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Baby Blues (Comic Strip)
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- 142 referencing feature instances
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A newspaper comic about parenting, created by artist Rick Kirkman and writer Jerry Scott. Features the typical "nuclear family" set-up, but treats it with a much more realistic tone than most. Usually gag-a-day type four-panel strip with a few running jokes. Jerry Scott is also the co-creator of Zits with artist Jim Borgman.It was made into an animated prime-time series that debuted on The WB, but canceled after 13 episodes, and wound up as a rerun on [adult swim]. | |
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Dropped link to PearlsBeforeSwine: Not a Feature - ITEM | |
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| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_130436b9 | type |
Annoying Younger Sibling | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_130436b9 | comment |
Annoying Younger Sibling: Hammie and Wren to Zoe. | |
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| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_153726d7 | type |
Spiky Hair | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_153726d7 | comment |
Spiky Hair: Hammie, even in the strip where he was born. | |
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| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_15da4941 | type |
Badass Adorable | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_15da4941 | comment |
Badass Adorable: Zoe and Wren. | |
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| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_16b7dccd | type |
You Never Did That for Me | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_16b7dccd | comment |
You Never Did That for Me: Though in most cases, it would be a sibling trope, this one happened comparing the children and their parents. Darryl's parents and Wanda's parents were invited for Christmas, and on Christmas day Darryl and Wanda look at their small number of presents as baby Zoe sits beside her large pile. | |
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| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_19209d54 | type |
Sibling Rivalry | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_19209d54 | comment |
Sibling Rivalry: A lot of it. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_19209d54 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_1989b0c | type |
Comic-Book Time | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_1989b0c | comment |
Comic-Book Time: Word of God says that the strip goes at roughly a 3:1 time frame (i.e., Zoe is 10 after 20 years of being in the strip). Keesha is a good example. Yolanda gave birth to her when Zoe was one year old (they had a past strip that refers to Zoe as "a one year old"), so Keesha would be a year younger than Zoe throughout the strip, right? Nope! When Zoe was about three, they stopped mentioning Keesha being younger, and when Zoe was about seven years old, Keesha was no longer shorter than Zoe. Over time, they made it easy to forget Keesha is a year younger, and even hint in present strips that Keesha is in Zoe's class. On the other hand, many children's relative heights don't correspond with their relative ages and Zoe could have started school late. | |
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| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_1ba17583 | type |
The Ghost | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_1ba17583 | comment |
The Ghost: Zoe had a crush on Bryan Barge, who has never been seen or heard of in the strip. Unless he's Bryan the Dinosaur. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_1ba17583 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_1c1d243c | type |
Brother–Sister Team | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_1c1d243c | comment |
Brother–Sister Team: Zoe and Hammie. Sometimes they fight to the extreme, but other times they work together to drive their parents crazy. In the new comics, it's Hammie and Wren, but without the fighting. | |
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| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_1c81c658 | type |
Paranoia Gambit | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_1c81c658 | comment |
Paranoia Gambit: In one Sunday strip, Zoe goes to take a shower and warns Hammie not to try and scare her. In fact, just to make sure, she announces that she intends to lock the door. Hammie says, "Good," which convinces Zoe he must have rigged the doorknob somehow. She announces she won't touch it to prevent his trick from working, but then realizes that means he can come in and scare her like always. One of Zoe's more common traits as a bully is to tell Hammie stories specifically meant to mess with him. One Sunday strip has her successfully convince Hammie that something was put in his milk; when Darryl tries to tell Hammie to drink his milk afterwards, well... | |
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| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_1da5941e | type |
The Quiet One | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_1da5941e | comment |
The Quiet One: Since Wren is still a toddler, only the reader and her family can understand her via facial expressions, gestures and actions. Darryl's dad, Mac, was described as this in his first appearance, with Darryl and Wanda surprised that he was willing to greet them with a "H'lo" when he and his wife came for a visit. Being able to dote on his grandchildren seemed to help him come out of his shell. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_1da5941e | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_200db0c3 | type |
Reverse Psychology Backfire | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_200db0c3 | comment |
Reverse Psychology Backfire: This strip. | |
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| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_229f6872 | type |
A Day in Her Apron | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_229f6872 | comment |
A Day in Her Apron: Happens to Darryl occasionally, most notably during an incident where Wanda badly sprained her knee and was bedridden. Darryl struggles to keep up with all the cooking, cleaning, and getting Zoe to and from school, and expresses his amazement to Wanda that she does all these things on a regular basis, proclaiming that he's having the craziest week of his life...only for Wanda to inform him that it's still Monday. Cue a frustrated scream from Darryl. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_229f6872 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_234c6fad | type |
