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Selkie (Webcomic)

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153 feature instances
65 referencing feature instances

Selkie (Webcomic)	type	TVTItem
Selkie (Webcomic)	label	Selkie (Webcomic)
Selkie (Webcomic)	page	Selkie
Selkie (Webcomic)	comment	A webcomic, written by Dave Warren, about adoption... with a twist.Selkie follows the adventures of an amphibious young girl, and the man who adopts her. No one knows exactly what she is, but somehow she ended up in the municipal orphanage, where she was recently adopted by Todd Smith. The comic follows her trying to adapt to her new life... and Todd and his family trying to adapt to her.Also see The Adventures of Sue and Kathryn!, another webcomic by Warren that also happens to be a Show Within a Show cartoon franchise in this one.
Selkie (Webcomic)	fetched	2023-11-29T13:01:59Z
Selkie (Webcomic)	parsed	2023-11-29T13:02:00Z
Selkie (Webcomic)	processingComment	Dropped link to APigNamedPorkChop: Not a Feature - UNKNOWN
Selkie (Webcomic)	processingComment	Dropped link to CalvinAndHobbes: Not a Feature - ITEM
Selkie (Webcomic)	processingComment	Dropped link to Matilda: Not a Feature - ITEM
Selkie (Webcomic)	processingComment	Dropped link to NeonGenesisEvangelion: Not a Feature - ITEM
Selkie (Webcomic)	processingComment	Dropped link to OnePiece: Not a Feature - ITEM
Selkie (Webcomic)	processingComment	Dropped link to SandraAndWoo: Not a Feature - ITEM
Selkie (Webcomic)	processingComment	Dropped link to TheMenInBlack: Not a Feature - ITEM
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Selkie (Webcomic)	isPartOf	DBTropes
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_1161fb48	type	Bizarre Alien Biology
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_1161fb48	comment	Bizarre Alien Biology: Selkie herself. Blue blood, gills, no external ears, a flattened nose with slit-like nostrils, an obligate carnivore with a healthy appetite for seafood and who "pukes purple" if she consumes plant matter ... and poisonous saliva to boot.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_16b75555	type	Ominous Crack
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_16b75555	comment	Ominous Crack: After a vicious attack by Pants the eel, a small crack is shown forming on the helmet of Todd's diving suit.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_17501df2	type	Cool Old Guy
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_17501df2	comment	Cool Old Guy: Todd's father, as it turns out. He has parenting advice for Todd, and has no problem trying Selkies rather...odd...favorite food. He's also the first to really forgive Andi for her massive lie regarding Amanda, as he was the first to extend an olive branch.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_1777688d	type	Genre Savvy
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_1777688d	comment	Genre Savvy: When Todd's father finds out Selkie is a mysterious non-human species, he quickly things to asks whether they need to worry about The Men in Black kicking down their door. Luckly, Agent Brown is friendly.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_17ce80aa	type	All There in the Manual
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_17ce80aa	comment	All There in the Manual: There are several physiology sketches, and Dave was nice enough to actually type up a couple pages of Selkie's case file, print them out and scan them for us. Also, reading through the comments reveals a wealth of information from replies to reader questions.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_1a09b4f9	type	The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_1a09b4f9	comment	The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry: Downplayed in that Selkie and Amanda were rivals before becoming sisters and their rivalry lessens over time. Still, this strip encapsulates their initial dynamic quite well.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_1b60dcba	type	The Bully
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_1b60dcba	comment	The Bully: Tommy Trunchbull is a large kid who frequently uses force to get his way. Unlike many fictional cases, Tommy comes from a loving household albeit with a father whose forceful personality naturally steamrolls most opposition.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_1b7a68f1	type	Alt Text
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_1b7a68f1	comment	Alt Text: Called Secret Director Commentary, it's basically little facts about either the making of the strip or the continuity. Later altered to be viewable below the comic, because some browsers were having trouble viewing it.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_1dfd19f9	type	Papa Wolf
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_1dfd19f9	comment	Papa Wolf: Todd is normally a fairly laid-back man, but he'll go to great lengths to protect his adopted daughter.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_1f137e42	type	Artificial Limbs
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_1f137e42	comment	Artificial Limbs: Scar has an artificial arm to go along with his voice replacement collar and serious facial scars.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_1f7e9fb8	type	Teacher/Parent Romance
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_1f7e9fb8	comment	Teacher/Parent Romance: Todd has some chemistry with Mina, his daughter's third grade teacher. While both of them would probably want a relationship, Mina calls it off because she doesn't think it's appropriate to date the father of one of her students. Jessie is only a student teacher, but she still ends up romantically involved with Andi, the mother of one of her students. While the two didn't meet at any sort of parent-teacher night (instead they happen to be neighbors), there's still all the requisite awkwardness with Andi's daughter.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_1fc325dd	type	Do Not Adjust Your Set
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_1fc325dd	comment	The Do Not Adjust Your Set moment when Sarnoth is forcibly revealed to the world on a hijacked TV broadcast.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_211eedd	type	All Crimes Are Equal
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_211eedd	comment	All Crimes Are Equal: Selkie runs afoul of the school's No Tolerance Policy when she kicked a boy in the groin in self-defense. Both Selkie and the bully receive the same punishment.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: In a blink and you'll miss moment, when Theo is trying to learn more about what Selkie's true species is the bottom of the webpage has an article about two fishermen who claim to have caught a merman on the great lakes. Later we learn that this is not only true but it's the inciting incident that eventually led to the Sarnothi civil war. For a smaller scale one, Todd's mysterious present to Selkie turns out to be a phone that she uses to record Tommy in the act of bullying her friends, her, and then threatening a teacher. Justice is served!
