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* CurbStompBattle: Bob once tried to [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20101023.html take on]] Riboflavin, an old but competend competent hand-to-hand combatend, combatant, but RealityEnsues, and Riboflavin easily trashes Bob around.
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Bob sees it all through with surprising grace because, despite his seemingly infinite normalcy, he does have a few outstanding qualities. He is very kind and doesn't judge by appearances (such that he will give even a [[StarfishAliens three-legged space jellyfish]] a chance to be friends with him if it is so willing). He has an uncommon amount of CommonSense. [[SimplemindedWisdom Common Sense.]] And yet he is generally too thick-skulled to fully grasp the frighteningly awesome implications of most of the stuff he encounters.
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Bob sees it all through with surprising grace because, despite his seemingly infinite normalcy, he does have a few outstanding qualities. He is very kind and doesn't judge by appearances (such that he will give even a [[StarfishAliens three-legged space jellyfish]] a chance to be friends with him if it is so willing). He has an uncommon amount of SimplemindedWisdom.CommonSense. And yet he is generally too thick-skulled to fully grasp the frighteningly awesome implications of most of the stuff he encounters.
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* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: Frequently: [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20091006.html here,]] [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20070616.html here,]] [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080105.html here,]] [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080531.html here,]] and [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20081223.html here.]]
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* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: Frequently: [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20091006.html here,]] [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20070616.html here,]] [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080105.html here,]] [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080531.html here,]] and [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20081223.html here.]]
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A serialized, science fiction/humor WebComic by Jim Cleaveland. It began life as a print comic appearing the newsletter and magazine of PSSFS, the Penn State Science Fiction Society, from 1993-1997, and was revived as a webcomic in May, 2006. It updates Tuesday and Saturday afternoons (California time).
You can read it ''[[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/ here.]]''
'''Bob Smithson''' was the world's most average man, leading a quietly dull life in the suburb of Generictown and reasonably content that way until the day he inexplicably became a WeirdnessMagnet. Strange, paranormal things now happen to him almost daily. Unicorns appear in his yard. Dragons perch near his house. Alien spaceships crash into his roof. [[RunningGag Actually, anything and everything likes to crash into his roof.]]
Bob sees it all through with surprising grace because, despite his seemingly infinite normalcy, he does have a few outstanding qualities. He is very kind and doesn't judge by appearances (such that he will give even a [[StarfishAliens three-legged space jellyfish]] a chance to be friends with him if it is so willing). He has an uncommon amount of SimplemindedWisdom. And yet he is generally too thick-skulled to fully grasp the frighteningly awesome implications of most of the stuff he encounters.
For a humor comic, the characters show a considerable amount of depth. As absurd as the situations they encounter are, most of the humor derives from how the different characters react to them, and how they interact with each other.
* '''Bob Smithson''', the title character, is the world's most average man. He runs a news stand in Generictown.
* '''Dr. Jean Poule''' is Bob's girlfriend, a biologist at the local college.
* '''Molly the Peanut Butter Monster''' is a pink furry monster born when Jean and Bob collided on the sidewalk, accidentally mixing an experiment of Jean's with Bob's jar of peanut butter. Sweet, brilliant, naive.
* '''Princess Voluptua''' is heir to the throne of the Nemesites, the local space empire. She appears to be a beautiful woman, but her real form is a giant butterfly creature.
* '''Snookums''' is a giant alien monster that got shrunk to the size of a basketball but still weighs many tons. Molly keeps him as a pet. Bob calls Snookums a "tentacle bunny."
* '''Agent Ben & Agent Jerry''' are two FBI agents who frequently get stuck with the unenviable task of investigating Bob.
* '''Fructose Riboflavin''' is the greatest criminal in the Nemesite Empire.
* '''Galatea (Golly)''' is another peanut butter creature grown by a rival scientist. Far more angst-ridden and megalomaniacal than Molly.
* '''Roofus''' is a robot Molly built to repair Bob's frequent roof damage, but who unexpectedly turned out sentient.
