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** Also, Francis, but not fulltime.
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** Lolbat villain the Mad Hater seems to resemble a younger Kurtz in appearance, but in personality seems based on those parts of the fanbase who dislike the Lolbat interludes.
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* AmbulanceCut - Common gag for a while, with the last panel of a strip being an ambulance arriving. A later variation on this was Cole and Brent gleefully blasting away in the General Lee from ''TheDukesOfHazzard''.
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* VersusTitle
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now product placement in strip

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**As of the end of July 2011, PvP is now sponsored by MagicTheGathering (at least for the next quarter). Kurtz explains why at http://www.pvponline.com/2011/07/22/oh-oh-its-magic/
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* [[SoMyKidsCanWatch So My Dad Can Watch] - WordOfGod says that Scott keeps it clean-ish for the sake of his father.

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* [[SoMyKidsCanWatch So My Dad Can Watch] Watch]] - WordOfGod says that Scott keeps it clean-ish for the sake of his father.
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Removing Max\'s tropes to add them to his newborn Character sheet. Though I\'m not sure about what I shoud do with the Protagonist Centered Morality trope.


* IDidWhatIHadToDo - Max [[spoiler: broke into Cole's office to search for bank statements]] because [[spoiler: Cole was ignoring Max's concerns about the magazine's finances even though Cole ''knew'' they were pretty much screwed.]]



* MistakenForGay - Much of the cast suspects Max Powers is gay. [[http://www.pvponline.com/2008/11/21/old-wounds/ He's hinted as much]], but [[http://www.pvponline.com/2008/12/03/good-night/ won't give a straight answer]] (as it were). [[http://www.pvponline.com/2011/05/27/setec-astronomy/ Lately, he seems to be dating someone]]... [[GenderBlenderName named Chris]].
** And afterward, [[http://www.pvponline.com/2011/07/11/random-encounters/ Jade ran into him at the market, where she saw him holding hands with a unknown guy]]...



* TedBaxter - Subverted with Max Powers. The audience is initially warned that he's one, but upon closer scrutiny, it turns out that Max is actually a pretty decent guy (if a bit of a dork).
** Prior to his Great American Journey sanding off the obnoxious edges of his personality, he was routinely treated as one even though he didn't really deserve it. Cole hated him with a passion; none of the others felt quite so strongly, but they found his dorkiness so incredibly grating that it overshadowed his numerous redeeming qualities.
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** And afterward, [[http://www.pvponline.com/2011/07/11/random-encounters/ Jade ran into him at the market, where she saw him holding hands with a unknown guy]]...
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* [[SoMyKidsCanWatch So My Dad Can Watch] - WordOfGod says that Scott keeps it clean-ish for the sake of his father.


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** Including the "MY PARENTS ARE DEAAAAAAD" take on Batman delivered by [[{{Superman}} everyone's favorite dick]].
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* ZanyScheme - Referred to as "Wacky Adventure". On one occasion Cole actually vetoed a perfectly good plan to discover the identity of Jade's online romance on the grounds that it wasn't interestingly wacky enough.

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Oops—changed a trope title, but didn\'t move it to the right place in the list.


* MistakenForGay - Much of the cast suspects Max Powers is gay. [[http://www.pvponline.com/2008/11/21/old-wounds/ He's hinted as much]], but [[http://www.pvponline.com/2008/12/03/good-night/ won't give a straight answer]] (as it were). [[http://www.pvponline.com/2011/05/27/setec-astronomy/ Lately, he seems to be dating someone]]... [[GenderBlenderName named Chris]].


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* MistakenForGay - Much of the cast suspects Max Powers is gay. [[http://www.pvponline.com/2008/11/21/old-wounds/ He's hinted as much]], but [[http://www.pvponline.com/2008/12/03/good-night/ won't give a straight answer]] (as it were). [[http://www.pvponline.com/2011/05/27/setec-astronomy/ Lately, he seems to be dating someone]]... [[GenderBlenderName named Chris]].

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Clarified Max—he\'s not Ambiguously Gay per that trope\'s rules, because people have asked him outright.


* AmbiguouslyGay - Max Powers
** [[http://www.pvponline.com/2008/11/21/old-wounds/ Not so ambiguous, anymore.]]
*** [[http://www.pvponline.com/2008/12/03/good-night/ Or not.]]
**** [[http://www.pvponline.com/2011/05/27/setec-astronomy/ Who's Chris?]]

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* AmbiguouslyGay MistakenForGay - Much of the cast suspects Max Powers
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Powers is gay. [[http://www.pvponline.com/2008/11/21/old-wounds/ Not so ambiguous, anymore.]]
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He's hinted as much]], but [[http://www.pvponline.com/2008/12/03/good-night/ Or not.]]
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won't give a straight answer]] (as it were). [[http://www.pvponline.com/2011/05/27/setec-astronomy/ Who's Chris?]]Lately, he seems to be dating someone]]... [[GenderBlenderName named Chris]].
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**** [[http://www.pvponline.com/2011/05/27/setec-astronomy/ Who's chris?]]

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**** [[http://www.pvponline.com/2011/05/27/setec-astronomy/ Who's chris?]]Chris?]]
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**** [[http://www.pvponline.com/2011/05/27/setec-astronomy/ Who's chris?]]
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* CommediaDellArteTroupe - Some sequences, such as the "Bulldog and Cooch" strips using Cole, Brent and Max Powers playing different characters.


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* EveryEpisodeEnding: Every "Bulldog and Cooch" segment ends with their vehicle blowing up.
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* ArtShift - Kurtz did a Lolbat arc in the style of noir comics from TheThirties.
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* ArtEvolution - compare [[http://www.pvponline.com/1998/05/ the first strip]] with [[http://www.pvponline.com/2010/05/31/the-king-and-aiiieeee/ this more recent one.]]