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_23d6eccb	type	Non-Mammal Mammaries
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_23d6eccb	comment	Non-Mammal Mammaries: Selkie's species has them. She was also depicted as such in aged-up fanart before Dave posted the physiology sketch that proved it. Justified in that the reason they develop breasts is because they nurse their young for a few weeks until teeth develop.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_26d1f65f	type	Verbal Tic
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_26d1f65f	comment	Verbal Tic: Selkie frequently adds unnecessary esses to her words. It's apparently a common issue with Sarnothi, and demonstrative of the differences between their language and English, as Pohl and his wife learned to overcome it.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_28e79337	type	Stepping Out for a Quick Cup of Coffee
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_28e79337	comment	Stepping Out for a Quick Cup of Coffee: Agent Brown agrees with Todd's statement that Selkie deserves to know what she is, but he's only authorized to give out information related to physical care needs. However, what he can do is call in Dr. Pohl to help with those "physical care needs," and look the other way when Pohl gives Todd a handwritten note with the desired information.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_294ed981	type	Bilingual Bonus
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_294ed981	comment	Bilingual Bonus: Tony often speaks in untranslated French. Understanding what he's saying isn't necessary to understand the action, but his dialogue is still there for the reader who can understand it.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_297ab1b9	type	Parental Abandonment
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_297ab1b9	comment	Parental Abandonment: The story starts at an orphanage, so lots of characters have missing parents. Selkie's mother left her at the orphanage for reasons that aren't fully explored three years before the story begins. Her biological father didn't even know she existed, so he wasn't in the picture either. Luckily, the story starts when she's Happily Adopted. Amanda was given up for adoption at birth by her mother who didn't believe she was ready to raise a kid. Her father, who was actually looking forward to parenthood, was told she was stillborn. She was later adopted, but her new siblings abused her, and the parents ended up returning her to the orphanage, abandoning her a second time. Thankfully her original parents return to her life, her mother deciding that putting her up for adoption was a mistake, and her father immediately agreeing to be a part of her life once he learned she was still alive, but the ordeal left her with some rather understandable issues. Tony's parents are in prison. He remains in the orphanage until the authorities are able to track down his grandmother.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_2b5ab7c1	type	Analogy Backfire
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_2b5ab7c1	comment	Analogy Backfire: Theo states "You can't choose your family". His wife Mari quickly points out that, by adopting their three children, they did choose their family.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_2b5ea43c	type	Bland-Name Product
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_2b5ea43c	comment	Bland-Name Product: Apparently Selkie enjoys watching movies on Flixnet. Dave also enjoys a nice cold "Dew of the mountains". And then there's Wool-Mart.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_31da1e24	type	Shipper on Deck
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_31da1e24	comment	Shipper on Deck: Jess encourages Mina's crush on Todd.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_3517000d	type	Mad Scientist
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_3517000d	comment	Mad Scientist: Aside from the Show Within a Show having one, Selkie also fantasizes about being one.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_364b9be6	type	Flipping the Bird
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_364b9be6	comment	Flipping the Bird: Selkie flips off some other kids to taunt them during a snowball fight.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_3c0a4666	type	Noodle Incident
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_3c0a4666	comment	Noodle Incident: Did ya hear the one about the frog and the cigar? Well, it earned Tony a week with no dessert...
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_3cb6468e	type	Bad Liar
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_3cb6468e	comment	Bad Liar: Pohl has absolutely no ability to tell a convincing lie. Even children can see through him. This is a problem because he happens to know quite a bit of highly-classified information.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_3cc3ed1d	type	Abuse Mistake
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_3cc3ed1d	comment	Abuse Mistake: Briefly teased when Miss Lillian is cheerfully told by Selkie that her shades are "sos nobodys sees what happeneds to my eyes."
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_3d6cd406	type	Possession Presumes Guilt
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_3d6cd406	comment	Possession Presumes Guilt: Keisha grabs Selkie's shirt from Heather, who stole it, at the same time Mina and Jess walk into the classroom, making them think that she did it.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_3e45e111	type	Poster Patchup
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_3e45e111	comment	Poster Patchup: When Selkie accidentally causes burn damage to her bedroom wall, she tries and fails to cover it up with a picture. Luckily her dad isn't mad.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_3e604618	type	Pluralses
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_3e604618	comment	Pluralses: A feature of Selkie's speech. Fans initially speculated whether it was a side effect of trying to speak English through fangs. It's actually because her native tongue has different rules for pluralization, and she learned English through 'crash-course immersion'. Selkie does not take kindly to having it implied to be a speech impediment. She eventually goes to speech therapy to help train her out of it.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_455f6a91	type	Long-Lost Relative
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_455f6a91	comment	Long-Lost Relative: As it turns out, Amanda is Todd and Andi's daughter, whom Todd thought had died at birth.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_46b62ac8	type	Outcast Refuge
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_46b62ac8	comment	Outcast Refuge: The Sarnothi clan Jin'Sorai was on the wrong end of a civil war that turned into a genocide. Most of the survivors live in a secret underwater village known as Havei Jin'Suir.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_47bde34c	type	Fashion-Shop Fashion Show
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_47bde34c	comment	Fashion-Shop Fashion Show: Selkie tries on a variety of clothes on their initial trip to Wool Mart after she's first adopted.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_47d56aac	type	Fish People
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_47d56aac	comment	Fish People: Sarnothi are an amphibious, cold-blooded humanoid species native to the great lakes.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_48e8fe57	type	Happily Adopted
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_48e8fe57	comment	Selkie's mother left her at the orphanage for reasons that aren't fully explored three years before the story begins. Her biological father didn't even know she existed, so he wasn't in the picture either. Luckily, the story starts when she's Happily Adopted.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_4a8c4e5f	type	Big "WHAT?!"
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_4a8c4e5f	comment	Big "WHAT?!": Amanda's reaction to finding out Heather got adopted is a "WHAT?" of impressive volume.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_4e7c4536	type	Wham Line
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_4e7c4536	comment	Wham Line: "Todd...how aware were you that Selkie's been carrying a hidden message from a war criminal?"
