- Bilingual Bonus: In the Medieval Film
, one character is called "Jacques de la Chapeau", which means "Jack the Hat".note There's also "Jean-Louis de Fenêtre" (Jean-Louis the Window) and "Jean Luc Le Beurre" (Jean Luc the Butter.)
- Ensemble Dark Horse: Fat Pony, who has become the most requested character. Also, the Mystery Solving Teens.
- Hilarious in Hindsight:
- Ms. Beaton mentioned that a lot of fans drew a comparison between the "WWII Hunks" comic and Captain America: The First Avenger.
- The "Mystery Solving Teens" bear a resemblance to Mike and Chuck from Motorcity, even though they predate the show.
- Memetic Mutation:
- Pissed-off Poe has become a relatively popular reaction image for them Image Boards.
- Also, "Jam!" within Sherlock Holmes fandom.
- The Joyce comic bobbles up and down in popularity as /lit/'s mascot.
- There are countless "Oooh Mr/Mrs X: A Fanfiction" edits.
- Some enterprising individual did a WatsonxJam "Ooh, Mr. X: A Fanfiction".
- "Aw yiss. Motha. Fuckin. Bread crumbs."
- "What baby?"
- "Old as balls" has been adopted as a punchline for many jokes.
- I had fun once and it was awful
- "Then I will sit here consumed with lust for the rest of the evening."
- "Twenty years we've known each other and now you don't wanna see me jump outta da cake. You insult me."
- NEMESIS
- SEXISM IS OVER
- Tear Jerker:
- This interaction between Kate Beaton and her younger self. Becomes even worse after you've read Kate's autobiographical Ducks Two Years In The Oil Sands and realize this silly comic started on the heels of a grueling and at times horrific job in Alberta's oil sands.
- The strip with Marat can be seen as this for his innocence.
- The strip about Henry II and Thomas Becket. To put it in Beaton's own words, it might be the saddest thing ever.
- This strip◊ about the death of a young man in Beaton's hometown is very poignant.
- Kate's mother's day comic◊ about her mother taking her to see a local artist in an attempt to get a sponsorship for art school, only for the artist to be an elitist twat who has a low opinion of "comics", which leaves Kate in tears afterwards. Luckily, her mother's heartwarming affirmation that what the artist said was wrong and her dad's sage advice serve as a Tear Dryer.
- This interaction
