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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)

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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	comment	First there is Francine, a nice but insecure girl who dreams of a perfect marriage and cannot quite let go of her Jerkass ex-boyfriend. Next there is Katchoo, her edgy best friend who is madly in love with her. Finally there is David, a sensitive young man who is in love with Katchoo despite her constant (and harsh) rejections.Then there is the Mafia, who Katchoo used to work for. Some of them want her back, others just want her head.That is how Strangers In Paradise starts. First published by Antarctic Press in November 1993, the series moved by Abstract Comics, creator Terry Moore's own company, between 1996 and 2007; it consists of over 90 issues. It is generally acknowledged as a Slice of Life classic, although the occasional vergings into crime drama were not quite as well-received, and it is frequently hailed as the number one comic book to give to your girlfriend. What that means is a bit unclear, but it probably means something.In early 2018, Terry Moore revived the title with a new story, Strangers In Paradise XXV, published 25 years after Antarctic Press published the first series.Not to be confused with the film Stranger Than Paradise or the video game Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_1420a9b8	type	Scenery Censor
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_1420a9b8	comment	Scenery Censor: Sometimes, parts of the room or environment conveniently censor naughty bits whenever a character is completely or partially nude.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_14c04cad	type	Butch Lesbian
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_14c04cad	comment	Butch Lesbian/Lipstick Lesbian: Tambi and Casey, and eventually Katchoo and Francine if you are pretty loose with the definition of "Butch" and "Lipstick"
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_177a6464	type	Genre Shift
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_177a6464	comment	Genre Shift: From relationship comedy/drama to crime drama and back again...and again...and maybe a third time, too.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_21de24c8	type	Suspiciously Specific Denial
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_21de24c8	comment	Later in the comic, Casey too gets this role for Katchoo. As somebody who is not involved in any way with Francine or the Big Six or the Parker Girls, she often gives Katchoo a good grounding in reality and at least once helps pull her away when she starts to sink back into her past life.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_22a59b45	type	Self-Harm
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_22a59b45	comment	Self-Harm: Tambi Baker used to cut herself while in the employ of Darcy Parker.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_23698fa8	type	Aborted Arc
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_23698fa8	comment	Aborted Arc: Frequent. Some loose ends are left loose forever, and some seemingly important insights and revelations are never mentioned again. The Time Skip moments were believed to fall under this banner until Francine explained that they were her psychic visions and / or speculations of the future based on her choices. One of the biggest was the "Body Bomber" storyline that was ramping up in the last couple years of the comic, and then was suddenly abandoned (possibly due to Moore deciding to end the series after starting the arc).
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_24e48d72	type	Dirty Harriet
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_24e48d72	comment	Dirty Harriet: Special Agent Sara Ryan
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_25bc8511	type	Generation Xerox
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_25bc8511	comment	Generation Xerox: They don't play a very large role, but in XXV and Five Years it gets increasingly obvious that Francine and Katchoo's respective daughters Ashley and Koo both take heavily after their mothers, not only in looks but in personality as well — though thankfully they seem to be a lot more well-adjusted. They're both rambunctious little girls, but Ashley is the sweet-natured and romantic Cuddle Bug while Koo is the cheeky Mouthy Kid and Fearless Fool.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_2a3e0069	type	Amazonian Beauty
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_2a3e0069	comment	Amazonian Beauty: Tambi Baker. Even as a fictional character she is tough and hard. To a slightly lesser extent, her twin Bambi. Even Katchoo can only tell them apart by Tambi's scarred hands.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_2aff6a25	type	Death of the Hypotenuse
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_2aff6a25	comment	Death of the Hypotenuse: Of course, which hypotenuse is the more tricky question.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_2c385759	type	Massive Multiplayer Crossover
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_2c385759	comment	Five Years, a new title Terry Moore started in May of 2019, ramps this up into a Massive Multiplayer Crossover as Katchoo and Francine encounter cast members of Echo, Rachel Rising and Motor Girl in an effort to save the world from the threat of the Phi Bomb, a proposed weapon that, once it's completed in five years, will start a chain-reaction that will destroy all hydrogen atoms. Everywhere.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_2d364c81	type	Tomboy and Girly Girl
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_2d364c81	comment	Tomboy and Girly Girl: Downplayed, but very much present, with Katchoo and Francine. The dynamic is repeated with their daughters Koo and Ashley. Butch Lesbian/Lipstick Lesbian: Tambi and Casey, and eventually Katchoo and Francine if you are pretty loose with the definition of "Butch" and "Lipstick"