* '''Hibachi''' is a fire-breathing dragon. His race evolved in the Age of Dinosaurs, and currently lives on the planet Butane in the Kuiper Belt. He frequently acts as Voluptua's flying steed.
Has a [[Characters/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob character sheet.]]
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!!Provides examples of:
* ActionSurvivor: Bob.
* {{Adventure}}
* AliensInCardiff: Generictown.
* AllGirlsLikePonies: Jean & Molly with the unicorns.
* AlliterativeName: Floyd Fitznewski.
* AmusingAlien: Molly.
* AncientAstronauts: Inverted with the [[DinosaursAreDragons dragons,]] who ''started'' on Earth and ''left.'' Played straighter with their contemporaries, the Nemesites, but humans were apparently unaware of their visits.
* ApatheticCitizens
* ArrangedMarriage: The first story arc, with Voluptua and Ahem.
* BabyPlanet: Fleen.
* BeautifulAllAlong: [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20060622.html Princess Voluptua's true form]].
* BigOlEyebrows: Rocko Sasquatch.
* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: The Bigfeet.
* BrainBleach: Bob [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20081111.html needs some]] after seeing Rocko's ShirtlessScene.
* ButYourWingsAreBeautiful: Voluptua.
* ButtMonkey: Bob's roof.
* CasualInterstellarTravel: Justified. There's no [[FasterThanLightTravel FTL,]] but the Nemesites are absurdly long-lived, and relativistic-speed travel is ubiquitous.
* CastOfSnowflakes
* CatchPhrase: Roofus: "I will fix the roof!" And Jean likes to say "Egad!" a fair bit.
* CharacterDevelopment: Molly and Golly are born identical, and we get to see exactly how circumstances mold them into such very different people.
* ChildrenRaiseYou: Bob and Jean raising Molly.
* ChristmasEpisode: Annually. [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20081223.html This]] is probably the nicest.
* CloningBlues: Galatea.
* ComeToGawk
* CommonSense: Pretty nearly Bob's defining characteristic.
* {{Crossover}}: There have been brief crossovers with ''[[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20091229.html Melonpool, Zortic,]]'' and ''[[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20081004.html Zeera the Space Pirate.]]'' As well as a strip contributed to ''[[http://drmcninja.com/wp-content/uploads/McNinj-2.jpg Dr. McNinja's]]'' site.
* CuteMonsterGirl: Several.
* CyberCyclops: Roofus.
* DancesAndBalls: Which turn out [[LoveDodecahedron badly.]]
* DinosaursAreDragons
* DirtyOldMan: Mr. Dirtygeezer.
* {{Doppelganger}}: Galatea.
* DragonRider: Voluptua and Hibachi.
* EverythingsBetterWithBob
* EverythingsBetterWithBunnies: Snookums the [[UglyCute tentacle bunny.]]
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Princess Voluptua.
* EverytownAmerica
* EvilTwin: Galatea.
* FantasticRacism: Many dragons resent the Nemesites; and hardly anyone takes Earthlings seriously.
* TheFederation: The Nemesite Empire.
* FloweryElizabethanEnglish: Hibachi and other dragons speak this way.
* FutureSlang: "Frass," used by the insectoid Nemesites. Look it up. It means bug poop.
* GadgeteerGenius: Molly & Galatea.
* GenericName: Generictown.
* GeniusDitz: Molly.
* GhibliHills: Pitcheresk Forest.
* GrammarNazi: The North American Grammar [[EverythingsNuttierWithSquirrels Squirrel.]]
* GreenSpaceBabe: Princess Voluptua.
* HalloweenEpisode: The annual appearance of the [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Halloween Monster.]]
* {{Heavyworlder}}: Inverted, Nemesites are from a low gravity planet so ordinary humans have greater strength and stamina than them.
* HelloNurse: Princess Voluptua.
* HigherTechSpecies: The Nemesites.
* {{Hologram}}: Galatea's disguise-projecting [[NiceHat beret.]]
* HiddenElfVillage: The Bigfeet.
* HumongousMecha: Roofus, W2:9000, & Molly's robot lion.
* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: Voluptua has one
* IncredibleShrinkingMan: Snookums.