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_4e7f703c	type	Wham Shot
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_4e7f703c	comment	Wham Shot: Amanda's eyes glow the same green energy as a sarnothi echo after being in proximity to Pohl and Selkie's lesson.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_4ef92d0b	type	The Atoner
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_4ef92d0b	comment	The Atoner Scar is a character we meet at the end of his atonement arc. He's introduced as a scary-looking but friendly sarnothi who uses his skills to help a town full of refugees. However, years beforehand, he was the notorious figure known as "The Farmer" who lied about the dangers of war to use refugees as free labor, and sold many of them to the very government they were fleeing from. It's implied that his redemption arc started when one of his intended victims fought back and gave him the scars that are the source of his nickname. Andi's character arc is driven by a desire to atone for one specific act: At the age of 17, she gave her newborn daughter up for adoption and told the girl's father that she had been stillborn. She blames herself for all the consequences of that decision, some rightly (such as the damage to her relationship with the girl's father), and some not so much (it's not her fault that the girl was adopted and returned by an abusive family), and she wants to make things right.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_4efc4fae	type	Good Scars, Evil Scars
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_4efc4fae	comment	Good Scars, Evil Scars: Scar's scars are highly disfiguring, and he's missing an eye, an arm, and much of his throat including his vocal cords. The latter two are replaced by prosthetics of his own making. These kind of textbook evil scars seem strange on an odd but kind man who spends his days building houses for refugees, but, back when he got the scars, he was at least as evil as they make him look.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_50251308	type	Luke, I Might Be Your Father
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_50251308	comment	Luke, I Might Be Your Father: Scar believes that he's Selkie's biological father. He was in a sexual relationship with her mother at around the right time. It's unknown if there are any other potential fathers, as Selkie's mother isn't around to answer that question. When Scar tells Todd, Selkie's adoptive father, of his suspicions, they agree not to tell Selkie about it until they can confirm one way or another. However, Todd does tell Scar that he's welcome to be part of Selkie's life if he wants to be.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_50488b6e	type	Freaky Is Cool
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_50488b6e	comment	Freaky Is Cool: Selkie was always passed over for more "normal" kids by prospective adopters, until Todd showed up and was drawn to her.
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Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_50488b6e
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_504a1991	type	Body Horror
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_504a1991	comment	Body Horror: In the Show Within a Show superhero cartoon, the character Web-Spitter has a spider for a head (complete with legs) after eating radioactive spider eggs, and also pukes webbing. Selkie finds this more disgusting than disturbing.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_504a1991	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_504a1991	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_504a1991
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_52488c54	type	Drowning My Sorrows
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_52488c54	comment	Drowning My Sorrows: At the art exhibit, Amanda, having just been called "awful" by her former best friend's father, decides to go drink some "juice" - downing 3 shots of wine before the attendants can intervene.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_52488c54	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_52488c54	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_52488c54
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_561dab6b	type	Mistaken for Gay
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_561dab6b	comment	Mistaken for Gay: After Selkie buys flowers for her classmate Te Fahn in an attempt at matchmaking gone wrong, her classmakes start to tease her for "Having a girlfriend." The student teacher, Miss Flower (who is gay herself) even offers help and advice before realizing what actually happened.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_561dab6b	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_561dab6b	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_561dab6b
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_57b80b45	type	Fantastic Racism
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_57b80b45	comment	Fantastic Racism: Mr. Trunchbull doesn't seem to have much concern over the safety of the frightened sarnothi children and is insinuating that they are a danger to the human students.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_57b80b45	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_57b80b45	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_57b80b45
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_58e43f17	type	Cats Are Mean
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_58e43f17	comment	Cats Are Mean: The first thing Todd's cat, Crook, does upon meeting Selkie is to bite her.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_58e43f17	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_58e43f17	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_58e43f17
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_59788b2c	type	Hiding Behind the Language Barrier
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_59788b2c	comment	Hiding Behind the Language Barrier: When Pohl is talking on the phone to his wife about things that are heavily classified, he uses their native language, tensei, rather than English. His wife even comments that he wouldn't be using tensei unless he had a secret.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_59788b2c	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_59788b2c	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_59788b2c
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_5b565147	type	Meaningful Background Event
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_5b565147	comment	Meaningful Background Event: When Theo is scouring the internet for information regarding a secret city of Fish People that he (correctly) believes is located in Lake Superior. His computer screen is shown shortly before he gives up the search. This includes a search result for a tabloid article about a "merman" caught by fishermen on Lake Superior. Not only does that story turn out to be true, but it was the triggering incident for a civil war that is currently tearing said hidden city apart.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_5b565147	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_5b565147	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_5b565147
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_5ca80293	type	Pragmatic Villainy
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_5ca80293	comment	Pragmatic Villainy: A low-scale variety with the Principal strictly adhering to the No Tolerance Policy. It's less that he thinks Selkie deserves punishment, and more that he doesn't want to deal with the Trunchbulls giving him grief over it. Unfortunately, they still do, getting their son off scot-free while Selkie gets suspended for the week.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_5ca80293	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_5ca80293	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_5ca80293
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_5fcb9ad1	type	Time Skip
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_5fcb9ad1	comment	Time Skip: A four month one, during which the adoption process takes place.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_5fcb9ad1	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_5fcb9ad1	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_5fcb9ad1
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_5fcedca	type	Big Eater
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_5fcedca	comment	Big Eater: Selkie has an endless appetite, especially when it comes to fish and other seafood.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_5fcedca	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_5fcedca	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_5fcedca
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_61b8f9e2	type	Bunny-Ears Lawyer
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_61b8f9e2	comment	Bunny-Ears Lawyer: Subverted with Dr. Pohl De'Madiea. When we first meet him, we're told that he's the only expert who can deal with a sick Selkie, and he's literally wearing bunny ears. However, we quickly learn that he's actually a competent and sensible doctor who has a logical reason for wearing the bunny ears: They help him avoid frightening children (he's a pediatrician and rather scary-looking).