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_2dc0d2bf	type	Hidden Depths
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_2dc0d2bf	comment	Hidden Depths: Everyone. Especially Casey, who debuts as an apparent Dumb Blonde before showing her softer and more insightful side, and having been a near-Parker Girl assigned to protect Katchoo from assassination attempts all along.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_2e39af52	type	Girlish Pigtails
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_2e39af52	comment	Girlish Pigtails: Casey occasionally wears them, after she divorces Freddie and her Genki Girl persona really begins showing.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_2ec5862b	type	Superhero Episode
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_2ec5862b	comment	Superhero Episode: Two of them, but both turn out to be All Just a Dream.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_2ed5e99d	type	Depraved Bisexual
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_2ed5e99d	comment	Depraved Bisexual: Darcy and Veronica, both of whom are just fucked up people.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_312b02ac	type	Lipstick Lesbian
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_312b02ac	comment	Lipstick Lesbian: Casey experimented in college and is more than open to a relationship in the present.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_31bace22	type	Rape and Switch
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_31bace22	comment	Rape and Switch: Played straight...sort of. To the end of the story Katchoo never self-identifies as gay, but her experiences in her youth have made her permanently opposed to a relationship with men.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_33f1c576	type	Not Helping Your Case
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_33f1c576	comment	Not Helping Your Case: Brad insists his affair didn't mean anything and he doesn't love her like he loves Francine. That makes it worse, that he was willing to risk their marriage for something less than love.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_35884ee7	type	Villainous Incest
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_35884ee7	comment	Villainous Incest: Darcy tries to hit on her brother David. He's very much not interested.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_3b113b7	type	Character Development
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_3b113b7	comment	Character Development: The series defining characteristic as, without an overarching plot beyond day-to-day life, the progression of the characters is what drives the story.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_3cb1d38d	type	Bad Boss
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_3cb1d38d	comment	Bad Boss: Darcy Parker was vicious and disliked by all of her staff.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: David dies from his brain tumor as expected, leaving Katchoo pregnant as planned along with a note telling her to move on with Francine. Katchoo and Francine embrace their love for one another, ending up together and raising their children, living each day to the fullest as a couple.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_44796d0f	type	No Guy Wants an Amazon
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_44796d0f	comment	No Guy Wants an Amazon: Tambi's default attitude towards romance for most of the series. In the last few chapters, she admits to Casey that she's grown tired of always maintaining the badass facade and I Just Want to Be Loved.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_44989f6f	type	"Could Have Avoided This!" Plot
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_44989f6f	comment	"Could Have Avoided This!" Plot: It shows Francineâ€™s growth on how she views sexuality and relationships when sheâ€™s more upset at Brad for not just telling her he was attracted to another woman, instead going behind her back and cheating on her.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_4523420b	type	Love Dodecahedron
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_4523420b	comment	Love Dodecahedron: Katchoo, David, and Francine are the constant objects of desire for every character in the series, including each other.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_4641581e	type	Yo-Yo Plot Point
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_4641581e	comment	Yo-Yo Plot Point: Will they or won't they? Or they?
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_46c1dc8e	type	Someone to Remember Him By
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_46c1dc8e	comment	Someone to Remember Him By: Planned out by Casey and Katchoo when they find out David has a brain tumor.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_4781adbb	type	Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_4781adbb	comment	Jerk with a Heart of Gold: With everything he does, Freddie also goes out of his way to try and get a rapist convicted because it's the right thing to do, (rarely) helps people because why not, and successfully recovers David's inheritance, fully knowing that Katchoo, who he barely tolerates, is going to inherit it, out of respect for the trust David had in him when he gave him the job. Also, when Casey is about to leave for home after being revealed to have been working as a Parker Girl all along in David's will his attempt to convince her why she should stay after all is actually kind, pretty endearing and most of all honest and completely correct - and lo and behold it helps work everything out. Ok, he makes a pass at Casey while he does it might just be showing form on his part, but it seems more likely he's actually trying to be a nice guy while making a joke at his own reputation as a horndog jerk to his ex-wife.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_47fea76b	type	Butt-Monkey
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_47fea76b	comment	Butt-Monkey: Freddie just can not catch a break. Of course, maybe if he did not set himself up for so many falls...