* InsignificantLittleBluePlanet
* InstantAIJustAddWater: Roofus.
* InstantExpert: Supergeniuses Molly and Golly.
* InterspeciesRomance
* {{Kaiju}}: Snookums's original form, Unigar the Vast Unicorn, The P.E.P.S.I. Monster, Molly's robot lion, Djali the Giantess.
* KingMook [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti (Literally).]]
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters
* LoveDodecahedron: Explained [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20100316.html here]].
* MadScientist: Dean Martin, though he'd deny it; also Molly & Galatea.
* TheMenInBlack: Agent Ben & Agent Jerry.
* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: Riboflavin wants to conquer the Earth and threatens to destroy it if they don't surrender. Bob lampshades this and makes Riboflavin look pathetic. The strip is [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20061219.html here]].
* MonsterOfTheWeek: Monsters are fun!
* MuggleFosterParents: Bob & Jean to Molly.
* MultipleDemographicAppeal
* NietzscheWannabe: Galatea does a pretty good [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080722.html nihilistic rant at one point]].
** She ''[[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20071222.html did]]'' grow up reading Nietzsche, after all
* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20071204.html Lampshaded]] with Jean's formula that accidentally produced Molly.
* NonFatalExplosions
* NonMammalMammaries: Voluptua has these... ''even when she's a butterfly!''
* OccupiersOutOfOurCountry: Zippobic's complaint about the Nemesites on Butane.
* OfficialCouple: Bob & Jean.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Voluptua is at least 300.
* OurGiantsAreBigger: Djali/Jolly.
* PerfectPacifistPeople: The Fleenians. Consequently, they keep getting [[PlanetLooters robbed.]]
* PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs: The dragons sure learned their lesson after the whole [[spoiler:iridium bomb fiasco 65 MYA.]]
* PhlebotinumRebel: Galatea.
* PoliceAreUseless
* PosterGalleryBedroom: Molly's room, with posters of [[{{Opera}} Jose Carerras,]] {{Gamera}}, StephenHawking, and HighSchoolMusical.
* PoweredArmor: Abby Primrose.
* PunnyName: Almost everyone, Most notably Dr. Jean Poule (Gene pool).
* RapunzelHair: Voluptua
* RebelliousPrincess: Voluptua.
* RooflessRenovation
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Voluptua.
* RunningGag: There are several, but the main one is anything at all crashing into Bob's roof.
* ShoutOut This page http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20110111.html has one to EverydayHeroes
* SiblingYinYang: Molly & Galatea.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: The strip plants itself firmly on the idealistic side with [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080722.html this]] encounter between Bob and Galatea.
* SpaceAmish: The dragons, to an extent.
* SpacePirates: The Pirates of Ipecac.
* SpacePolice: Officer Zodboink.
* Squee: Jean has moments of these... [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20081220.html ... especially here]] ...[[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20091006.html and here!]]
* StarfishAliens: Aliens are never humanoid in their true forms, except for crossover cameos with other webcomics.
* {{Suburbia}}: Generictown.
* TakeOverTheWorld: Galatea, Fructose Riboflavin.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Bob is good at this.
* TechnoBabble: frequently lampshaded.
* {{Terraform}}: Butane, adopted planet of the dragons.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Most story arcs involve at least some danger of this.
* TheHighQueen: Princess Voluptua.
* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: Frequently: [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20091006.html here,]] [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20070616.html here,]] [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080105.html here,]] [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080531.html here,]] and [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20081223.html here.]]
* ThemeTwinNaming: Molly, Golly, & Jolly.
* TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed
* ThereAreNoGlobalConsequences: Lampshaded.
* TooDumbToFool: Bob.
* {{Tsundere}}: Jean.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Voluptua regularly; Riboflavin and Galatea sometimes.
* {{Ubermensch}}: Galatea.
* UnfazedEveryman: Bob.
* {{Unicorn}}: They purr!
* {{Unobtainium}}: Borfomite.
* {{Unperson}}: The Nemesites consider Earthlings "wildlife".
* UnsoundEffect
* WackyCollege: Generictown U. is showing some signs of this.