Deep-Fried Whatever | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_234c6fad | comment |
Deep-Fried Whatever: More like fried in this example. | |
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| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_23cc7485 | type |
I Want Grandkids | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_23cc7485 | comment |
I Want Grandkids: The most common one is Rhonda, Wanda's twin sister. Her parents are always complaining about how she doesn't have kids or a husband. This only happened once, since Darryl and Wanda have three children now, but in an early strip Darryl and Wanda invited both sets of their parents to spend Christmas with them. In the middle of the night, Mac, Hugh, and Maggie are in a line waiting for Pauline to be finished rocking and feeding baby Zoe, and Pauline says to Darryl, "This wouldn't happen if you had another baby." | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_23cc7485 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_23f1384a | type |
Babies Make Everything Better | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_23f1384a | comment |
Babies Make Everything Better: It's even in the name, so of course Baby Blues has babies. Started with Zoe, and later Hammie and Wren. Frequently zig-zagged in that while Darryl and Wanda are clearly happy having children, the strip doesn't shy away from how incredibly hard it is taking care of kids. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_23f1384a | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_26b2747 | type |
Alliterative Title | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_26b2747 | comment |
Alliterative Title | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_26b2747 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_28cd01ca | type |
Disappeared Dad | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_28cd01ca | comment |
Disappeared Dad: Trent lives with his mom, and it's not revealed what happened to his dad. | |
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| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_297ab1b9 | type |
Parental Abandonment | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_297ab1b9 | comment |
Parental Abandonment: Spoofed in one strip as the family tries to find a kids movie to rent. "Do you have any family movies that have families in them?" Trent. We never see his mom in the strip, although in one strip, she "appeared" off-panel. | |
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| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_2b7d29e1 | type |
Artifact Title | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_2b7d29e1 | comment |
Artifact Title: Zoe was always the primary focus, and she is no longer a baby. Even Hammie is grade-school age now. But Wren, the third child, was a baby, and is now a toddler. So new fans would probably assume Wren was the reason for the title. The creators have justified this by saying that a good parent will always consider a child their "baby". | |
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| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_2d364c81 | type |
Tomboy and Girly Girl | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_2d364c81 | comment |
Tomboy and Girly Girl: Wanda (tomboy) and her twin sister Rhonda (girly girl) | |
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| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_2de495bb | type |
Missing Child | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_2de495bb | comment |
Missing Child: Zoe goes missing in a department store when Wanda looks away for one second. Thankfully she's found, but Wanda (and later Darryl when he's told the story) are both in tears. To make matters worse on a meta level, the arc started on 9/11. Lampshaded by Jerry Scott in the BBXX Baby Blues book: | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_2de495bb | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_2e39af52 | type |
Girlish Pigtails | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_2e39af52 | comment |
Girlish Pigtails: Zoe's hair in preschool. Wren from 2016 to present. And Wanda's hair as a kid. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_2e39af52 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_2f226fee | type |
You Didn't Ask | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_2f226fee | comment |
You Didn't Ask: This can happen sometimes. Here's one of them from when Hammie was being potty-trained as "Yew didn't ask." and a later one with Zoe and Hammie on a walk with Darryl and Wren. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_2f226fee | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_2fd7200b | type |
Dead Guy Junior | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_2fd7200b | comment |
Dead Guy Junior: Hammie was named after his great-great-grandfather, Hamish. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_2fd7200b | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_35ae6a23 | type |
Lethal Chef | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_35ae6a23 | comment |
Lethal Chef: One strip had Wanda asking Zoe to ask Darryl if he needed any help cooking dinner. Zoe then asks while Darryl was using a fire extinguisher on a burning pan while shouting repeatedly "OH NO!" Zoe misinterpreted it as him just saying "oh no" to her question. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_35ae6a23 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_3823c722 | type |
Bill... Bill... Junk... Bill... | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_3823c722 | comment |
Bill... Bill... Junk... Bill...: The beginning of this strip. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_3823c722 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_38e4b69d | type |
Mister Seahorse | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_38e4b69d | comment |
Mister Seahorse: Played with. When watching a nature DVD which (correctly) explains male seahorse anatomy, Wanda simplifies it by telling Zoe that the male seahorse basically has the baby. Wanda then offhandedly asks if male seahorses do household chores as well. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_38e4b69d | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_3cb6468e | type |
Bad Liar | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_3cb6468e | comment |
Bad Liar: Zoe in this example. Funny thing is, there is a similar strip which used the same joke, but was an old one. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_3cb6468e | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_3fa4ef91 | type |
Baby's First Words | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_3fa4ef91 | comment |