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_4843f922	type	Dragon Lady
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_4843f922	comment	Dragon Lady: Darcy.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_4968ed35	type	Door-Closes Ending
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_4968ed35	comment	Door-Closes Ending: How the finale ends.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_4b316d47	type	Break the Cutie
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_4c5f0662	type	Girl Next Door
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_4c5f0662	comment	Girl Next Door: Francine really is a sweet, good natured girl from a small town. This is what makes her so special.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_4dd46feb	type	Polar Opposite Twins
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_4dd46feb	comment	Polar Opposite Twins: Tambi and Bambi Baker fit this to a T: Tambi is calm and stoic, not to mention more calculating and ambitious, while Bambi is more hot-headed, impulsive, and emotional. They also balance out their respective employers: Tambi works for the loud, violent, angry Sal Tucciani, while Bambi is a lieutenant for the colder and more scheming Darcy.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_4ef92d0b	type	The Atoner
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_4ef92d0b	comment	The Atoner: Katchoo and David, both of whom are hoping to make up for the mistakes of their youth.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_5067fd81	type	Everyone Is Bi
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_5067fd81	comment	Everyone Is Bi: Seemingly all of the women. Oddly, none of the men.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_516f986d	type	Loving a Shadow
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_516f986d	comment	Loving a Shadow: A big conflict amongst the cast is they all want to be loved for who they are rather than the idealized version their potential partners have in their heads. Even as Francine becomes more amendable to loving Katchoo, she still thinks Katchoo puts her on a pedestal and doesn't see the messy, flawed person she is.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_52488c54	type	Drowning My Sorrows
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_52488c54	comment	Drowning My Sorrows: Katchoo is a recovering alcoholic. She's mostly on top of things, but when life slaps her too hard she hits the bottle hard.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_524f94d3	type	Rape as Backstory
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_524f94d3	comment	Rape as Backstory: Katchoo's step-father beat and raped her for her fifteenth birthday. Her mother asked her to stop making up these vicious lies.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_53224e46	type	Bookends
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_53224e46	comment	Bookends: The covers of the first and last issues are nearly identical: Francine and Katchoo in an art gallery, in the same poses. Notably, on the first issue cover, Katchoo wears a necklace with two interlinked venus symbols, indicating her sexual preference. On the last issue cover, Francine wears the same necklace. The tenth and last issue of Strangers In Paradise XXV also has the two in the same pose, this time accompanied by their daughters. At the end of the very first issue, after Freddie breaks up with her because she wouldn't sleep with him (right after she discovered he was cheating on her), Francine has a minor breakdown and angrily strips naked in front of him, throwing her clothes at him while yelling at him. In the penultimate issue, after Katchoo has accused her of not being willing to commit to a relationship, a much more in-control Francine angrily begins stripping naked in front of her and throwing her clothes at her. Luckily for them both, this time everything turns out a lot better.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_583ec33e	type	Snark-to-Snark Combat
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_583ec33e	comment	Snark-to-Snark Combat: This is about as civil as Katchoo and Freddie ever manage to be towards one another.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_59ddd555	type	Psycho Lesbian
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_59ddd555	comment	Psycho Lesbian: Darcy, who has the "psycho" part down pat.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_5fcb9ad1	type	Time Skip
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_5fcb9ad1	comment	Time Skip: Frequent, none of which end up corresponding to what actually happens in the story proper.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_60547993	type	I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_60547993	comment	I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Various characters are doing this constantly. Freddie, however, inverts it.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_61313315	type	Off the Wagon
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_61313315	comment	Off the Wagon: Katchoo has a pretty rough history with drugs and alcohol that she tries to keep a handle on, but when things go bad and she winds up back with Tambi she loses control and goes wild.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_613fa807	type	Identical Twin ID Tag
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_613fa807	comment	Identical Twin ID Tag: Tambi and Bambi Parker are both tall, blonde bodybuilders with extremely long hair, with only one detail differentiating them: Tambi has Self-Harm scars on her hands.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_617f0563	type	Heelâ€“Face Turn
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_617f0563	comment	Heelâ€“Face Turn
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_6486e532	type	Intimate Artistry
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_6486e532	comment	Intimate Artistry: Art and its creation is a recurring theme: Katchoo uses her art to express her anger, resentment and guilt spurred by her abusive childhood and drug/criminal early adulthood. She starts the series working mainly in male figures of exaggerated sexualization, but branches out into different styles as she grows and deals with her issues. Her portraits of Francine, who she has had feelings for since childhood, are regarded by everyone as an expression and profession of love. The trope is deconstructed when FBI agent Sara Bryan goes undercover to get close to the Katchoo, showing how the emotional connection can be dependent on the intent and thoughts of the participants. She originally asks to be Katchoo's assistant, but agrees to be an artistic model after Katchoo says that she does not need an assistant. To Katchoo, their interactions and resultant artwork are expressions of femininity and personal beauty (Not to mention a general friendship), but behind the cover identity Sara feels ashamed and violated by the semi-erotic portraits and the intimacy of the situations. She particularly dreads the reaction from her parents and the rest of the Bureau after the artwork is disseminated to galleries and collectors across the country. When the truth of Sara's background comes out, Katchoo feels crushed and betrayed.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_64b59c6c	type	Funbag Airbag
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_64b59c6c	comment	Funbag Airbag
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_6552b710	type	The Syndicate
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_6552b710	comment	The Syndicate: The Big Six are apparently everywhere with their influence stretching over everything.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_668d2146	type	Progressively Prettier
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_668d2146	comment	Progressively Prettier: Two of the main themes of the series are Francine losing weight and gaining self-confidence while Katchoo gets a handle on her drug/alcohol problems and deals with her personal issues stemming from her youth, both of which result in slimmer, healthier, more-together women than were present at the beginning of the series. How this explains Francine's longer legs and Katchoo's expanding bustline, however....