* WaveMotionGun: borfomite beams.
* WeAreAsMayflies
* WeirdnessMagnet: Bob.
* WeirdScience
* WeirdnessCensor: Most of the townsfolk, but mainly Mr. Oswald Blivius Bystander, who's either too crazy or too stupid to notice how bizarre his neighbor's life is, much less the surroundings he lives in.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Molly, Galatea, Roofus.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Generictown.
* WheresTheFunInThat:
-->'''Fructose Riboflavin:''' Bloodless victory'? Where's the fun in that?!
* WhoopiEpiphanySpeech: Bob.
* WildTake: Jean. In spades.
* WonderChild: Molly.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Molly, Golly, and Jolly.
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A serialized, science fiction/humor WebComic by Jim Cleaveland. It began life as a print comic appearing the newsletter and magazine of PSSFS, the Penn State Science Fiction Society, from 1993-1997, and was revived as a webcomic in May, 2006. It updates Tuesday and Saturday afternoons (California time).
You can read it ''[[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/ here.]]''
'''Bob Smithson''' was the world's most average man, leading a quietly dull life in the suburb of Generictown and reasonably content that way until the day he inexplicably became a WeirdnessMagnet. Strange, paranormal things now happen to him almost daily. Unicorns appear in his yard. Dragons perch near his house. Alien spaceships crash into his roof. [[RunningGag Actually, anything and everything likes to crash into his roof.]]
Bob sees it all through with surprising grace because, despite his seemingly infinite normalcy, he does have a few outstanding qualities. He is very kind and doesn't judge by appearances (such that he will give even a [[StarfishAliens three-legged space jellyfish]] a chance to be friends with him if it is so willing). He has an uncommon amount of SimplemindedWisdom. And yet he is generally too thick-skulled to fully grasp the frighteningly awesome implications of most of the stuff he encounters.
For a humor comic, the characters show a considerable amount of depth. As absurd as the situations they encounter are, most of the humor derives from how the different characters react to them, and how they interact with each other.
* '''Bob Smithson''', the title character, is the world's most average man. He runs a news stand in Generictown.
* '''Dr. Jean Poule''' is Bob's girlfriend, a biologist at the local college.
* '''Molly the Peanut Butter Monster''' is a pink furry monster born when Jean and Bob collided on the sidewalk, accidentally mixing an experiment of Jean's with Bob's jar of peanut butter. Sweet, brilliant, naive.
* '''Princess Voluptua''' is heir to the throne of the Nemesites, the local space empire. She appears to be a beautiful woman, but her real form is a giant butterfly creature.
* '''Snookums''' is a giant alien monster that got shrunk to the size of a basketball but still weighs many tons. Molly keeps him as a pet. Bob calls Snookums a "tentacle bunny."
* '''Agent Ben & Agent Jerry''' are two FBI agents who frequently get stuck with the unenviable task of investigating Bob.
* '''Fructose Riboflavin''' is the greatest criminal in the Nemesite Empire.
* '''Galatea (Golly)''' is another peanut butter creature grown by a rival scientist. Far more angst-ridden and megalomaniacal than Molly.
* '''Roofus''' is a robot Molly built to repair Bob's frequent roof damage, but who unexpectedly turned out sentient.
* '''Hibachi''' is a fire-breathing dragon. His race evolved in the Age of Dinosaurs, and currently lives on the planet Butane in the Kuiper Belt. He frequently acts as Voluptua's flying steed.
Has a [[Characters/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob character sheet.]]
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!!Provides examples of:
* ActionSurvivor: Bob.
* {{Adventure}}
* AliensInCardiff: Generictown.
* AllGirlsLikePonies: Jean & Molly with the unicorns.
* AlliterativeName: Floyd Fitznewski.
* AmusingAlien: Molly.
* AncientAstronauts: Inverted with the [[DinosaursAreDragons dragons,]] who ''started'' on Earth and ''left.'' Played straighter with their contemporaries, the Nemesites, but humans were apparently unaware of their visits.
* ApatheticCitizens
* ArrangedMarriage: The first story arc, with Voluptua and Ahem.