Baby's First Words: Being a strip about parenting and family, this was naturally touched upon. Zoe's first word was "Da-da," much to Wanda's frustration (Zoe did eventually start saying "Ma-ma"...but only when her finger was up her nose). Wanda also hoped Hammie's first word would be "Ma-ma," but he instead showed attempts to say "motorcycle" before saying his real first word: "bulldozer." | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_3fa4ef91 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_40bb59d0 | type |
Blatant Lies | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_40bb59d0 | comment |
Blatant Lies: Much like an older comic strip... Darryl told Zoe that the sun is yellow because it's made of mustard. Wanda then tells Darryl that it takes her all week to un-teach her his "weekend teachings." | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_40bb59d0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_417a447e | type |
We Didn't Start the Billy Joel Parodies | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_417a447e | comment |
We Didn't Start the Billy Joel Parodies: An early Sunday strip has "We Didn't Start Out Tired". | |
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| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_41d50d81 | type |
Big Brother Bully | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_41d50d81 | comment |
One of Zoe's more common traits as a bully is to tell Hammie stories specifically meant to mess with him. One Sunday strip has her successfully convince Hammie that something was put in his milk; when Darryl tries to tell Hammie to drink his milk afterwards, well... | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_41d50d81 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_44dd01be | type |
Tagalong Kid | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_44dd01be | comment |
Tagalong Kid: Hammie as Prince Bobo | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_44dd01be | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_4560b6bb | type |
Gag Nose | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_4560b6bb | comment |
Gag Nose: Darryl. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_4560b6bb | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_47fea76b | type |
Butt-Monkey | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_47fea76b | comment |
Butt-Monkey: Hammie when Zoe kept pulling his teeth out. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_47fea76b | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_48d9e12d | type |
Funetik Aksent | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_48d9e12d | comment |
Funetik Aksent: This was how Zoe, Hammie and Wren's baby-talk was represented. | |
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| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_4a41c3dc | type |
Invisible to Adults | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_4a41c3dc | comment |
Invisible to Adults: Played backwards and forwards in this series. Instead of the kids, it's the MacPhersons that can see things that the other adults can't see, since it is told by the family's perspective. Since it's ONLY the MacPhersons who can see their children (except Wren) as animals or creatures, the adults (sometimes children) rarely see Zoe (mostly) or Hammie in unusual form. An example is this comic. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_4a41c3dc | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_4a6e9fd9 | type |
Obnoxious In-Laws | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_4a6e9fd9 | comment |
Obnoxious In-Laws: Both Darryl and Wanda's parents can cross into this sometimes; Wanda's dad, Hugh, doesn't always seem to have the best opinion of Darryl, and one Sunday strip shows Wanda becoming so enraged by a phone conversation with Darryl's mom, Pauline, that she smashes the phone. Also, whenever the grandparents come to visit (or when they came to help when Hammie and Wren were born), Darryl and Wanda are more than happy when they leave, usually because they spoil their grandkids so badly. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_4a6e9fd9 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_5027a6d5 | type |
The Swear Jar | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_5027a6d5 | comment |
The Swear Jar: Darryl having to put money into the Swearing Jar numerous times. | |
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| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_5027a6d5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_5027a6d5 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_52c6a4d | type |
Last-Minute Baby Naming | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_52c6a4d | comment |
Last-Minute Baby Naming: Wren was named after she was born. Wanda came up with the name when a bird smacked into a window while she was eating breakfast, although the name was based off the bird of the same name. Hammie, Keesha, and Bunny's twins (Wendell Jon and Wendell John) weren't named until after they were brought home; in the case of the latter, Bunny initially identified them as "Puce" and "Teal," based on the colors of their hospital wristbands. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_52c6a4d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_52c6a4d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_52c6a4d | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_535156bc | type |
Christmas Special | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_535156bc | comment |
Christmas Special: They always have a strip mentioning Christmas, but an actual story was made in 2006. The story's true start was actually in November, when Wanda mentions what Zoe and Hammie called "The Perfect Christmas," in which there would be no end to the presents Santa brings. Zoe and Hammie start to write their Christmas lists, when Zoe has a brilliant idea; Santa brings them every present in the world! When they do get all the presents in the world, they realize they've been greedy and decide to write another letter asking to return all the presents to Santa. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_535156bc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_535156bc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_535156bc | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_537b29d1 | type |
Acquainted with Emergency Services | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_537b29d1 | comment |