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_670db7d7	type	Formula-Breaking Episode
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_670db7d7	comment	Formula-Breaking Episode: "Molly and Poo", a dark psychological thriller. "Princess Warrior", a Xena parody in which Francine is cast as Xena while Katchoo plays Gabrielle. David, of course, gets into the act as Joxer. "Not With My Cape, You Don't", nominally a superhero parody, but one that keeps going off the rails and being more about the comically awful relationship between waitress Casey and loser supervillain Freddie, with Katchoo as an amnesiac superheroine who accomplishes nothing except falling off a skyscraper (she forgot she couldn't fly), before Freddie accidentally blows up the world, leaving everyone arguing with each other in the afterlife. It's All Just a Dream.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_6a3c49f	type	Direct Line to the Author
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_6a3c49f	comment	Direct Line to the Author: In the (possible?) future, Katchoo and Francine's daughter Ashley is attempting to publish a story, based on their life, titled Strangers In Paradise. Since the canonicity of this future isn't quite clear, it's a little vague whether this scene means the entire comic is actually Ashley's fictionalized retelling of Katchoo and Francine's story or not — though it does rather neatly explain away some continuity errors and Aborted Arcs by having Ashley admit that since she's writing about things that happened before she was even born, she got some details wrong.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_6b05b601	type	Jerkass Has a Point
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_6b05b601	comment	Jerkass Has a Point: Ok, Freddie Femur is a jerkass of the first water; he's a creepy obsessive patronising sleazebag who treats women like sex objects, has all the tact and charm of brain surgery performed with a hammer and chisel, and he thinks he's hilarious while he's just slimy and cheeseball — but that doesn't mean his often mean-spirited comments are always wrong. In fact, on several occasions he has a point, especially considering Katchoo and her toxic attitude.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_6d7cd3e	type	Dead Person Impersonation
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_6d7cd3e	comment	Dead Person Impersonation: David Qin/Yousaka Takahashi Later on, Katchoo also impersonates Darcy, in order to confuse and distract Veronica and rescue Francine. Of course, it's not a long term impersonation, but it still qualifies.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_707bb8ce	type	Pair the Spares
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_707bb8ce	comment	Pair the Spares: Tambi/Casey, which came way out of left field even with recent revelations.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_72595768	type	Darwinist Desire
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_72595768	comment	Darwinist Desire: After Darcy Parker's death, Katchoo's half-sister Tambi demands that Darcy Parker's half-brother David have a child with Katchoo to ensure her family line will have a legacy in the Parker empire. To her shock, David turns the tables and offers to make Tambi the mother instead, which would leave Katchoo free to pursue Francine. Later, we see it didn't work, but she had a great time trying.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_72d2da56	type	Textplosion
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_72d2da56	comment	Textplosion: It did this from time to time, under the pretence that the reader was looking at pages from a SIP prose novel.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_767f84ea	type	Does Not Like Men
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_767f84ea	comment	Does Not Like Men: Katchoo. David is a begrudging exception, except when he's not.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_771f6307	type	Brother–Sister Incest
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_771f6307	comment	Brotherâ€“Sister Incest: Darcy has an...unhealthy interest in her half-brother.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_78313bf7	type	Handwraps of Awesome
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_78313bf7	comment	Handwraps of Awesome: The Baker-Choovanski family's Harbinger of Asskicking.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_7956d916	type	Wham Line
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_7956d916	comment	WHAM Word: Casey saying Darcy's name when Katchoo mentions indirectly her past, the only forewarning about The Reveal of her being a near-Parker Girl that has been assigned to protect Katchoo from assassination attempts that happens during the reading of the will.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_7e07f634	type	Paranoia Fuel
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_7e07f634	comment	Paranoia Fuel: In-universe. Katchoo's life is so full of spies and double crosses that by the end she's flatout asking people to their faces if they're setting her up. Couldn't help her preexisting trust issues.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_7e081ea0	type	Slice of Life
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_7e081ea0	comment	Slice of Life: Despite sliding into crime drama quite often, and sometimes playing around with other genres, "slice of life" is probably the comic's main genre.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_7eebe99c	type	The Alcoholic
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_7eebe99c	comment	The Alcoholic: Recovering. Katchoo began attending AA meetings when she was eighteen. Now she is in something of an odd place; she drinks recreationally, but manages to avoid any severe over-indulgences...except for when things get out of hand.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_7ef728b1	type	Tsundere
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_7ef728b1	comment	Tsundere: Katchoo, towards David.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_835d1cd2	type	Satellite Love Interest
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_835d1cd2	comment	Satellite Love Interest: Subverted. Casey is introduced as the silicone-infused-aerobics-instructor, and this seems to be all there is to her, but as the story progresses her character, personality and history are expanded to equal any of the main characters.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_838748cb	type	Sour Outside, Sad Inside
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_838748cb	comment	Sour Outside, Sad Inside: There are a couple of examples in this comic, but none more prominent than Katchoo — especially in the early issues. After a hugely messed-up life and suffering tons of trauma, she's by all accounts a terrible person, especially towards anyone who happens to be male, she actively pushes everyone away and keeps them at an arm's length by being verbally and sometimes physically abusive. Later in the comic she slips into Broken Bird more often, but her abusive tendencies still rear their ugly heads from time to time.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_87d70f73	type	Reluctant Fanservice Girl
