, so Violet presents her bikini photos in her blog. [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070516.html See here.]]

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* CatchPhrase: Violet's "I think I want a divorce" qualifies to the point she lampshades it [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20090913.html when Corbin calls her a "dink" in a text message.]]
message.
* CamWhore: OK, so Violet presents her bikini photos in her blog. [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070516.html See here.]]



%%* CuteKitten: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061101.html Dolly]]
* DystopianEdict: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070423.html But why are people punished by hanging just for *mentioning* poker??]]
%%* EverythingsBetterWithLlamas: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20071019.html here.]]
%%* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Princess Amazia.
%%* FanDisservice: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20080319.html here]]. With Harold, of course.
* FanService: Sometimes, [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060908.html here with Violet.]]

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%%* CuteKitten: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061101.html Dolly]]
Dolly
* DystopianEdict: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070423.html But why are people punished by hanging just for *mentioning* poker??]]
''mentioning'' poker?
%%* EverythingsBetterWithLlamas: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20071019.html here.]]
EverythingsBetterWithLlamas
%%* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Princess princess Amazia.
%%* FanDisservice: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20080319.html here]]. With with Harold, of course.
* FanService: Sometimes, [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060908.html here sometimes, with Violet.]]



* {{GIRL}}: [[GenreSavvy Corbin knows this trope.]] [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070723.html See here.]]
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070806.html How it begins...]]
%%* GodwinsLaw: Kind of. [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20080408.html See here.]]
%%* GoofyPrintUnderwear: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060918.html here.]]

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* {{GIRL}}: [[GenreSavvy Corbin knows this trope.]] [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070723.html See here.]]
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070806.html How it begins...]]
TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry
%%* GodwinsLaw: Kind of. [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20080408.html See here.]]
of.
%%* GoofyPrintUnderwear: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060918.html here.]]GoofyPrintUnderwear



* HouseRules: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070928.html Be careful to play against Konsta with his own deck.]]
* ImAHumanitarian: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061023.html Fortunately, just a dream.]]
%%* JerkAss: Corbin, [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20090125.html occasionally.]]
%%* KatanasAreJustBetter: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070413.html here.]]
%%* KonamiCode: Referenced [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20080111.html here]].
* MouthFlaps: A peculiar aversion despite this being an animation trope: The characters' mouths are usually closed when they speak in this comic's particular style.
* MushroomSamba: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061215.html So, Harold owes the Goombas hundred dimes, and they'll kill him if he can't pay?]]

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* HouseRules: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070928.html Be be careful to play against Konsta with his own deck.]]
deck.
* ImAHumanitarian: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061023.html Fortunately, fortunately, just a dream.]]
dream.
%%* JerkAss: Corbin, [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20090125.html occasionally.]]
occasionally.
%%* KatanasAreJustBetter: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070413.html here.]]
KatanasAreJustBetter
%%* KonamiCode: Referenced [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20080111.html here]].
KonamiCode
* MouthFlaps: A a peculiar aversion despite this being an animation trope: The characters' mouths are usually closed when they speak in this comic's particular style.
* MushroomSamba: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061215.html So, so, Harold owes the Goombas hundred dimes, and they'll kill him if he can't pay?]]pay?



%%* {{Oktoberfest}}: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060920.html here.]]

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%%* {{Oktoberfest}}: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060920.html here.]]{{Oktoberfest}}



%%* PinkGirlBlueBoy[=/=]PrincessesPreferPink: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061127.html Scarlett's computer.]]
* PrimalScene: Seems to have happened off-strip, since Scarlett knows about the game that only mommies and daddies can play. [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060818.html See here.]]

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%%* PinkGirlBlueBoy[=/=]PrincessesPreferPink: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061127.html Scarlett's computer.]]
computer.
* PrimalScene: Seems seems to have happened off-strip, since Scarlett knows about the game that only mommies and daddies can play. [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060818.html See here.]]play.



* RickRoll: Done in RealLife [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20090803.html here]]. Yes, there is such a thing as a real life rickroll.
* ScaryBlackMan: Clancy knows about this trope, [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070824.html but doesn't really understand it.]]
* ShoutOut: To ''Series/AmericanIdol'' [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070202.html here]], ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070423.html here]], ''VideoGame/ABoyAndHisBlob'' [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20080125.html here]]

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* RickRoll: Done done in RealLife [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20090803.html here]].RealLife. Yes, there is such a thing as a real life rickroll.
* ScaryBlackMan: Clancy knows about this trope, [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070824.html but doesn't really understand it.]]
it.
* ShoutOut: To ''Series/AmericanIdol'' [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070202.html here]], ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070423.html here]], ''VideoGame/ABoyAndHisBlob'' [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20080125.html here]]to ''Series/AmericanIdol'', ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', ''VideoGame/ABoyAndHisBlob''.