Acquainted with Emergency Services: In one strip, Wanda and Darryl are rushing Zoe to the doctor after thinking she may have swallowed a battery. Wanda mentions how they were there just last week after Darryl stepped on Zoe's hand and says that if this continues, the staff will know them by name. Darryl dismisses this, but the next panel (focusing on the staff) shows she was right. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_537b29d1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_537b29d1 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_537b29d1 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_549e2342 | type |
Thought Bubble Speech | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_549e2342 | comment |
Thought Bubble Speech: Wanda and Darryl use this sometimes to communicate with other adults. Wren also did it two times. It was also done with Zoe on the first strip, even though Rick and Jerry decided against it. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_549e2342 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_549e2342 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_549e2342 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_56e3c2b5 | type |
Wildlife Commentary Spoof | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_56e3c2b5 | comment |
Wildlife Commentary Spoof: Averted. One arc has Wanda, Darryl, and Zoe watching a Wildlife Documentary about a family of meerkats, only to see the meerkats eaten one by one by hyenas, a snake, and even a hawk. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_56e3c2b5 | featureApplicability |
-1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_56e3c2b5 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_56e3c2b5 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_59196f87 | type |
Baby Talk | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_59196f87 | comment |
Hammie used a little more Baby Talk than Zoe, which was mostly the third example. mentioned by pronouncing "r" with "w" ("twuck"). | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_59196f87 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_59196f87 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_59196f87 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_59aee78a | type |
Class Clown | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_59aee78a | comment |
Class Clown: Zoe in first grade. Whether or not it was intentional it could be debated on, but everything she said either made the class laugh or give Mr. Doyle a headache. Or both. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_59aee78a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_59aee78a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_59aee78a | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_59cefb36 | type |
Water Guns and Balloons | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_59cefb36 | comment |
Water Guns and Balloons: A week-long storyline involved Zoe and Hammie competing against Darryl in a water fight with giant water guns. Another strip had Darryl using squirt guns as a way to give the kids their anti-pinkeye drops without it turning into a battle. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_59cefb36 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_59cefb36 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_59cefb36 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_5beef860 | type |
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes? | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_5beef860 | comment |
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Despite becoming more tolerant of gross things since having kids, medical procedures in general (such as surgery or shots) make Darryl squeamish. When Wren (as a toddler) had to get tubes in her ears, just hearing the word "surgery" caused Darryl to faint; he also fainted when Zoe's umbilical cord fell out. Wanda fainted one time when she saw how big the tick in Hammie's hair was, due to her overactive imagination. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_5beef860 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_5beef860 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_5beef860 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_5c818274 | type |
Mommy Mobile | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_5c818274 | comment |
Mommy Mobile: Many a joke is made about how Wanda feels trapped in her dirty, cluttered minivan. One strip collection was even titled "If I'm a Stay-at-Home Mom, Why Am I Always in the Car?" | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_5c818274 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_5c818274 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_5c818274 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_5d074a80 | type |
Mistaken for Aliens | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_5d074a80 | comment |
Mistaken for Aliens: Darryl was mistaken for an alien once when Zoe and Hammie heard him walking around the house and thought it was "Two headed brain sucking alien burglars with ray guns." | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_5d074a80 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_5d074a80 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_5d074a80 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_5e01640d | type |
X-Ray Sparks | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_5e01640d | comment |
X-Ray Sparks: In one strip, Hammie does it to his older sister. And in another one he does it to his dad after Hammie rubs his feet against a carpet. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_5e01640d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_5e01640d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_5e01640d | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_5fcedca | type |
Big Eater | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_5fcedca | comment |
Big Eater: Darryl. One comic had Darryl eat two jelly donuts, a cruller, a big lunch and a slice of a friend's retirement cake... all in one day! In another comic, Darryl had eaten six creme-filled donuts. Wren has been known to be this, but this stopped in her modern years. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_5fcedca | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_5fcedca | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_5fcedca | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_61b576af | type |
I Take Offense to That Last One | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_61b576af | comment |
I Take Offense to That Last One: One strip has Zoe walking Wren around the living room, saying things like "this is our pretty lamp" and "this is our comfy couch." When they pass Hammie, Zoe says "This is our gross, creepy, germy, wormy brother." In the next panel, Zoe is continuing to walk Wren around as Hammie shouts after her "Who are you calling creepy?" | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_61b576af | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_61b576af | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_61b576af | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_6537cc1a | type |