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_61b8f9e2	featureApplicability	-0.3
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_61b8f9e2	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_61b8f9e2
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_630e5e56	type	My New Gift Is Lame
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_630e5e56	comment	My New Gift Is Lame: Amanda receives some very nice gifts at her birthday party, but Keisha's Peek-At-You backpack earns a very stilted "I. Love... this." Then Keisha reveals the real present is inside - a self-written short story, carrying on a tradition they'd had at the orphanage.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_630e5e56	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_630e5e56	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_630e5e56
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_64dc65f1	type	Literally Loving Thy Neighbor
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_64dc65f1	comment	Literally Loving Thy Neighbor: After ending her difficult relationship with her freeloading girlfriend Alexis, Jesse finds a much better relationship with the woman who lives down the hall from her: Andi.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_64dc65f1	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_64dc65f1	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_64dc65f1
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_66dfe36a	type	Missing Mom
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_66dfe36a	comment	Missing Mom: Selkie's mother left her at an orphanage several years before the start of the comic. Her reasons for doing so have not been fully explored.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_66dfe36a	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_66dfe36a	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_66dfe36a
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_67b9a377	type	Sneeze Cut
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_67b9a377	comment	Sneeze Cut: After Pohl and Sai Fen talk about the difficult things they're going to have to tell Selkie, the comic cuts back to Selkie sneezing. Mari then discusses the trope, saying that a sneeze means someone is talking about you.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_67b9a377	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_67b9a377	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_67b9a377
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_6a58cb64	type	Sommelier Speak
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_6a58cb64	comment	Sommelier Speak: Parodied when Selkie gives a stereotypical "wine snob" speech about her cup of chai tea. However, the real goal is to distract Andi and keep her from worrying too much about Selkie not being human.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_6a58cb64	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_6a58cb64	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_6a58cb64
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_6b2b3b59	type	The Reveal
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_6b2b3b59	comment	The Reveal that Amanda is Todd and Andi's daughter.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_6b2b3b59	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_6b2b3b59	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_6b2b3b59
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: A selkie is a creature from Irish mythology that can change from a seal into a person and back again-in other words, it can live both on land and in the water. This may also explain why she likes seals. The Trunchbull's last name indeed comes from that Trunchbull, as reflected by their venomous personalities.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_6bda9a30	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_6bda9a30	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_6bda9a30
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_6c3f8ca8	type	Drama Queen
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_6c3f8ca8	comment	Drama Queen: Selkie gets called one, and responds about as well as you'd expect.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_6c3f8ca8	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_6c3f8ca8	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_6c3f8ca8
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_6ca72c26	type	All Take and No Give
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_6ca72c26	comment	All Take and No Give: : Jessie's relationship with her girlfriend Alexis casts her as the giver, and Alexis as the freeloading, irresponsible taker. This is most obvious financially, where Jessie is the only one who is actually employed, while Alexis is the one with the expensive shoe habit, but it's also true emotionally, where Jessie is supportive and considerate while Alexis is willing to pull a prank that might cost Jessie her job in order to amuse herself. That prank, and Alexis' lack of remorse, ends up being what ends the relationship.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_6ca72c26	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_6ca72c26	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_6ca72c26
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_6da90c4d	type	Full-Name Ultimatum
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_6da90c4d	comment	Full-Name Ultimatum: Professor Trunchbull finally learns what his son has been doing.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_6da90c4d	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_6da90c4d	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_6da90c4d
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_709d5e74	type	Parent Never Came Back from the Store
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_709d5e74	comment	Parent Never Came Back from the Store: Discussed trope. Dr. Pohl is the kind of responsible family man who would never even consider abandoning his children, but, before leaving on a day trip to visit a hidden refugee village, he promises his infant daughter, "I'll always come back from the corner store." His wife calls him a drama queen for it.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_709d5e74	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_709d5e74	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_709d5e74
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_78270847	type	Curse Cut Short
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_78270847	comment	Curse Cut Short: "Someone stole her SHIRT?! What the f-" "Marta, Swear Jar" "...fudge. Fudge ripple."
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_78270847	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_78270847	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_78270847
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_7a08e8d1	type	They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_7a08e8d1	comment	They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!: It's Professor Trunchbull.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_7a08e8d1	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_7a08e8d1	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_7a08e8d1
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_7a2d9301	type	Pop-Cultural Osmosis Failure
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_7a2d9301	comment	Pop-Cultural Osmosis Failure: Being a member of an amphibious species who hasn't spent much time on the surface, Scar is confused by Then's Star Wars references.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_7a2d9301	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_7a2d9301	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_7a2d9301
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_7ac5c1de	type	Unishment
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_7ac5c1de	comment	Unishment: Selkie's in tears over getting suspended for a week. Then she finds out what suspension means.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_7ac5c1de	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_7ac5c1de	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_7ac5c1de
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_7b5c69c8	type	Dirty Old Woman
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_7b5c69c8	comment	Dirty Old Woman: Downplayed, but Todd's landlady's reply to Todd mentioning he's not her husband? "Yet."
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_7b5c69c8	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_7b5c69c8	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_7b5c69c8
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_7cd98af5	type	Potty Failure
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_7cd98af5	comment	Potty Failure: Played for Drama (mildly) when Selkie literally scares the piss out of her friend.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_7cd98af5	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_7cd98af5	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_7cd98af5
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_7d89315b	type	"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_7d89315b	comment	"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Heather gives Amanda a withering one after Amanda hits her for telling Selkie a secret.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_7d89315b	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_7d89315b	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_7d89315b
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_823c6e3e	type	Large Ham
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_823c6e3e	comment	Large Ham: Selkie has a flair for the overdramatic, as can be expected from a kid who aspires to be a Mad Scientist. For example, when asked what happened on her trip with her dad:
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_823c6e3e	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_823c6e3e	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_823c6e3e
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_83b44e80	type	Straight Gay
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_83b44e80	comment	Straight Gay: Todd's brother, Antoine is a large, muscular man and an avid gamer. He also happens to be gay.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_83b44e80	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_83b44e80	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_83b44e80
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_8485d41a	type	Interspecies Romance
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_8485d41a	comment	Interspecies Romance: Agent Brown is married to a sarnothi woman and is her son's stepfather. On the Puppy Love side of things, Georgie and Te Fahn (one of the Sarnothi students) develop an adorable mutual schoolyard crush.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_8485d41a	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_8485d41a	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_8485d41a
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_8cbd311b	type	Good Angel, Bad Angel
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_8cbd311b	comment	Good Angel, Bad Angel: When Todd is presented with the opportunity to throw Principal Ashton to the proverbial wolves, we get to see a classic angel versus devil debate. Unusually, both the angel and the devil agree that Principal Ashton should suffer, but disagree as to the method.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_8cbd311b	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_8cbd311b	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_8cbd311b
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_8e20979	type	Wham Episode
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_8e20979	comment	Wham Episode: The Reveal that Amanda is Todd and Andi's daughter. And the trip to the hospital, featuring several Wham Scenes in short order: The formal reveal of Pohl De'Madiea, followed shortly by his wife and family; the name of Selkie's species, sarnothi; and, both in one page, the reveal that there was a civil war and that Selkie is from "Clan Jin'Sorai", a line that's followed by a major Reaction Shot of despair from the listener. The Do Not Adjust Your Set moment when Sarnoth is forcibly revealed to the world on a hijacked TV broadcast.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_8e20979	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_8e20979	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_8e20979
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_913c0a60	type	Named After the Injury
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_913c0a60	comment	Named After the Injury: Scar takes his name from his multiple, disfiguring scars. His actual given name is never mentioned (and he seems to prefer the nickname to avoid association with the person he used to be). Everyone talking about him from back before he got the scars refers to him as "the old farmer."