* SpeedSex: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060918.html Corbin can do it twice in five minutes!]]
%%* TheStoner: Harold and Clancy, [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070706.html apparently]].

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* SpeedSex: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060918.html Corbin can do it twice in five minutes!]]
minutes!
%%* TheStoner: Harold and Clancy, [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070706.html apparently]].apparently.



* TakeThat: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20080715.html Is Gold Coast really that shitty? No idea.]]

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* TakeThat: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20080715.html Is is Gold Coast really that shitty? No idea.]]



%%* TitleDrop: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060908.html Here.]]
%%* ToiletHumor: Especially if Harold is involved. [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070903.html See here.]]
%%* WackyCravings: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070504.html here.]]
* [[ShowWithinAShow Webcomic within a webcomic]]: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070319.html "The Degenerate."]]
* WorldOfPun: The puns are mostly TabletopGame/{{Poker}}-related. [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070305.html Big Blind]], [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20081009.html Pocket Pear]]...
* WritersCannotDoMath: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060906.html Play poker too long, and you'll forget how to count to twenty. Even if you were a mathematician before.]]

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%%* TitleDrop: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060908.html Here.]]
TitleDrop
%%* ToiletHumor: Especially especially if Harold is involved. [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070903.html See here.]]
involved.
%%* WackyCravings: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070504.html here.]]
WackyCravings
* [[ShowWithinAShow Webcomic ShowWithinAShow: webcomic within a webcomic]]: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070319.html "The Degenerate."]]
webcomic.
* WorldOfPun: The the puns are mostly TabletopGame/{{Poker}}-related. [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070305.html Big Blind]], [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20081009.html Pocket Pear]]...
TabletopGame/{{Poker}}-related--''Big Blind'', ''Pocket Pear'', etc.
* WritersCannotDoMath: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060906.html Play play poker too long, and you'll forget how to count to twenty. Even if you were a mathematician before.]]
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The comic is [[http://ultimategrinders.com/ultimatecomics/archive/year here]]. You can find the old strips on {{Website/Keenspot}} [[http://plusev.keenspot.com here.]]



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!!Contains !! ''+EV'' contains examples of the following tropes:
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The comic is [[http://ultimategrinders.com/ultimatecomics/archive/year here]]. You can find the old strips on {{Website/Keenspot}}
[[http://plusev.keenspot.com here.]]

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The comic is [[http://ultimategrinders.com/ultimatecomics/archive/year here]]. You can find the old strips on {{Website/Keenspot}}
{{Website/Keenspot}} [[http://plusev.keenspot.com here.]]
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The comic is [[http://ultimategrinders.com/ultimatecomics/archive/year here]]. You can find the old strips on KeenSpot [[http://plusev.keenspot.com here.]]

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The comic is [[http://ultimategrinders.com/ultimatecomics/archive/year here]]. You can find the old strips on KeenSpot {{Website/Keenspot}}
[[http://plusev.keenspot.com here.]]
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* ShoutOut: To ''Series/AmericanIdol'' [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070202.html here]], ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070423.html here]], ''ABoyAndHisBlob'' [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20080125.html here]]

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* ShoutOut: To ''Series/AmericanIdol'' [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070202.html here]], ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070423.html here]], ''ABoyAndHisBlob'' ''VideoGame/ABoyAndHisBlob'' [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20080125.html here]]
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* SoapOpera: Violet is a fan of ''OneLifeToLive''.

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* SoapOpera: Violet is a fan of ''OneLifeToLive''.''Series/OneLifeToLive''.
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"A {{Poker}} Comic with Positive Expected Value." (Hint: +EV is the common abbreviation for "positive expected value".) About professional online poker player Corbin, his family, his poker buddies and several prominent poker players.

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"A {{Poker}} TabletopGame/{{Poker}} Comic with Positive Expected Value." (Hint: +EV is the common abbreviation for "positive expected value".) About professional online poker player Corbin, his family, his poker buddies and several prominent poker players.



* WorldOfPun: The puns are mostly {{Poker}}-related. [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070305.html Big Blind]], [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20081009.html Pocket Pear]]...

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* WorldOfPun: The puns are mostly {{Poker}}-related.TabletopGame/{{Poker}}-related. [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070305.html Big Blind]], [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20081009.html Pocket Pear]]...
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None of these are tropes.


* KevinSmith: Has a kind of cameo [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061204.html here]].



%%* LasVegas: Of course.



* TheWarOnTerror: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061027.html See how Phil Ivey helps to win it!]]
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* ShoutOut: To ''AmericanIdol'' [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070202.html here]], ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070423.html here]], ''ABoyAndHisBlob'' [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20080125.html here]]

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* ShoutOut: To ''AmericanIdol'' ''Series/AmericanIdol'' [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070202.html here]], ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070423.html here]], ''ABoyAndHisBlob'' [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20080125.html here]]
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%%* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070806.html How it begins...]]