All Girls Like Ponies | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_6537cc1a | comment |
All Girls Like Ponies: Zoe is the big example of this. She likes unicorns too. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_6537cc1a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_6537cc1a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_6537cc1a | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_687d991e | type |
Security Blanket | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_687d991e | comment |
Security Blanket: When Zoe was a baby, she had Boo-Boo Bankie. Hammie slept with toy trucks, and then a pacifier. Which he still has. With Wren, it's her stuffed teddy bear. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_687d991e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_687d991e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_687d991e | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_68f1088 | type |
Burping Contest | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_68f1088 | comment |
Burping Contest: Wren and Hammie did this once. Wren rips a big one and wins. Hammie couldn't be more proud. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_68f1088 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_68f1088 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_68f1088 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_6b54b191 | type |
A Boy, a Girl, and a Baby Family | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_6b54b191 | comment |
A Boy, a Girl, and a Baby Family: Didn't start out that way, but unless Darryl and Wanda have a fourth baby, the family will have a boy (Hammie), a girl (Zoe), and a baby (Wren). | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_6b54b191 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_6b54b191 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_6b54b191 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_6d7026fa | type |
Punny Name | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_6d7026fa | comment |
Punny Name: Hammie's name is sometimes used as a pun for "ham," the food. Wren's name was based off of the bird of the same name, but Wanda's story is a different story. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_6d7026fa | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_6d7026fa | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_6d7026fa | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_6e92a631 | type |
Four-Fingered Hands | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_6e92a631 | comment |
Four-Fingered Hands: The cast have these. The first strip's title panel, however, had Wanda with five fingers. Five fingers were rarely seen throughout the strip, although it pops up from time to time. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_6e92a631 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_6e92a631 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_6e92a631 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_6eb1268c | type |
Extreme Omnivore | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_6eb1268c | comment |
Extreme Omnivore: See Big Eater above. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_6eb1268c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_6eb1268c | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_6eb1268c | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_78270847 | type |
Curse Cut Short | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_78270847 | comment |
Curse Cut Short: This one | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_78270847 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_78270847 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_78270847 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_7ad0e492 | type |
Imaginary Friend | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_7ad0e492 | comment |
Imaginary Friend: Zoe had Nadine (not that Nadine), her "invisible friend," who wore polka-dots and pigtails and only ate cheese. Later, Nadine became Zoe's invisible sister. And Truth in Television, the idea for Zoe's imaginary friend was based on Rick Kirkman's daughter's imaginary friends, one of which was from Neptune. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_7ad0e492 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_7ad0e492 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_7ad0e492 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_7c8f9c6b | type |
Road Trip Across the Street | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_7c8f9c6b | comment |
Road Trip Across the Street: One strip has Zoe and Hammie getting excited about going out to get the mail... and climbing in the van to do so. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_7c8f9c6b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_7c8f9c6b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_7c8f9c6b | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_7d36715f | type |
Gasshole | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_7d36715f | comment |
Gasshole: Darryl, on some occasions. Hammie, who is mostly a belch variant. He still does belch jokes, but not a lot as he used to. He now does both burp jokes and fart jokes. Now, it's Wren (it's unknown if Hammie taught her or not), to the point where she belches like a truck driver to turn on her brother. The example can be seen here. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_7d36715f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_7d36715f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_7d36715f | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_8042e814 | type |
Actually Pretty Funny | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_8042e814 | comment |
Actually Pretty Funny: In one Sunday strip, Zoe avoided punishment for spilling a bag of flour on her head because Wanda was laughing too hard at the scene. In another weekly strip, Wanda sent Zoe and Hammie to their rooms for covering their faces in makeup... only to let them out once she had stopped laughing. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_8042e814 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_8042e814 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_8042e814 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_808cbaeb | type |
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_808cbaeb | comment |
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: When asked what three things she would change about herself if she could, Wanda chooses her insecurity, her impatience and her hair. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_808cbaeb | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_808cbaeb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_808cbaeb | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_82bdf1f8 | type |