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_913c0a60	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_913c0a60	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_913c0a60
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_9591377d	type	Heel Realization
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_9591377d	comment	Heel Realization: Tommy eventually comes to the realization that he might be the bad guy after attacking Selkie and Ms. Flower. Always tough when it's a 9-year-old kid having this realization. Giselle has this realization in detention.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_9591377d	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_9591377d	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_9591377d
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_95ef5b0d	type	Symbol Swearing
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_95ef5b0d	comment	Symbol Swearing: The author's preferred way of dealing with cursing. It comes either as a Fun with Acronyms version (Star House Ice-cream Turtle) or short-hand symbols (Such as crossed gender-symbols to illustrate a Precision F-Strike).
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_95ef5b0d	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_95ef5b0d	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_95ef5b0d
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_973d220f	type	Never My Fault
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_973d220f	comment	Never My Fault: When Principal Ashton is forced to resign over his mishandling of a bullying incident, he takes no responsibility for his actions and instead blames the bullying victim (Selkie) to her face.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_973d220f	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_973d220f	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_973d220f
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_984763bb	type	555
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_984763bb	comment	555: When Pohl gives his number to Todd, it's shown as 534-555-3474. The "534" places him in northern Wisconsin, where the comic is set. The "555" places him in fictionland.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_984763bb	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_984763bb	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_984763bb
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_99156d7e	type	Head Desk
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_99156d7e	comment	Head Desk: Selkie bangs her head on her desk while trying to play matchmaker - she concludes that it hurts when doing it for real.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_99156d7e	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_99156d7e	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_99156d7e
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_9d1cc720	type	Barbie Doll Anatomy
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_9d1cc720	comment	Barbie Doll Anatomy: Sai Fen often uses artistic nudity in her sculptures, but doesn't make them anatomically correct for "escalatingly uncomfortable reasons." When Selkie sees one, she asks why it doesn't have "girl-parts".
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_9d1cc720	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_9d1cc720	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_9d1cc720
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_9dd2cbc2	type	CloudCuckooLander
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_9dd2cbc2	comment	Cloud Cuckoo Lander: The cast page describes George as "A daydreamer with an active imagination."
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_9dd2cbc2	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_9dd2cbc2	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_9dd2cbc2
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_9e0c3153	type	Punctuated! For! Emphasis!
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_9e0c3153	comment	Punctuated! For! Emphasis!: "Ares. Yous. Fulls. Ofs. Craps?"
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_9e0c3153	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_9e0c3153	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_9e0c3153
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_9f8a12d7	type	Who's on First?
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_9f8a12d7	comment	Who's on First?: A sarnothi CIA agent is named "Then". When Agent Brown tries to mention him in conversation, an already panicking Andi fails to recognize his name as a name and gets confused.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_9f8a12d7	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_9f8a12d7	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_9f8a12d7
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_a0797fb3	type	Stunned Silence
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_a0797fb3	comment	Stunned Silence: A background example is seen here, in which a parent wants more peanut butter added to the lunch menu because it helps brain growth. Asked about a source for the dubious claim, they proudly state that they added it to Wikipedia earlier.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_a0797fb3	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_a0797fb3	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_a0797fb3
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_a33ff511	type	Indirect Kiss
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_a33ff511	comment	Indirect Kiss: Carrie doesn't directly kiss her husband Avery, but instead places her palm over his mouth and kisses the back of her hand. This is not due to lack of closeness or emotional hangups, but rather because her saliva is toxic to humans.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_a33ff511	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_a33ff511	featureConfidence	1.0
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_a4c37cbe	type	Mood Whiplash
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_a4c37cbe	comment	Mood Whiplash: The fallout of Heather taking Selkie's shirt shifts from Tearjerker to Heartwarming before crossing into Funny with the last panel. The comic rapidly shifts from the war that's nearly wiped out Selkie's clan to a hilarious discussion of artistic nudity. It's Sai Fen's line at the end that really sells it. When Amanda finally meets her mother, Andi, it goes from a stressful moment to awkwardly-hilarious when the revelation makes her pass out in shock.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_a65288e2	type	Ascended Extra
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_a65288e2	comment	Ascended Extra: Thanks to her popularity with both the readers and Dave himself, Jessie the Wool-Mart clerk is now Jessie the third grade student teacher.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_a7aef9ff	type	Obfuscating Stupidity
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_a7aef9ff	comment	Obfuscating Stupidity: Agent Brown allows Dr. Pohl to sneak a note to Todd containing classified information that he wants to know. After everyone has left, he makes it clear that he wasn't fooled.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_a823fa03	type	The Un-Smile
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_a823fa03	comment	The Unsmile: Sai Fen suggests giving bullies a "big, friendly smile" if Selkie's threatened by Truck again. Selkie later uses the creepy fang smile on Truck.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_abc60c5d	type	Harmful to Minors
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_abc60c5d	comment	Harmful to Minors: Selkie got banned from watching spy movies after asking Todd how the chair and rope scene in Casino Royale (2006) worked.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_abdf7d09	type	Weirdness Censor
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_abdf7d09	comment	Weirdness Censor: Adults not in the know can’t figure out that Selkie isn't human. The official story is that she's a human with a rare genetic condition. Sure, she has periwinkle skin, a mouth full of razor sharp teeth, and webbed fingers and toes. She's also an obligate carnivore, is cold-blooded, and her nose is blatantly non-human. However, her gills are typically covered by her clothing, and she wears her hair down to hide the fact that her ears are entirely internal. Notably, every child who has spent meaningful time around her knows the truth. Amanda says it best:
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_ad1db87c	type	Oh, Crap!