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* ArtEvolution - compare [[http://www.pvponline.com/1998/05/ the first strip]] with [[http://www.pvponline.com/2010/05/31/the-king-and-aiiieeee/ this more recent one.]]one]], or again [[http://www.pvponline.com/2011/05/03/evening-wear/ this one]].
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* BiTheWay: [[http://www.pvponline.com/2011/04/26/turn-of-the-bookworm/ Miranda, apparently]]. Or maybe she's not, and [[AttentionWhore just likes attention]]. Or is just messing with her sisters.
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* PornStash: Robbie entire second floor of his mansion is one.
--> Francis: My God Robbie, How did you amass this much porn?!
--> Robbie: I own a couple of adult entertainment companies. They send me one of everything.
** At which point Francis starts making Smut Angels.
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** Robbie and Jase. Robbie still shows up on occasion, but Jase is basically gone.
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* CaptainErsatz - Scratch Fury and the "[[http://www.pvponline.com/2010/01/04/my-buddy-and-me/ Cabbage Scratch Kid]]" do a subverted riff on ''CalvinAndHobbes''. The subversion is that the cat is real and the boy is a doll. Hungry Cat might be a riff on Moe and/or Susie Derkins.


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** And now everything's back to the panda apparently hating Brent, since he brews the best coffee in Seattle and won't sell it to Brent, the coffee fanatic.
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* HilariousInHindsight: An early strip has Skull take over from Robbie for a while, wearing his hat. After Robbie comes back, Skull refuses to give it back unless he's given another hat to replace it. "Make it a really cool hat". DescriptionCut to Skull wearing a fez. [[DoctorWho After all, fezzes are cool]].
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* HilariousInHindsight: An early strip has Skull take over from Robbie for a while, wearing his hat. After Robbie comes back, Skull refuses to give it back unless he's given another hat to replace it. "Make it a really cool hat". DescriptionCut to Skull wearing a fez. [[DoctorWho After all, fezzes are cool]].
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** Lampshaded again [[http://www.pvponline.com/2011/03/30/glass-act/ here]]:
--->'''Marcie:''' Don't you have work to do?
--->'''Francis:''' Probably. My job description has never been very clear.

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YMMV is Word Cruft


* CerebusSyndrome - The strip toys with this to some extent. It never goes full-over into drama, but for most of its run now it's alternated between Gag Per Day format, {{dramedy}}, and [[RuleOfDrama downright serious drama]]. Some people felt the strip fell full into CerebusSyndrome during the Brent/Jade wedding arc, which happened to overlap with a surprisingly serious turn for Skull, Cole's marriage falling apart, and a story about Robbie and Jase falling out. YourMileageMayVary, of course, as CerebusSyndrome [[TropesAreNotBad is not universally bad]] and the strip quickly went back to comedic arcs after a few months, just as it always had done before.

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* CerebusSyndrome - The strip toys with this to some extent. It never goes full-over into drama, but for most of its run now it's alternated between Gag Per Day format, {{dramedy}}, and [[RuleOfDrama downright serious drama]]. Some people felt the strip fell full into CerebusSyndrome during the Brent/Jade wedding arc, which happened to overlap with a surprisingly serious turn for Skull, Cole's marriage falling apart, and a story about Robbie and Jase falling out. YourMileageMayVary, of Of course, as CerebusSyndrome [[TropesAreNotBad is not universally bad]] and the strip quickly went back to comedic arcs after a few months, just as it always had done before.
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* CerebusSyndrome - The strip toys with this to some extent. It never goes full-over into drama, but for most of its run now it's alternated between GagPerDay format, {{dramedy}}, and [[RuleOfDrama downright serious drama]]. Some people felt the strip fell full into CerebusSyndrome during the Brent/Jade wedding arc, which happened to overlap with a surprisingly serious turn for Skull, Cole's marriage falling apart, and a story about Robbie and Jase falling out. YourMileageMayVary, of course, as CerebusSyndrome [[TropesAreNotBad is not universally bad]] and the strip quickly went back to comedic arcs after a few months, just as it always had done before.

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* CerebusSyndrome - The strip toys with this to some extent. It never goes full-over into drama, but for most of its run now it's alternated between GagPerDay Gag Per Day format, {{dramedy}}, and [[RuleOfDrama downright serious drama]]. Some people felt the strip fell full into CerebusSyndrome during the Brent/Jade wedding arc, which happened to overlap with a surprisingly serious turn for Skull, Cole's marriage falling apart, and a story about Robbie and Jase falling out. YourMileageMayVary, of course, as CerebusSyndrome [[TropesAreNotBad is not universally bad]] and the strip quickly went back to comedic arcs after a few months, just as it always had done before.
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* AtomicFBomb - In the ''{{Watchmen}}'' [[http://www.pvponline.com/2009/03/02/ombudsmen spoof]].
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** And now she's back.
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More of a Brick Joke, as no one was expecting that to actually happen, until we were actually in 2008. Also, Brent\'s \"prediction\" was originally made as a throw-away punchline.


* ContinuityNod - [[http://www.pvponline.com/2000/01/24/mon-jan-24/ Brent made a prediction about when]] Francis would lose his virginity. [[http://www.pvponline.com/2008/05/23/falling-down/ and as]] [[http://www.pvponline.com/2008/05/27/innocence-lost/ predicted]]
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* BrickJoke: In [[http://www.pvponline.com/2000/01/24/mon-jan-24/ this]] PvP strip we get a punchline that looks like a throwaway line. Then, [[http://www.pvponline.com/2008/05/23/falling-down/ eight]] [[http://www.pvponline.com/2008/05/26/change/ years]] later...

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