Fear of Thunder | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_82bdf1f8 | comment |
Fear of Thunder: All three kids are scared by lightning. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_82bdf1f8 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_82bdf1f8 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_82bdf1f8 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_82fc5bdf | type |
Bratty Half-Pint | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_82fc5bdf | comment |
Bratty Half-Pint: Zoe and/or Hammie on different occasions. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_82fc5bdf | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_82fc5bdf | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_82fc5bdf | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_83a30cd3 | type |
Middle Child Syndrome | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_83a30cd3 | comment |
Middle Child Syndrome: This happened to Hammie a couple of times. He is the middle child, but it only happened in circumstances where he is jealous of baby Wren. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_83a30cd3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_83a30cd3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_83a30cd3 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_85e7c12f | type |
Puppy-Dog Eyes | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_85e7c12f | comment |
Puppy-Dog Eyes: Zoe's a master at these. Darryl falls for it every single time (he refers to them as "Bambi Eyes" in one strip). | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_85e7c12f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_85e7c12f | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_85e7c12f | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_89a17726 | type |
Spell My Name with an S | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_89a17726 | comment |
Spell My Name With An S: Hammie's name has been spelled "Hammy" and Zoe's name has been spelled "Zoey." And these are adult fans. And the names are SPELLED in the strip on a regular basis. In one book, Rick even spelled Keesha "Keisha" due to a brain cramp: In the last few appearances of Darryl and Wanda's friends Norm and Cindy, the latter's name was instead spelled "Cyndi." | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_89a17726 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_89a17726 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_89a17726 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_8ad0bc24 | type |
Something Blues | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_8ad0bc24 | comment |
Something Blues | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_8ad0bc24 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_8ad0bc24 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_8ad0bc24 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_8af7b342 | type |
Sibling Yin-Yang | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_8af7b342 | comment |
Sibling Yin-Yang: Shortly after Hammie was born, Wanda noted that he acted completely differently from Zoe when she was that age. Namely, while Zoe had colic and didn't sleep much, Hammie was much calmer and slept for most of the day. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_8af7b342 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_8af7b342 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_8af7b342 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_8b815fa4 | type |
Screaming Plane Baby | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_8b815fa4 | comment |
Screaming Plane Baby: Played straight during Darryl and Wanda's first trip to visit the latter's parents with Zoe. Wanda's method of apologizing for this was to stand up and shout "HEY! Count your blessings! I COULD have had TWINS!" Subverted when Wanda took Hammie with her to visit her father after his heart attack; the only fuss he caused was spilling Wanda's drink. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_8b815fa4 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_8b815fa4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_8b815fa4 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_8e1aef2d | type |
Reference Overdosed | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_8e1aef2d | comment |
Reference Overdosed: The September 16, 2001 strip has Zoe and Hammie going through their VHS collection deciding what to watch. Several popular Disney films are mentioned, and even more obscure movies like Cats Don't Dance! | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_8e1aef2d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_8e1aef2d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_8e1aef2d | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_8fd7af48 | type |
Sir Swears-a-Lot | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_8fd7af48 | comment |
Sir Swears-a-Lot: Darryl does a lot of swearing, particularly when frustrated or after injuring himself. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_8fd7af48 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_8fd7af48 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_8fd7af48 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_904bf4e | type |
Wasn't That Fun? | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_904bf4e | comment |
Wasn't That Fun?: A Running Gag with all three kids. More than once this trope was the final panel, after Hammie got himself into trouble, and back out of it with the help of Wanda or Darryl. One strip had him falling off of the backrest of a chair he was trying to reach the candy at the top of the fridge from, and after Wanda caught him he cheerfully cried, "Again!" | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_904bf4e | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_904bf4e | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_904bf4e | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_90e2b7b4 | type |
Theme Twin Naming | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_90e2b7b4 | comment |
Theme Twin Naming: Bunny's twin boys are Wendell John and Wendell Jon. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_90e2b7b4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_90e2b7b4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_90e2b7b4 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_95ef5b0d | type |
Symbol Swearing | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_95ef5b0d | comment |