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_ad1db87c	comment	Oh, Crap!: Todd's realization in this comic that things may not be going well between Selkie and Amanda, her arch-antagonist and recently-discovered adoptive half sister.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Marta is typically the most sarcastic member of the Smith family.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_af44da04	type	Publicly Discussing the Secret
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_af44da04	comment	Publicly Discussing the Secret: : Todd has the bad habit of talking about things that are heavily classified without checking to see who's in earshot. For example, when he tells his dad that the mysterious laser beam in the sky means that he has to tell Andi about Selkie, he doesn't realize that Kenneth and Barbara were close enough to hear him.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_afe75982	type	Unsound Effect
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_afe75982	comment	Unsound Effect: What's the correct sound effect for a woman who runs off in a panic to see what happened to her daughter? Why, "MOMMA SWOOSH," of course.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_b2279346	type	RetCon
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_b2279346	comment	Retcon: Originally, in the background of Todd's room there was a book clearly labeled The Secret Kingdom, named so because it sounds like the title of a generic kids novel series, right? Turns out there was a book already written under the same title by Pat Robertson, "the person who blamed Hurricane Katrina and the September 11 2001 terrorist attacks on homosexuality and abortion." Needless to say, a new title was quickly substituted.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_b2f26025	type	Genki Girl
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_b2f26025	comment	Genki Girl: Sandy is endlessly cheerful and endlessly energetic, as shown here.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_b3d5845d	type	Getting Suspended Is Awesome
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_b3d5845d	comment	Getting Suspended Is Awesome: When Selkie is told that being suspended means that you have to stay home from school, she is overjoyed. The principal isn't pleased.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_b4eff8a8	type	Epic Fail
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_b4eff8a8	comment	Epic Fail: Benny tries to ask both twins, Ke Ban and Ke Nan Be'Mara, out on a date. They are extremely ammused.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_b7f832ec	type	Slippery as an Eel
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_b7f832ec	comment	Slippery as an Eel: There is a species of giant eel that inhabit the same lake as the sarnothi that can mimic their language in order to lure them into attack range and eat them. The Sarnothi farm them for meat and eelskin clothing.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_ba0a370c	type	Color Failure
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_ba0a370c	comment	Color Failure: Selkie spends an entire page without color after being lectured for using her father's credit card without permission while at school. Todd goes white and takes the color of the rest of the panel with him when his sister asks him a question that he could get in a lot of trouble for answering.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_ba0e3912	type	Power Nullifier
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_ba0e3912	comment	Power Nullifier: There exists a device to block echo powers. If used on an adult and calibrated properly, it should merely block said powers when worn. If miscalibrated, used on a child, and/or worn too long, it might cause the wearer's powers to atrophy entirely, even when removed. Selkie's hair clip is one such device.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_bc74ef27	type	Berserk Button
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_bc74ef27	comment	Berserk Button: Do not call Selkie a fish (or anything implying such). She will not be happy. Also, it's not a good idea to yell "Smear the orphans!" while working alongside 3 of them. Calling Heather stupid generally seems like a bad idea, and don't even mention Amanda's pre-orphanage past...
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_bcd27e37	type	Improbable Aiming Skills
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_bcd27e37	comment	Improbable Aiming Skills: Selkie demonstrates remarkably good aim with a playground ball. She bounces it off the heads of two trouble-causers, and right into the hands of her friend.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_bee8baee	type	Faint in Shock
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_bee8baee	comment	Faint in Shock: When Amanda's mom comes to retrieve her from the orphanage, the sheer amount of emotion causes Amanda to faint. Turns out it's not just negative emotions that can lead to unconsciousness.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_c2393191	type	Show Within a Show
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_c2393191	comment	Show Within a Show: Selkie loves The Adventures of Sue and Kathryn, which is a television cartoon about the misadventures of a ten-year-old zombie and wraith, respectively. There's even in-universe merchandise, as Selkie at one point wants a pair of Sue and Kathryn shoes. The author later spun it off into its own webcomic.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_c2c15b23	type	Bait-and-Switch Comment
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_c2c15b23	comment	Bait-and-Switch Comment: Todd's landlady delivers a good one to establish herself as the Cool Old Lady.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_c37a7fd9	type	No, You
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_c37a7fd9	comment	No, You: Amanda creates some Mood Whiplash when her Show & Tell story is criticized.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_c3c245f2	type	Squee
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_c3c245f2	comment	Squee: Some of the kids (usually Selkie) tend to squeal with delight when they're really happy about something.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_c5ef2d50	type	Cringe Comedy
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_c5ef2d50	comment	When Amanda finally meets her mother, Andi, it goes from a stressful moment to awkwardly-hilarious when the revelation makes her pass out in shock.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_c63193f9	type	Luring in Prey
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_c63193f9	comment	Luring in Prey: The sarnothi farm a species of massive eel that can mimic voices and phrases they hear to lure in lost sarnothi.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_c63dede5	type	Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_c63dede5	comment	Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better: Amanda has one hell of a competitive streak, especially in regards to Selkie.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: Several. Asuka and Shinji live in Unit 02 of the apartment complex. Two of Selkie's friends from the orphanage are Sandy and Wu. The kids at the orphanage play a video game called "Cabbage Patch Commandos", which includes playing as animal snipers, spies, and engineers. There are many shoutouts to Calvin and Hobbes, including "Dr. Calvin and the Gooey Hamsters". And with The Reveal of the name of Selkie's species, there's one to H. P. Lovecraft, as the author mentions he took the name from "The Doom That Came To Sarnath". One of the questions Selkie has about the sarnothi doctor is "Wills they teach mes mermaid karates?"
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_c868a42a	type	Freudian Excuse
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_c868a42a	comment	Freudian Excuse: Amanda's treatment of Selkie first seems like either Fantastic Racism or her being a Bitch in Sheep's Clothing, until it's shown that she hates Selkie because her arrival at the orphanage meant Amanda had no help in figuring out why her adoptive parents would dump her.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_cdb1c635	type	Side Bet
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_cdb1c635	comment	Side Bet: Dr. Pohl and Agent Then have an ongoing bet on the existance of human echoes. Agent Then wins $10 and the opportunity to give one hell of an "I told you so."
