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* BreakTheScientist: Invoked in-universe in [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/science-advisor this comic]], where TV writers use the volume of tears cried by a scientist to gauge how inaccurate they are.
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* ParentalSexualitySquick: {{Exploited|Trope}} for GallowsHumor; Zach's ideal suicide hotline apparently [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=1492 talks people down]] by making them imagine their grieving mothers having SexForSolace.
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* SexForSolace: It's implied that [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=1492 a suicide hotline that makes callers imagine]] [[ParentalSexualitySquick their grieving mothers resorting to this]] would be completely effective in preventing suicides.
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* MidasTouch: {{Parodied|}} - [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/touch the Midas-alike]] instead causes anyone he touches ''emotionally'' to turn to gold. To his dismay, [[TheFriendNobodyLikes absolutely no one has to turned to gold]]. According to the AltText, not even his cat that was raised for 10 years from kittenhood after he petted it. In the votey, the fellow the Midas-alike is talking to says he's sorry and trying really hard to turn into gold, but no dice.
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** "[[https://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=574#comic Monkeys evolved from]] TheBible!
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** "[[https://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=574#comic Monkeys evolved from]] TheBible!Literature/TheBible!
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* TakeAThirdOption: "[[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=557#comic I have a]] ''fantastic'' attorney."
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* TakeAThirdOption: TakeAThirdOption:
** "[[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=557#comic I have a]] ''fantastic'' attorney.""
** "[[https://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=574#comic Monkeys evolved from]] TheBible!
** "[[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=557#comic I have a]] ''fantastic'' attorney.
** "[[https://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=574#comic Monkeys evolved from]] TheBible!
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* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2009-05-03 A woman is lying on a bed, caught under a bathtub]] that fell from the floor above. A man is saying something.
-->''Best case scenario for what he's saying'': "The paramedics are on their way!"\\
''Worst case scenario'': "It's okay. I'm still turned on."\\
''Bonus punchline, very best scenario'': "The paramedics are here, and we're all turned on."
-->''Best case scenario for what he's saying'': "The paramedics are on their way!"\\
''Worst case scenario'': "It's okay. I'm still turned on."\\
''Bonus punchline, very best scenario'': "The paramedics are here, and we're all turned on."
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* DestructiveTeleportation: SMBC has parodied this ''three times''.
** In the [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/teleporter first]], the [[BrainUploading consciousness transfer]] is compared to file compression.
** In the [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/teleporter-2 second]], it discusses a hypothetical where TheFriendNobodyLikes is accidentally turned into a plant by the machine, and the ethics of changing it back to an unpleasant person.
** In the [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/teleporter-3 third]], two characters discuss this as one of them gets into a teleporter. The other one tells him the duplicate already exists at the destination and the original will be destroyed. The first guy can't tell if he's joking or not.
** In the [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/teleporter first]], the [[BrainUploading consciousness transfer]] is compared to file compression.
** In the [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/teleporter-2 second]], it discusses a hypothetical where TheFriendNobodyLikes is accidentally turned into a plant by the machine, and the ethics of changing it back to an unpleasant person.
** In the [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/teleporter-3 third]], two characters discuss this as one of them gets into a teleporter. The other one tells him the duplicate already exists at the destination and the original will be destroyed. The first guy can't tell if he's joking or not.
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* FlingALightIntoTheFuture: [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2106 Gone catastrophically wrong.]]
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* FlingALightIntoTheFuture: FlingALightIntoTheFuture:
** [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2106 Gone catastrophically wrong.]]]]
** [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/springtime-2 This one]] has all the sentient races in the universe come together to ensure that a new universe will be born from the inevitable destruction of this one... to [[RageAgainstTheHeavens spite God]] for designing the universe with a finite lifespan in the first place.
** [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2106 Gone catastrophically wrong.
** [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/springtime-2 This one]] has all the sentient races in the universe come together to ensure that a new universe will be born from the inevitable destruction of this one... to [[RageAgainstTheHeavens spite God]] for designing the universe with a finite lifespan in the first place.
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** ''Webcomic/{{Spinnerette}}'' once showed such a box in the background of Dr. Lambha's lab, labeled "In case of [[CuteClumsyGirl Heather]], break glass".
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* HumansAreInsects: A case done solely through size. Zach calculates how small a human would be to a sperm whale to point out how pathetic [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/literary-analysis Ahab]] must have looked to {{Literature}}/MobyDick.
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* HumansAreInsects: A case done solely through size. Zach calculates how small a human would be to a sperm whale to point out how pathetic [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/literary-analysis Ahab]] must have looked to {{Literature}}/MobyDick.Literature/MobyDick.