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_87d70f73	comment	Reluctant Fanservice Girl: A very realistic example; Francine is the target of lust for a lot of characters (Katchoo, Freddie, etc), but she deeply resents it. Partly it's because of her body issues, and partly it's because she wants someone to love the real her rather than some idealized version they've created in their head.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_87e2b631	type	Two Girls and a Guy
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_87e2b631	comment	Two Girls and a Guy: For quite some time, this was the main dynamic of the comic, with David, Francine and Katchoo. The dynamic got a little mixed up with characters moving apart and back together again several times, plus Casey getting bigger roles and essentially becoming the fourth main character.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_8aa0f76	type	Deconstructed Trope
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_8aa0f76	comment	The trope is deconstructed when FBI agent Sara Bryan goes undercover to get close to the Katchoo, showing how the emotional connection can be dependent on the intent and thoughts of the participants. She originally asks to be Katchoo's assistant, but agrees to be an artistic model after Katchoo says that she does not need an assistant. To Katchoo, their interactions and resultant artwork are expressions of femininity and personal beauty (Not to mention a general friendship), but behind the cover identity Sara feels ashamed and violated by the semi-erotic portraits and the intimacy of the situations. She particularly dreads the reaction from her parents and the rest of the Bureau after the artwork is disseminated to galleries and collectors across the country. When the truth of Sara's background comes out, Katchoo feels crushed and betrayed.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_8b5e8731	type	Kudzu Plot
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_8b5e8731	comment	Kudzu Plot: Between the espionage drama, the soap-opera romance drama, the fantasy sequences and the visions of possible futures... yeah.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_8b68d9a7	type	Stalker with a Crush
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_8b68d9a7	comment	Stalker with a Crush: Freddie is not a Dogged Nice Guy, he is just creepy and offensive. Rusty's stalker in the Las Vegas subplot. Like him or not, Freddie was never like that.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_8dc8a02d	type	Derailing Love Interests
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_8dc8a02d	comment	Derailing Love Interests: Conveniently, Francine's husband turns out to be cheating on her.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_8ff8d545	type	Kissing Cousins
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_8ff8d545	comment	Kissing Cousins: The Takahashi family has a few issues.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_912b24c4	type	Art Shift
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_912b24c4	comment	Art Shift: Some sequences are drawn in radically different styles. The dream sequences are most prone to this, sometimes imitating the styles of other comics.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_914773e7	type	ReWrite
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_914773e7	comment	Re Write: Issue 43. A much older Katchoo and Francine have a daughter, an author, who is trying to publish a story based on their life. At the end of this little interlude it says "end of version one," and the same events are retold in a slightly different fashion. Fandom's reaction was... mixed.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_92163e88	type	Locked in a Room
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_92163e88	comment	Locked in a Room: Invoked. Casey, sweet devious Casey, figures out how to help Katchoo and Francine make up
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_957e5fc2	type	Villainous Breakdown
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_957e5fc2	comment	Villainous Breakdown: Veronica's starts pretty much the moment she becomes the boss.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_9bcd82c0	type	Took a Level in Badass
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_9bcd82c0	comment	Took a Level in Badass: David in the Child of Rage arc.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_9c4003a1	type	One True Love
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_9c4003a1	comment	Katchoo uses her art to express her anger, resentment and guilt spurred by her abusive childhood and drug/criminal early adulthood. She starts the series working mainly in male figures of exaggerated sexualization, but branches out into different styles as she grows and deals with her issues. Her portraits of Francine, who she has had feelings for since childhood, are regarded by everyone as an expression and profession of love.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_a0bb0b37	comment	Knight Templar Big Sister
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_a5de0ab9	comment	Polyamory: Katchoo, David and Casey, for a while, as they deal with troubling news and try to make each other happy until the end.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_a7850fbf	comment	Only Known by Their Nickname: Katchoo is only ever called by her legal name of Katina by people who aren't familiar with her: among her circle of friends, it's exclusively "Katchoo". Even more than her is Tambi and Bambi: it's not even clear at first that those are nicknames until an argument between Tambi and Katchoo reveals her real name: Mary Beth. A later issue gives us Bambi's legal name as well: Sara.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_a7aef9ff	comment	Obfuscating Genki
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_a8a4b41e	type	Not So Stoic
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_a8a4b41e	comment	Not So Stoic: Tambi, if this exchange in SIP XXV #1 is any indication:
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_aa55cd25	type	Brawn Hilda
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_aa55cd25	comment	Brawn Hilda: The Baker twins are tall, muscular and scarred from battle (And self-infliction) and aggressive enough to overpower any other character in the series. Unlike most examples of the trope they are not unattractive, but their long hair is their sole "girly" trait.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_ad94c7a0	type	Scars Are Forever