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_ce27dc3f	type	Protagonist Title
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_ce27dc3f	comment	Protagonist Title: The titular "Selkie" is the main character.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_cf7fafbb	type	Orphanage of Love
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_cf7fafbb	comment	Orphanage of Love: The Calumet City Municipal Orphanage is full of kind people doing their best for children in a tough situation. It isn't perfect, but nothing is.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_cf92fea8	type	Cassandra Truth
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_cf92fea8	comment	Cassandra Truth: The comic has a number of speculative fiction elements, as well as imaginative children who often know far more about what's going on than the adults around them. As such, there are multiple cases of children telling the truth, only to be brushed off with "Stop playing make-believe." Amanda tells Ms. Flower that the bottle of goldfish water conditioner in Selkie's bag is her medicine because, "She has gills and webs. She breaths water." Ms. Flower brushes her off with, "Amanda, I can't play make-believe right now," but thankfully decides that Selkie must keep the medicine in the conditioner bottle. Andi tells Todd about the ridiculous stories Amanda has told her about Selkie. They include that she breathes water (true), that Selkie and Todd took a trip to a secret underwater city (also true), that the CIA is marrying fish people (Agent Brown of the CIA is married to a fish person), and that Selkie has poisonous spit (also completely true). Only once Todd confirms the stories is she able to accept them as true. Thankfully, when the unbelievable story is about Amanda, she is able to break through the initial round of disbelief with a demonstration and a hole in the wall. (link contains spoilers) Selkie tells her grandmother about the eye laser thing. Her grandmother's response: "Well at least she's keeping her imagination active." Amanda lampshades the whole thing. She thinks that every adult that learns about Selkie is just really stupid about it. On a less comedic note, Amanda knows that a number of kids are being false friends to Heather, but, because Amanda and Heather have had a falling-out, Heather doesn't believe her.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_cfc52d52	type	Spoiled Brat
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_cfc52d52	comment	Spoiled Brat: Truck's parents, The Trunchbulls, firmly believe that their son can do no wrong. This line of thinking led to Truck declaring "When I tell you to do something, you gotta do it" to the victim of his bullying. This is later given some depth, as Professor Trunchbull had legitimately never seen his son behave the way he does around others, and goes so far as to take him to a psychologist that very night when he learns about Tommy's issues.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_d0d90308	type	Bizarre Taste in Food
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_d0d90308	comment	Bizarre Taste in Food: Selkie's favorite food is raw fish eyes. While she offers to share, her grandfather is the only one to take her up on her offer.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_d0f0a80d	type	One-Word Title
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_d0f0a80d	comment	One-Word Title: And that one word is the protagonist's name.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_d1affec1	type	That Came Out Wrong
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_d1affec1	comment	That Came Out Wrong: Due to the language barrier, Te Fahn proudly proclaims that she's going to be part of Selkie's harem. One whispered conversation later...
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_d2b59903	type	Cool Old Lady
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_d2b59903	comment	Cool Old Lady: Lillian Haversham-Zhang is a grey-haired woman who is one of the caretakers at the orphanage. She's trained in judo, is always impeccably dressed, and typically has a much better grasp of the situation than the people around her.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_d5eed41c	type	Cry into Chest
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_d5eed41c	comment	Cry into Chest: After witnessing her daughter using eye lasers and getting dragged into a meeting with the CIA, Andi wants nothing more than to find a chest to cry into.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_d820f28	type	Reaction Shot
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_d820f28	comment	And the trip to the hospital, featuring several Wham Scenes in short order: The formal reveal of Pohl De'Madiea, followed shortly by his wife and family; the name of Selkie's species, sarnothi; and, both in one page, the reveal that there was a civil war and that Selkie is from "Clan Jin'Sorai", a line that's followed by a major Reaction Shot of despair from the listener.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_d9e946ae	type	Cute Monster Girl
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_d9e946ae	comment	Cute Monster Girl: Selkie is a fish person with razor-sharp teeth and webbed fingers and toes. She's also roughly as adorable as any other child her age.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_da860331	type	Non-Mammalian Hair
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_da860331	comment	Non-Mammalian Hair: Downplayed with the sarnothi, they have hair on their heads like humans but according to Dave, he intended for Scar to have a large beard before deciding against giving them facial hair.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_daa59ba1	type	Puppy Love
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_daa59ba1	comment	And of the Puppy Love variety, April 2019 brought us Georgie and Te Fan having an impromptu Meet Cute moment.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_db212ca9	type	Did I Just Say That Out Loud?
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_db212ca9	comment	Did I Just Say That Out Loud?: Said word-for-word by the Principal after he says "[Selkie]'s lucky not to be sent [to the hospital] every other week!" In front of the assembled PTA.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_dcb9c541	type	Ship Tease
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_dcb9c541	comment	Ship Tease: Mina and Todd have obvious chemistry. Mina displays a crush early on, and Todd clearly reciprocates. The relationship looks like it's going somewhere with a "strategy meeting" over coffee to discuss the upcoming PTA meeting. And subsequently tabled when Todd is reminded that getting romantically-involved with his daughter's (current) teacher might not be the best idea, with the ship officially sunk by Mina, but with a mild Hope Spot. And of the Puppy Love variety, April 2019 brought us Georgie and Te Fan having an impromptu Meet Cute moment.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_dcb9c541	featureConfidence	1.0
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e1ac3d95	type	Supernatural Soap Opera
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e1ac3d95	comment	Supernatural Soap Opera: The comic features a mysterious amphibian humanoid, and is primarily about the chaos, drama, and wacky plans of the cast's social lives.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e1ac3d95	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e1ac3d95	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e1ac3d95
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e43c66bd	type	Art Evolution
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e43c66bd	comment	Art Evolution: The comic started out with hand-drawn black and white lines. Over the course of its run, it has gained smooth vector lines, followed by color, and then, finally, shading. The skill at which the art is drawn has also increased noticeably.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e49c0cbd	type	Interspecies Adoption
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e49c0cbd	comment	Interspecies Adoption: The premise of the comic is that a human named Todd Smith adopts a sarnothi child named Selkie.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e49c0cbd	featureConfidence	1.0
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e54563eb	type	NEET
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e54563eb	comment	NEET: Shinji from one of the nearby apartments is too busy playing video games to look for a job.