* BabyPlanet: Fleen.
* BeautifulAllAlong: [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20060622.html Princess Voluptua's true form]].
* BigOlEyebrows: Rocko Sasquatch.
* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: The Bigfeet.
* BrainBleach: Bob [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20081111.html needs some]] after seeing Rocko's ShirtlessScene.
* ButYourWingsAreBeautiful: Voluptua.
* ButtMonkey: Bob's roof.
* CasualInterstellarTravel: Justified. There's no [[FasterThanLightTravel FTL,]] but the Nemesites are absurdly long-lived, and relativistic-speed travel is ubiquitous.
* CastOfSnowflakes
* CatchPhrase: Roofus: "I will fix the roof!" And Jean likes to say "Egad!" a fair bit.
* CharacterDevelopment: Molly and Golly are born identical, and we get to see exactly how circumstances mold them into such very different people.
* ChildrenRaiseYou: Bob and Jean raising Molly.
* ChristmasEpisode: Annually. [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20081223.html This]] is probably the nicest.
* CloningBlues: Galatea.
* ComeToGawk
* CommonSense: Pretty nearly Bob's defining characteristic.
* {{Crossover}}: There have been brief crossovers with ''[[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20091229.html Melonpool, Zortic,]]'' and ''[[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20081004.html Zeera the Space Pirate.]]'' As well as a strip contributed to ''[[http://drmcninja.com/wp-content/uploads/McNinj-2.jpg Dr. McNinja's]]'' site.
* CuteMonsterGirl: Several.
* CyberCyclops: Roofus.
* DancesAndBalls: Which turn out [[LoveDodecahedron badly.]]
* DinosaursAreDragons
* DirtyOldMan: Mr. Dirtygeezer.
* {{Doppelganger}}: Galatea.
* DragonRider: Voluptua and Hibachi.
* EverythingsBetterWithBob
* EverythingsBetterWithBunnies: Snookums the [[UglyCute tentacle bunny.]]
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Princess Voluptua.
* EverytownAmerica
* EvilTwin: Galatea.
* FantasticRacism: Many dragons resent the Nemesites; and hardly anyone takes Earthlings seriously.
* TheFederation: The Nemesite Empire.
* FloweryElizabethanEnglish: Hibachi and other dragons speak this way.
* FutureSlang: "Frass," used by the insectoid Nemesites. Look it up. It means bug poop.
* GadgeteerGenius: Molly & Galatea.
* GenericName: Generictown.
* GeniusDitz: Molly.
* GhibliHills: Pitcheresk Forest.
* GrammarNazi: The North American Grammar [[EverythingsNuttierWithSquirrels Squirrel.]]
* GreenSpaceBabe: Princess Voluptua.
* HalloweenEpisode: The annual appearance of the [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment Halloween Monster.]]
* {{Heavyworlder}}: Inverted, Nemesites are from a low gravity planet so ordinary humans have greater strength and stamina than them.
* HelloNurse: Princess Voluptua.
* HigherTechSpecies: The Nemesites.
* {{Hologram}}: Galatea's disguise-projecting [[NiceHat beret.]]
* HiddenElfVillage: The Bigfeet.
* HumongousMecha: Roofus, W2:9000, & Molly's robot lion.
* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: Voluptua has one
* IncredibleShrinkingMan: Snookums.
* InsignificantLittleBluePlanet
* InstantAIJustAddWater: Roofus.
* InstantExpert: Supergeniuses Molly and Golly.
* InterspeciesRomance
* {{Kaiju}}: Snookums's original form, Unigar the Vast Unicorn, The P.E.P.S.I. Monster, Molly's robot lion, Djali the Giantess.
* KingMook [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti (Literally).]]
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters
* LoveDodecahedron: Explained [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20100316.html here]].
* MadScientist: Dean Martin, though he'd deny it; also Molly & Galatea.
* TheMenInBlack: Agent Ben & Agent Jerry.
* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: Riboflavin wants to conquer the Earth and threatens to destroy it if they don't surrender. Bob lampshades this and makes Riboflavin look pathetic. The strip is [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20061219.html here]].