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_ad94c7a0	comment	Scars are Forever: Katchoo has scars on her wrist in a "z" shape, but there was never an official explanation for their cause. Tambi Baker is covered with scars, with the ones on her forearms the most obvious. She used to cut herself while in the employ of Darcy Parker.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Katchoo speaks almost entirely in sarcasms and quips. Good-natured ones if she's happy, hurtful ones if she's annoyed or upset, LOUD ones if she's angry.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_b11ac9f5	type	Abusive Parents
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_b11ac9f5	comment	Abusive Parents: Katchoo's step-father beat and raped her when she was fifteen. Her mother then told her to stop making up vicious lies.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_b2f26025	type	Genki Girl
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_b2f26025	comment	Genki Girl: Casey, "cheerleader for the soul"
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_b5b4bd37	type	The Don
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_b5b4bd37	comment	The Don: Sal Tucciani, chairman of the Big Six.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_b7e0c5ff	type	Love Triangle
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_b7e0c5ff	comment	Love Triangle: Which gradually grows and evolves and turns into a Love Dodecahedron (See above)
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_bbf11c0	type	Genius Bruiser
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_bbf11c0	comment	Genius Bruiser: Tambi, whose terror-inducing physical presence is almost equal to her abilities to pull the strings.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_bd4264a3	type	Slasher Smile
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_bd4264a3	comment	Slasher Smile: Casey of all people gives a great one of these while conspiring with David how to get Katchoo and Francine to start talking with each other again. Particularly brilliant because she's almost never shown with anything but a big smile on her face, and this evil grin is so out of nowhere that it's incredibly funny.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_bdddc73e	type	Yakuza
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_bdddc73e	comment	Yakuza: The Takahashi family.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_be617752	type	Ring-Ring-CRUNCH!
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_be617752	comment	Ring-Ring-CRUNCH!: The first issue begins with Katchoo shooting her alarm clock and they keep getting broken throughout the series.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_c0e3994b	type	Double Standard: Abuse, Female on Male
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_c0e3994b	comment	Double Standard: Abuse, Female on Male: The comic is quite generous with showing women beating on or otherwise heaping notable abuse on men, and either playing it entirely for laughs or brushing it off as no big deal. Katchoo slapping and punching David is shown as proof of her terrible mental state, but the narrative still treats their relationship as basically romantic. This aspect of the comic is toned down considerably in later issues, though.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_c5330897	comment	NaÃ¯ve Everygirl: Francine is a clear example of this trope in the high school flashback stories; she's sweet and not terribly aware of herself or the world around her, but she's got a ton on insecurities and body issues. In the main story, and to some extent in the "potential future" segments, Francine is an example of what might happens when a NaÃ¯ve Everygirl grows up and has to live in the adult world — turns out she's not the world's best at coping.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_c868a42a	type	Freudian Excuse
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_c868a42a	comment	Freudian Excuse: Katchoo's sour, bitter attitude is the result of her Trauma Conga Line of a life: raped by her stepfather as a teenager, living on the streets of Los Angeles as a homeless alcoholic, working as a call girl, and getting involved with Darcy and her criminal empire. Frankly, it's a wonder she's as functional as she is. Freddie also has one, though it's only detailed in one issue: his father was an alcoholic who bullied and criticized him constantly, and his mother smothered him in affection to try to make up for the lack of fatherly love.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_c8cdde7c	type	Spin-Off Babies
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_c8cdde7c	comment	Spinoff Babies: A four-issue mini-series called SIP Kids, where the main characters are re-imagined as six-year old kids.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_ca85e684	type	Power Trio
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_d08595d3	type	Broken Bird
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_d08595d3	comment	Broken Bird: Katchoo is introduced as a Sour Outside, Sad Inside Jerkass with severe anger issues, who verbally and physically abuses people around her for petty reasons and sometimes for no reason at all. But frequently she lapses into a Broken Bird state where she just gives up, wallows in depression, alcoholism and self-loathing.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_d31da2e3	type	If It's You, It's Okay
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_d31da2e3	comment	If It's You, It's Okay: Pretty much Katchoo's opinion of sleeping with David.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_d577d839	type	Murphy's Bullet
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_d577d839	comment	Murphy's Bullet: Bambi's death is caused by a stray bullet.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_d94ff9b3	comment	Wall of Text: SiP can be quite wordy, and Moore frequently abandons the graphic format altogether and just resorts to full-on prose passages for several pages. "Molly & Poo" is told almost entirely in prose, with only a few accompanying illustrations.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_da909e61	type	Villainy Discretion Shot
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_da909e61	comment	Villainy Discretion Shot: Veronica's demise.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_dde43ab	type	Tattooed Crook
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_dde43ab	comment	Tattooed Crook: Former Parker Girls can be identified by the lily tattoo they all wear somewhere on their body.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_de9047ac	type	Gambit Pileup
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_de9047ac	comment	Gambit Pileup: It would be faster to list all of the characters who weren't working under the auspice of some secret agenda at least once during the series.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_e3b0cd87	type	Morality Pet