Symbol Swearing: Used frequently by Darryl. When being asked if he "swears" to be on his best behavior at his in-laws', his response is, "Oh, [grawlix], we're here!" Also a Stealth Pun on his part. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_95ef5b0d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_95ef5b0d | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_95ef5b0d | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_96026e2d | type |
Toilet Training Plot | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_96026e2d | comment |
Toilet Training Plot: Came up quite a bit with Zoe and Hammie during their toddler years (not Wren yet) | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_96026e2d | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_96b89043 | type |
Not So Above It All | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_96b89043 | comment |
Not So Above It All: In one strip, Darryl questions Butch how he and Bunny are always so perfect, when Darryl and Wanda always look like a wreck. He asks Butch, "How do you guys do it?" and Butch replies, "I was going to ask you the same thing." | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_96b89043 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_9766cac3 | type |
Curious as a Monkey | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_9766cac3 | comment |
Curious as a Monkey: Hammie on some occasions. And Zoe as a toddler. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_9766cac3 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_978937d6 | type |
Brand X | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_978937d6 | comment |
Brand X: The MacPhersons' minivan is a model called the Oxymoron. | |
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| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_978937d6 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_99010fab | type |
Maternity Crisis | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_99010fab | comment |
Maternity Crisis: A downplayed example occurred when Wanda and Yolanda got pregnant around the same time (Wanda's third and Yolanda's second). The two families had an agreement that when one of them had to go to the hospital because the baby was coming, the other family would watch their respective kid(s). So of course, Wanda and Yolanda ended up going into labor at the exact same time in the middle of the night. Darryl and Mike had no choice but to drop all the kids off with Bunny (who had not been informed that she was "Plan B") before taking their wives to the hospital. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_99010fab | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_997ce6ad | type |
Boyfriend-Blocking Dad | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_997ce6ad | comment |
Boyfriend-Blocking Dad: Darryl, especially toward Zoe. One set of strips had Darryl freaking out because Zoe had developed a crush on an "older man." Zoe was two at the time; the "older man" was a three-year-old. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_997ce6ad | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_9b244dd4 | type |
Getting the Baby to Sleep | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_9b244dd4 | comment |
Getting the Baby to Sleep: Zoe has often been the subject of this, even as she's gotten older. Her numerous attempts to stall bedtime include tying her shoelaces into large knots, refusing to go to sleep until she had all her stuffed animals with her, and even literally latching onto Darryl's face while she was kissing him goodnight. One comic had Wanda trying to keep Wren asleep by tip-toeing quietly, but ends up waking her up when she accidentally steps on a squeaky floorboard. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_9b244dd4 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_9f970427 | type |
Secret-Keeper | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_9f970427 | comment |
Secret-Keeper: Zoe for Hammie's pacifier (see Security Blanket below) and when Hammie swore. | |
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| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_9f970427 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_a012e00e | type |
First Snow | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_a012e00e | comment |
First Snow: In 2000, when Hammie was still a baby, Zoe taught him how to catch snowflakes on his tongue. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_a012e00e | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_a2b332f9 | type |
Afraid of Needles | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_a2b332f9 | comment |
Afraid of Needles: Zoe and Hammie have both shown fear of getting a shot. When Zoe gets her first shot, Wanda was the one in tears rather than Zoe. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_a2b332f9 | featureApplicability |
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| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_a2b332f9 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_a58e5ad7 | type |
Naked People Are Funny | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_a58e5ad7 | comment |
Naked People Are Funny: Being small children, Zoe and Hammie have been shown in their birthday suits from time to time. Lampshaded with one of the book collections being called "Butt-Naked Baby Blues". | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_a58e5ad7 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_a6123b72 | type |
Enfant Terrible | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_a6123b72 | comment |
Enfant Terrible: All of the kids have their moments but middle child and only boy Hammie really sticks out. He intentionally seeks out destructive activities, goes out of the way to prank Zoe (though she dishes it right back at him), grosses out anyone in range of him, pesters people constantly, and doesn't think twice about the consequences. Zoe is starting to branch out of this stage and Wren is still too young to settle firmly into it. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_a6123b72 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_a68421bb | type |
Animated Adaptation | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_a68421bb | comment |
Animated Adaptation: It didn't last long. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_a68421bb | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_aa9bdb08 | type |
Youthful Freckles | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_aa9bdb08 | comment |
Youthful Freckles: Hammie. He tries to wash them off in one strip. | |
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| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_aa9bdb08 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_ac546cd4 | type |
Worth It | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_ac546cd4 | comment |