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%%* * TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070806.html How it begins...]]



%%** [[ThisIsReality "Um, Harold, those are fictional characters in a video game."]]

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%%** --> [[ThisIsReality "Um, Harold, those are fictional characters in a video game."]]



%%* TheWarOnTerror: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061027.html See how Phil Ivey helps to win it!]]

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%%* * TheWarOnTerror: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061027.html See how Phil Ivey helps to win it!]]
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* AntiPoopSocking: Averted (yes), [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060927.html here]].

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* %%* AntiPoopSocking: Averted (yes), [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060927.html here]].



* CuteKitten: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061101.html Dolly]]

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* %%* CuteKitten: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061101.html Dolly]]



* EverythingsBetterWithLlamas: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20071019.html here.]]
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Princess Amazia.
* FanDisservice: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20080319.html here]]. With Harold, of course.

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* %%* EverythingsBetterWithLlamas: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20071019.html here.]]
* %%* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Princess Amazia.
* %%* FanDisservice: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20080319.html here]]. With Harold, of course.



* FatIdiot: Harold. Oh God, Harold.
* TheFool: Harold and Clancy.
* FunnyForeigner: The Finn-lander Konsta.

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* %%* FatIdiot: Harold. Oh God, Harold.
* %%* TheFool: Harold and Clancy.
* %%* FunnyForeigner: The Finn-lander Konsta.



* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070806.html How it begins...]]
* GodwinsLaw: Kind of. [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20080408.html See here.]]
* GoofyPrintUnderwear: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060918.html here.]]

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* %%* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070806.html How it begins...]]
* %%* GodwinsLaw: Kind of. [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20080408.html See here.]]
* %%* GoofyPrintUnderwear: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060918.html here.]]



* JerkAss: Corbin, [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20090125.html occasionally.]]
* KatanasAreJustBetter: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070413.html here.]]

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* %%* JerkAss: Corbin, [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20090125.html occasionally.]]
* %%* KatanasAreJustBetter: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070413.html here.]]



* KonamiCode: Referenced [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20080111.html here]].
* LasVegas: Of course.

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* %%* KonamiCode: Referenced [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20080111.html here]].
* %%* LasVegas: Of course.



** [[ThisIsReality "Um, Harold, those are fictional characters in a video game."]]
* {{Oktoberfest}}: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060920.html here.]]

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** %%** [[ThisIsReality "Um, Harold, those are fictional characters in a video game."]]
* %%* {{Oktoberfest}}: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060920.html here.]]



* PinkGirlBlueBoy[=/=]PrincessesPreferPink: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061127.html Scarlett's computer.]]

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* %%* PinkGirlBlueBoy[=/=]PrincessesPreferPink: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061127.html Scarlett's computer.]]



* TheStoner: Harold and Clancy, [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070706.html apparently]].
* StylisticSuck: Corbin's comic.

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* %%* TheStoner: Harold and Clancy, [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070706.html apparently]].
* %%* StylisticSuck: Corbin's comic.



* ThirdPersonPerson: Konsta.
* TitleDrop: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060908.html Here.]]
* ToiletHumor: Especially if Harold is involved. [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070903.html See here.]]
* WackyCravings: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070504.html here.]]
* TheWarOnTerror: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061027.html See how Phil Ivey helps to win it!]]

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* %%* ThirdPersonPerson: Konsta.
* %%* TitleDrop: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060908.html Here.]]
* %%* ToiletHumor: Especially if Harold is involved. [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070903.html See here.]]
* %%* WackyCravings: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070504.html here.]]
* %%* TheWarOnTerror: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061027.html See how Phil Ivey helps to win it!]]

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You can find it on KeenSpot [[http://plusev.keenspot.com here.]]

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The comic is [[http://ultimategrinders.com/ultimatecomics/archive/year here]]. You can find it the old strips on KeenSpot [[http://plusev.keenspot.com here.]]



* CuteKitten: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061101.html Dolly]]



* CuteKitten: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061101.html Dolly]]
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* AWorldWidePunomenon: Many {{Incredibly Lame Pun}}s, usually poker-related. [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070305.html Big Blind]], [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20081009.html Pocket Pear]]...
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* WorldOfPun: The puns are mostly {{Poker}}-related. [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20070305.html Big Blind]], [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20081009.html Pocket Pear]]...
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* SpeedSex: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20060918.html Corbin can do it twice in five minutes!]]
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* TheFool: Harold and Clancy are between this and occasionally RalphWiggum.

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* TheFool: Harold and Clancy are between this and occasionally RalphWiggum.Clancy.
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* EverythingsCuterWithKittens: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061101.html Dolly]]

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* EverythingsCuterWithKittens: CuteKitten: [[http://plusev.keenspot.com/d/20061101.html Dolly]]

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