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_e3b0cd87	comment	Morality Pet: Francine is a big one for Katchoo. Especially in the early comics, it's quickly established that while Katchoo is incredibly angry at the world, she's got the world's biggest soft spot for Francine. Their relationship isn't perfect by any means (on some occasions it can come across as directly abusive), but Francine is the person that Katchoo will consistently try to be a better person for. Later in the comic, Casey too gets this role for Katchoo. As somebody who is not involved in any way with Francine or the Big Six or the Parker Girls, she often gives Katchoo a good grounding in reality and at least once helps pull her away when she starts to sink back into her past life.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_e43c66bd	type	Art Evolution
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_e43c66bd	comment	Art Evolution: It's very gradual, but Terry Moore's art gets much less cartoony, a lot more realistic and detailed, and with much finer and surer inking.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_e5e6640b	type	Flanderization
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_e5e6640b	comment	Flanderization: Not within the main comic, but in the Spin-Off Babies mini-series SIP Kids, which re-imagines the characters as young children, David has been hit with this big time. While the other characters are mainly slightly exaggerated and more childish version of their adult selves (Darcy is a Spoiled Brat, the Tomboy and Girly Girl contrasts between Francine and Katchoo are more pronounced), David's Nice Guy and Butt-Monkey status have been exaggerated to make him a Friend to All Living Things and an outright Chew Toy. He's also become a total Cloudcuckoolander who only makes the occasional contact with reality.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_e70127	type	The Mole
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_e70127	comment	The Mole: Almost everyone at one point or another. Well, maybe not Francine or Freddie. Maybe.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_ea85d6ea	type	All Just a Dream
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_ea85d6ea	comment	"Not With My Cape, You Don't", nominally a superhero parody, but one that keeps going off the rails and being more about the comically awful relationship between waitress Casey and loser supervillain Freddie, with Katchoo as an amnesiac superheroine who accomplishes nothing except falling off a skyscraper (she forgot she couldn't fly), before Freddie accidentally blows up the world, leaving everyone arguing with each other in the afterlife. It's All Just a Dream.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_eb7c34cf	type	Crossover
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_eb7c34cf	comment	Crossover: In Terry Moore's subsequent series Echo, Ivy Raven, an NSB agent who has gotten involved in the potentially world-shattering events of the story, begins to suspect that her superiors in Washington might not be as trustworthy as she had previously believed. The other characters ask if there is anybody she can go to for help, somebody outside the system who would nevertheless be able to give the important answers, and Ivy mentions that she might have somebody she can call. The next panel is apparently Katchoo getting a phone call. Tambi guest stars two issues later, #28, where she tracks down a former Parker Girl who stayed in her cover as a member of the US military after the operation collapsed. Five Years, a new title Terry Moore started in May of 2019, ramps this up into a Massive Multiplayer Crossover as Katchoo and Francine encounter cast members of Echo, Rachel Rising and Motor Girl in an effort to save the world from the threat of the Phi Bomb, a proposed weapon that, once it's completed in five years, will start a chain-reaction that will destroy all hydrogen atoms. Everywhere.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_eb8e4fa8	comment	Jerkass: Freddie really is a jackass son-of-a-bitch. Despite being given a fair amount of development throughout the series and at times even seeming sympathetic, he never stops being a jerk... though there are hints of him slowly developing more compassion during the later parts of the story, and during his last appearance he gives the upset Casey a surprisingly heartfelt and insightful pep talk, telling her not to give up on her friends. While he never really loses his Small Name, Big Ego tendencies, it does seem like he Took a Level in Kindness to some degree. Jerkass Has a Point: Ok, Freddie Femur is a jerkass of the first water; he's a creepy obsessive patronising sleazebag who treats women like sex objects, has all the tact and charm of brain surgery performed with a hammer and chisel, and he thinks he's hilarious while he's just slimy and cheeseball — but that doesn't mean his often mean-spirited comments are always wrong. In fact, on several occasions he has a point, especially considering Katchoo and her toxic attitude. Jerk with a Heart of Gold: With everything he does, Freddie also goes out of his way to try and get a rapist convicted because it's the right thing to do, (rarely) helps people because why not, and successfully recovers David's inheritance, fully knowing that Katchoo, who he barely tolerates, is going to inherit it, out of respect for the trust David had in him when he gave him the job. Also, when Casey is about to leave for home after being revealed to have been working as a Parker Girl all along in David's will his attempt to convince her why she should stay after all is actually kind, pretty endearing and most of all honest and completely correct - and lo and behold it helps work everything out. Ok, he makes a pass at Casey while he does it might just be showing form on his part, but it seems more likely he's actually trying to be a nice guy while making a joke at his own reputation as a horndog jerk to his ex-wife.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_ece27800	comment	Kill and Replace: Yousaka Takahashi began to live the life of David Qin after he killed him in a pointless gang fight.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_ee9877ea	comment	Too Good for This Sinful Earth: David dies in the final act.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_f41b26d	type	Breast Expansion
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_f41b26d	comment	Breast Expansion: Casey gets breast implants. Twice.
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_f41b26d	featureApplicability	1.0
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_f41b26d	featureConfidence	1.0
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_fb006999	type	Wham Episode
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_fb006999	comment	Wham Episode: Reading the will.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_fb006999	featureConfidence	1.0
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_fb006999