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e54563eb	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e54563eb
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e563bf09	type	Insistent Terminology
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e563bf09	comment	Insistent Terminology: Selkie isn't blue — she's periwinkle.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e563bf09	featureApplicability	1.0
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e624f0e8	type	Suspiciously Specific Denial
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e624f0e8	comment	Suspiciously Specific Denial: When Amanda asks Todd what the deal is with the mysterious laser beam coming from Lake Superior, Todd tries to claim he doesn't know, but does so in an overly-specific and not very convincing way. Luckily, Amanda doesn't notice.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e624f0e8	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e624f0e8	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e624f0e8
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e6a901a3	type	Meaningful Rename
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e6a901a3	comment	Meaningful Rename: : Carrie and Bennie are refugees who opted to take English names when they moved to the United States in order to better fit in and move beyond their traumatic past. Their previous names were Thei Foh, and Voh respectively.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e6a901a3	featureApplicability	1.0
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Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e6a901a3
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e905c892	type	The Heretic
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e905c892	comment	The Heretic: Ti'Veirn was a Sarnothi scholar who was exiled and declared a heretic for proposing that human legends of witches and wizards might have been inspired by humans who could tap into the resonance, a power universally considred to be Sarnothi-exclusive. Events in the comic proper suggest that he was probably right.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e905c892	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e905c892	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e905c892
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e99f2959	type	Webcomic Time
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e99f2959	comment	Webcomic Time: Ignoring the Time Skip, the entire comic so far has covered just a few days in-universe, with strips released over nearly a year in real time.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e99f2959	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e99f2959	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_e99f2959
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_ebcf99b5	type	The Unmasqued World
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_ebcf99b5	comment	The Unmasqued World: After the use of a laser weapon visible throughout the entire Great Lakes region, and a hijacked television broadcast, the Sarnothi go from a secret known to a select few to public knowledge.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_ebcf99b5	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_ebcf99b5	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_ebcf99b5
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_ec0609d1	type	The Illegible
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_ec0609d1	comment	The Illegible: When Pohl gives Todd a handwritten note explaining some details about Selkie, none of the adults are able to read it (he is a doctor after all). Thankfully, as a third grader just learning cursive, Selkie has lots of experience with terrible handwriting.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_ec0609d1	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_ec0609d1	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_ec0609d1
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_ece6f910	type	Moment Killer
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_ece6f910	comment	Moment Killer: When Selkie is having a heart-to-heart with her dad in line at the drive-through, someone ruins it by honking at them.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_ece6f910	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_ece6f910	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_ece6f910
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_edf8db61	type	Oh, My Gods!
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_edf8db61	comment	Oh, My Gods!: One common Sarnothi curse is "teeth and scales" in reference to the eel god. Selkie herself, having lived among humans for much of her life, translates it to english and adds some human profanity for flavor.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_edf8db61	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_edf8db61	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_edf8db61
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_f2877d9e	type	IncrediblyLamePun
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_f2877d9e	comment	Incredibly Lame Pun: The shoe store "C'est la Feet".
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_f2877d9e	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_f2877d9e	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_f2877d9e
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_f9a5eaa5	type	Inhuman Eye Concealers
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_f9a5eaa5	comment	Inhuman Eye Concealers: Selkie doesn't usually bother to hide her nonhuman features (not that it's easy to hide periwinkle skin, webbed hands and feet, and a mouth full of razor sharp teeth), but when her eyes start glowing, she wears sunglasses until she can learn how to make them stop.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_f9a5eaa5	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_f9a5eaa5	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_f9a5eaa5
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_fb17af62	type	Rhymes on a Dime
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_fb17af62	comment	Rhymes on a Dime: Todd's family seems to have a knack for it. Or more accurately, Theo and Antoine accidentally make rhyming statements, and Marta deliberately continues the rhyming both to amuse herself and annoy her mother.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_fb17af62	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_fb17af62	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_fb17af62
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_fc151e9d	type	Department of Redundancy Department
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_fc151e9d	comment	Department of Redundancy Department: As a Funny Background Event in the last panel, the class rules are perhaps overly clear on the subject of spitting.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_fc151e9d	featureApplicability	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_fc151e9d	featureConfidence	1.0
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkie (Webcomic) / int_fc151e9d
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_fe42181f	type	Selkies and Wereseals
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_fe42181f	comment	A selkie is a creature from Irish mythology that can change from a seal into a person and back again-in other words, it can live both on land and in the water. This may also explain why she likes seals.
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_fe42181f	featureApplicability	1.0
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Selkie (Webcomic) / int_ff17ccf1	type	Innocently Insensitive
Selkie (Webcomic) / int_ff17ccf1	comment	Innocently Insensitive: Amanda, post-adoption, manages to pull this with Selkie after remembering that "Your mom left, too."
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Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	A Pig Named "Porkchop" / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	All Take and No Give / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Alt Text / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Bad Liar / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Bizarre Taste in Food / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Bring My Brown Pants / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Broken Aesop / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Color Failure / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Crime of Self-Defense / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Cry into Chest / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Cute Monster Girl / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Do Not Adjust Your Set / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Drama Queen / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Faint in Shock / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Fish People / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	555 / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Good Scars, Evil Scars / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Happily Adopted / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Hiding Behind the Language Barrier / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Hold Your Hippogriffs / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Human Outside, Alien Inside / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Improbable Aiming Skills / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Indirect Kiss / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Inhuman Eye Concealers / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Interspecies Adoption / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Literally Loving Thy Neighbor / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Luke, I Might Be Your Father / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Luring in Prey / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Mama Didn't Raise No Criminal / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Meaningful Background Event / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Mermaid Media / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Misery Poker / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Missing Mom / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Mistaken for Gay / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Named After the Injury / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Oh, My Gods! / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Ominous Crack / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Orphanage of Love / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Outcast Refuge / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Parent Never Came Back from the Store / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Pluralses / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Possession Presumes Guilt / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Power Nullifier / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Prefers Raw Meat / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Publicly Discussing the Secret / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Selkies and Wereseals / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Side Bet / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Sneeze Cut / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Sommelier Speak / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Sssssnaketalk / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Stepping Out for a Quick Cup of Coffee / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Supernatural Soap Opera / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Symbol Swearing / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	The Heretic / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	The Illegible / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	The Noseless / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	The Swear Jar / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Ugly Cute / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Unsound Effect / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Voice Changeling / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Webcomics of the 2010s / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Weirdness Censor / int_a7cb7544
Selkie (Webcomic)	hasFeature	Who's on First? / int_a7cb7544

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