* MonsterOfTheWeek: Monsters are fun!
* MuggleFosterParents: Bob & Jean to Molly.
* MultipleDemographicAppeal
* NietzscheWannabe: Galatea does a pretty good [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080722.html nihilistic rant at one point]].
** She ''[[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20071222.html did]]'' grow up reading Nietzsche, after all
* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20071204.html Lampshaded]] with Jean's formula that accidentally produced Molly.
* NonFatalExplosions
* NonMammalMammaries: Voluptua has these... ''even when she's a butterfly!''
* OccupiersOutOfOurCountry: Zippobic's complaint about the Nemesites on Butane.
* OfficialCouple: Bob & Jean.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Voluptua is at least 300.
* OurGiantsAreBigger: Djali/Jolly.
* PerfectPacifistPeople: The Fleenians. Consequently, they keep getting [[PlanetLooters robbed.]]
* PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs: The dragons sure learned their lesson after the whole [[spoiler:iridium bomb fiasco 65 MYA.]]
* PhlebotinumRebel: Galatea.
* PoliceAreUseless
* PosterGalleryBedroom: Molly's room, with posters of [[{{Opera}} Jose Carerras,]] {{Gamera}}, StephenHawking, and HighSchoolMusical.
* PoweredArmor: Abby Primrose.
* PunnyName: Almost everyone, Most notably Dr. Jean Poule (Gene pool).
* RapunzelHair: Voluptua
* RebelliousPrincess: Voluptua.
* RooflessRenovation
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Voluptua.
* RunningGag: There are several, but the main one is anything at all crashing into Bob's roof.
* ShoutOut This page http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20110111.html has one to EverydayHeroes
* SiblingYinYang: Molly & Galatea.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: The strip plants itself firmly on the idealistic side with [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080722.html this]] encounter between Bob and Galatea.
* SpaceAmish: The dragons, to an extent.
* SpacePirates: The Pirates of Ipecac.
* SpacePolice: Officer Zodboink.
* Squee: Jean has moments of these... [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20081220.html ... especially here]] ...[[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20091006.html and here!]]
* StarfishAliens: Aliens are never humanoid in their true forms, except for crossover cameos with other webcomics.
* {{Suburbia}}: Generictown.
* TakeOverTheWorld: Galatea, Fructose Riboflavin.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Bob is good at this.
* TechnoBabble: frequently lampshaded.
* {{Terraform}}: Butane, adopted planet of the dragons.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: Most story arcs involve at least some danger of this.
* TheHighQueen: Princess Voluptua.
* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: Frequently: [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20091006.html here,]] [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20070616.html here,]] [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080105.html here,]] [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20080531.html here,]] and [[http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20081223.html here.]]
* ThemeTwinNaming: Molly, Golly, & Jolly.
* TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed
* ThereAreNoGlobalConsequences: Lampshaded.
* TooDumbToFool: Bob.
* {{Tsundere}}: Jean.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Voluptua regularly; Riboflavin and Galatea sometimes.
* {{Ubermensch}}: Galatea.
* UnfazedEveryman: Bob.
* {{Unicorn}}: They purr!
* {{Unobtainium}}: Borfomite.
* {{Unperson}}: The Nemesites consider Earthlings "wildlife".
* UnsoundEffect
* WackyCollege: Generictown U. is showing some signs of this.
* WaveMotionGun: borfomite beams.
* WeAreAsMayflies
* WeirdnessMagnet: Bob.
* WeirdScience
* WeirdnessCensor: Most of the townsfolk, but mainly Mr. Oswald Blivius Bystander, who's either too crazy or too stupid to notice how bizarre his neighbor's life is, much less the surroundings he lives in.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Molly, Galatea, Roofus.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Generictown.
* WheresTheFunInThat:
-->'''Fructose Riboflavin:''' Bloodless victory'? Where's the fun in that?!
* WhoopiEpiphanySpeech: Bob.
* WildTake: Jean. In spades.
* WonderChild: Molly.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Molly, Golly, and Jolly.
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