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_fbd285b7	comment	Comically Missing the Point: Casey, the sweetest girl there is, had no idea that Katchoo was talking about joining the new iteration of the Big Six when she mentioned "going back to work." It was this display of naivetÃ© that helped keep Katchoo out of the game and got her painting again, which was what Casey thought she meant in the first place.
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_fbd285b7	featureConfidence	1.0
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_name	comment
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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_name	featureConfidence	1.0
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_name
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book) / int_name	itemName	Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)

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Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Baby Don't Got Back / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Beach Episode / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Bodyguard Babes / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Bodyguard Betrayal / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Bold Inflation / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Brawn Hilda / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Breast Expansion / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Can't Bathe Without a Weapon / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Chains of Love / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Comic Books of the 1990s / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Comically Missing the Point / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Cry Laughing / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Dead Person Impersonation / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Death of a Thousand Cuts / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Death of the Hypotenuse / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Defiant Strip / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Delivery Guy Infiltration / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Derailing Love Interests / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Does Not Like Men / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Dogged Nice Guy / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Doomed New Clothes / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Door-Closes Ending / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Doorstopper / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Erotic Asphyxiation / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Everyone Is a Tomato / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Everyone Is Bi / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Experimented in College / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Funbag Airbag / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Genki Girl / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Genre Mashup / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Genre Shift / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Good Hair, Evil Hair / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Goofy Print Underwear / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Handwraps of Awesome / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Heir Club for Men / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	High-Class Call Girl / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	If It's You, It's Okay / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Intimate Artistry / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	It Is Not Your Time / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	It's Not Porn, It's Art / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Knight Templar Big Brother / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Kudzu Plot / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Last-Minute Hookup / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Locked into Strangeness / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Love Dodecahedron / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Ma'am Shock / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Midnight Snack / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Miranda Rights / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Mister Muffykins / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Murphy's Bullet / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Nose Shove / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Not a Morning Person / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Off the Wagon / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Polyamory / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Progressively Prettier / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Rewrite / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Ring-Ring-CRUNCH! / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Sarcastic Clapping / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Scars Are Forever / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Self-Harm / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Serenade Your Lover / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	She Cleans Up Nicely / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Skyward Scream / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Someone to Remember Him By / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Spin-Off Babies / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Superhero Episode / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Tattoo as Character Type / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Tattooed Crook / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Terms of Endangerment / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Textplosion / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	The Brute / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	The Chris Carter Effect / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	The Grunting Orgasm / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	The Triads and the Tongs / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Threesome Subtext / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Two Girls and a Guy / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Uptight Loves Wild / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Villainous Incest / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Villainy Discretion Shot / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Waterfall Shower / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Western Zodiac / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Yo-Yo Plot Point / int_550ab4bd
Strangers in Paradise (Comic Book)	hasFeature	Locked in a Room / int_550ab4bd

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