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* AGodAmI: As boasted by, [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/cat-2 of all people,]] [[spoiler:''[[ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} Jon Arbuckle]]'']], upon imbuing intelligence and consciousness to a creature that otherwise does not have such.
* AGodAmI: As boasted by, [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/cat-2 of all people,]] [[spoiler:''[[ComicStrip/{{Garfield}} Jon Arbuckle]]'']], upon imbuing intelligence and consciousness to a creature that otherwise does not have such.
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* LoveDodecahedron: Or rather, [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2161#comic "Lust Infinigon."]]
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* LoveDodecahedron: Or rather, [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2161#comic "Lust Infinigon."]]Infinigon".]]
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** Ebenezer Scrooge was only generous towards the Bob Cratchit because he [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2014-12-20 exploited his vision of Christmas-Yet-To-Come to learn the results of a future horse race.]] And likewise, [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/scrooge the Three Ghosts of Christmas don't care about the poor enough to help them with moral dilemmas.]]
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** Ebenezer Scrooge was only became generous towards the Bob Cratchit because he [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2014-12-20 exploited his vision of Christmas-Yet-To-Come to learn the results of a some future horse race.races.]] And likewise, [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/scrooge the Three Ghosts of Christmas don't care about the poor enough to help them with moral dilemmas.]]
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* AntiVillain: {{Downplayed}}. He's mugging to feed his family. [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2010-09-26 "So who do I punch?"]]
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* AntiVillain: {{Downplayed}}.{{Downplayed|Trope}}. He's mugging to feed his family. [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2010-09-26 "So who do I punch?"]]
* ImpossibleTaskInstantlyAccomplished: [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1366#comic What if God took away sex?]]
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* ImpossibleTaskInstantlyAccomplished: [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1366#comic What if God took away sex?]]
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* MidSuicideRegret: Two strips feature a man committing suicide after rejection from a woman they loved, only to receive news she changed her mind when it was too late to stop. In one, the man jumps off a building and gets a phonecall mid-fall. Inn another, [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2008-02-28 the man commits Seppuku]], only for his friend to bring him a letter that states that she loves him afterall.
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** There are many comics about a [[{{Robosexual}} relationship between a human (usually female) and a robot]]. They usually don't end well.
** Many comics end in Zach readily admitting that he would make a great {{Quisling}} when the AI uprising happens. These comics have a new tag now.
** Many comics end in Zach readily admitting that he would make a great {{Quisling}} when the AI uprising happens. These comics have a new tag now.
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** Zach also seems to harbour [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/gregor a]] [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/eat very]] [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/authentic vindictive]] [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/seder grudge]] against Taco Bell.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Spinnerette}}'' once showed such a box in the background of Dr. Lambha's lab, labeled "In case of [[CuteClumsyGirl Heather]], break glass".
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Common stories are typically one of these:
* God doesn't care about humanity or [[GodIsInept does a really bad job managing "reality"]] or doesn't understand why humans keep asking the "big questions".
* Aliens don't understand [[HumanityIsInsane human morality]] or are just [[AliensAreBastards messing with us on purpose.]]
* Robots don't understand [[HumansAreMorons human morality]] and [[AIIsACrapshoot may or may not be planning to kill all humans.]]
* Scientists have [[ForScience skewed priorities]] and make projects that may doom us all.
* Children discovering that [[ManChild adults are immature.]]
* Nerds using math and other sciences as [[NerdsArePervs some kind of power of seduction.]]
* God doesn't care about humanity or [[GodIsInept does a really bad job managing "reality"]] or doesn't understand why humans keep asking the "big questions".
* Aliens don't understand [[HumanityIsInsane human morality]] or are just [[AliensAreBastards messing with us on purpose.]]
* Robots don't understand [[HumansAreMorons human morality]] and [[AIIsACrapshoot may or may not be planning to kill all humans.]]
* Scientists have [[ForScience skewed priorities]] and make projects that may doom us all.
* Children discovering that [[ManChild adults are immature.]]
* Nerds using math and other sciences as [[NerdsArePervs some kind of power of seduction.]]
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* EvilRedhead: Frequently shows up. Overlaps with SelfDeprecation.
--> [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/gender-stereotypes I'm just realizing I always give my jerk characters red hair. It's nice to see one's self-hatred manifested so plainly.]]
--> [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/gender-stereotypes I'm just realizing I always give my jerk characters red hair. It's nice to see one's self-hatred manifested so plainly.]]
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** Men being overly ashamed of their sexual inadequacies. They will go to great lengths to avoid acknowledging that they have a [[TeenyWeenie small penis]], can't [[TheLoinsSleepTonight get it up]], or they suffer from [[SpeedSex premature ejaculation]]. For example, this man would rather [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2013-08-22 attach a mini-zeppelin]] to his penis rather than go to a doctor to get proper treatment.
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* PrisonersLastMeal: [[http://smbc-comics.com/comic/last-meal A murderer is told he gets one last meal]]. What does he request? [[spoiler:The executioner]].
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** [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=2138 LifeTip: Once you're old enough, you can make any joke in any setting.]]
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* FreudWasRight: [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?id=2138 Apparently]] every weapon in history is a subconscious sexual innuendo. And the Big Bang Theory but that one is a little less subtle.
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* SuicideAsComedy: Quite a few times, like [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1007#comic this comic]], which also falls under WhatAnIdiot and TarotMotifs (if you look closely).
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* SuicideAsComedy: Quite a few times, like [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1007#comic this comic]], which also falls under WhatAnIdiot and TarotMotifs (if you look closely).
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* FuneralCut: One strip has ComicBook/WonderWoman try to warn an ordinary guy that [[ManOfSteelWomanOfKleenex she's too powerful to sleep with him without accidentally killing him]]. The next panel shows a gravestone; presumably he went for it anyway.
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** Multiple strips are about how amazing cheese is, from God stating the meaning of life is cheese to people adoring cheese rooms.
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** Multiple strips are about how amazing cheese is, from God stating the meaning of life is cheese to people adoring [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/smell cheese rooms.rooms]].
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** The {{Necromancer}} in [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/undead this strip]] is disgusted when one of the zombie skeletons he's summoned refuses to work with some of the ''other'' zombie skeletons, claiming [[SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX he's got nothing against other races]], he just doesn't think they work well together. Despite the fact that they ''don't even have any skin any more'', and he can only (supposedly) tell what race they are based on bone structure.
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** The {{Necromancer}} in [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/undead this strip]] is disgusted when one of the zombie skeletons he's summoned refuses to work with some of the ''other'' zombie skeletons, claiming [[SomeOfMyBestFriendsAreX he's got nothing against other races]], he just doesn't think they work well together. Despite the fact that they ''don't even have any skin any more'', anymore'', and he can only (supposedly) tell what race they are based on bone structure.
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* EverybodyHatesMathematics: [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/what-its-like Being a math teacher]] is even more hated than a racist fascist homophobe who [[KickTheDog sues struggling single moms]] and [[LiteralMetaphor kicks puppies]] and [[ImAHumanitarian eats babies]].
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* EverybodyHatesMathematics: EverybodyHatesMathematics:
** [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/what-its-like Being a math teacher]] is even more hated than a racist fascist homophobe who [[KickTheDog sues struggling single moms]] and [[LiteralMetaphor kicks puppies]] and [[ImAHumanitarian eatsbabies]].babies]].
** [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/real-life-3 Real Life 3]] points out that kids hate math because it is boring and hard and humans are naturally lazy, not because they don't understand how it will help them as adults. Afterall, a lot of adults know math would further their careers, but they still don't study it.
** [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/what-its-like Being a math teacher]] is even more hated than a racist fascist homophobe who [[KickTheDog sues struggling single moms]] and [[LiteralMetaphor kicks puppies]] and [[ImAHumanitarian eats
** [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/real-life-3 Real Life 3]] points out that kids hate math because it is boring and hard and humans are naturally lazy, not because they don't understand how it will help them as adults. Afterall, a lot of adults know math would further their careers, but they still don't study it.
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** The Trix Rabbit [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2004-04-23 wants to take the Trix Cereal from the kids because he is at death's door and needs it to correct his blood sugar.]] The Votey adds another layer to this [[spoiler:[[IDidWhatIHadToDo by stating that The Trix Rabbit killed the children in order to take their Trix Cereal]].]]
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** The Trix Rabbit [[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2004-04-23 wants to take the Trix Cereal from the kids because he is at death's door and needs it to correct his blood sugar.]] The Votey adds another layer to this [[spoiler:[[IDidWhatIHadToDo [[spoiler: by stating that The Trix Rabbit he [[IDidWhatIHadToDo killed the children in order to take their Trix Cereal]].]]
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** A [[http://https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/solving-sophie39s-choice would-be SadisticChoice child murderer]] encourages his victims to run away after listening to their mother's rant.
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** A [[http://https://www.[[https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/solving-sophie39s-choice would-be would-be]] SadisticChoice child murderer]] murderer encourages his victims to run away after listening to their evolutionary geneticist mother's rant.
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