Worth It: When Darryl points out to Hammie (who has a water hose trained on an unsuspecting Zoe) that he's facing serious time-out time if he goes through with squirting Zoe, Hammie considers this and declares it's worth it. | |
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| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_ac546cd4 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_ad1db87c | type |
Oh, Crap! | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_ad1db87c | comment |
Oh, Crap!: When Zoe goes missing in a department store, a frantic Wanda asks a clerk for help. The clerk's attempt at reassuring Wanda doesn't have the desired effect. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_ad1db87c | featureApplicability |
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| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_ad1db87c | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_ae9dc88 | type |
Conjoined Eyes | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_ae9dc88 | comment |
Conjoined Eyes: Wanda and Darryl. Wanda is rarely seen with normal circle eyes (it's unknown if Darryl will be seen with normal circle eyes). | |
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| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_ae9dc88 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_aeb88a57 | type |
Kids Prefer Boxes | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_aeb88a57 | comment |
Kids Prefer Boxes: In a Sunday strip when Zoe was a toddler; Darryl had attempted to get Zoe to play with all her new Christmas toys, but Zoe ended up having a blast with two toilet paper rolls and a wooden spoon. This strip as well as this one. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_aeb88a57 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_aed59f28 | type |
Girls Love Stuffed Animals | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_aed59f28 | comment |
Girls Love Stuffed Animals: Present-day Zoe might not care for them anymore, but there was once a week-long story line where Zoe used her toys in an attempt to stall bedtime. And boy did she have a lot of them! | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_aed59f28 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_afc52a86 | type |
Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_afc52a86 | comment |
Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: After being handed down a pair of Zoe's pink monkey pajamas, Hammie draws on them to make them into pink vampire scorpion ninja monkeys. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_afc52a86 | featureApplicability |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_afc52a86 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_b06bbf4b | type |
Be Careful What You Wish For | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_b06bbf4b | comment |
Be Careful What You Wish For: The plot of the Christmas story. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_b06bbf4b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_b06bbf4b | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_b0c32de0 | type |
Written Roar | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_b0c32de0 | comment |
Written Roar: "AIEEEEEEEE!" is very common. | |
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1.0 | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_b0c32de0 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_b1191cb2 | type |
I Ate WHAT?! | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_b1191cb2 | comment |
I Ate WHAT?!: In the Easter 2012 Sunday Strip, Darryl is continuously asking Hammie, Zoe, and Wren if they are certain if they found all of the Easter eggs in the area while trying to heavily hint at the egg on the porch lamp. The kids continuously attempt to insist that they have found every single one, before Hammie points out just as Darryl is about to eat the egg that the one on the porch light didn't count, as that was there since last year. Cue Darryl rushing inside to the bathroom, presumably to vomit up the egg he just ate. It can be seen here. There have been a few strips where this joke was the punchline, more often than not involving Darryl. One strip had him eating French Fries at a fast-food joint, only to find out Zoe had been getting them from under the table. In another, Darryl takes a bite of a then-toddler Zoe's toast, only to spit it out when Wanda says to Zoe "You usually stop after you lick all the peanut butter off!" | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_b1191cb2 | featureApplicability |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_b1191cb2 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_b2ad812d | type |
So What Do We Do Now? | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_b2ad812d | comment |
So What Do We Do Now?: The first strip began this way. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_b2ad812d | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_b53077b3 | type |
Take That! | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_b53077b3 | comment |
Take That!: A strip from the 90s has Lambada: The Forbidden Dance being called a terrible movie. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_b53077b3 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_b58b4e3c | type |
Too Dumb to Live | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_b58b4e3c | comment |
Too Dumb to Live: Hammie. Ever since he turned about six, and stayed that way for years, he's been performing dangerous stunts nearly every time he appears! Wanda even told him once the many things that could go wrong and he acted like they were reasons to go along with it! | |
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| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_b58b4e3c | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_b61b755f | type |
Tomboy | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_b61b755f | comment |
Tomboy: Wren is a tomboy, due to spending a lot of time with Hammie. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_b61b755f | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_b707726f | type |
Hypocritical Humor | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_b707726f | comment |
Hypocritical Humor: Back when Wanda was still nursing Hammie, two different strips had a similar punchline relating to this. In one instance, a male passenger sitting next to Wanda on an airplane protested to her feeding Hammie in public, calling it "disgusting"... while he's clearly looking at a Playboy centerfold. In another series, a male lifeguard tried to kick Wanda out of a public pool, claiming her breastfeeding Hammie violated decency standards... only to stop mid-sentence in order to ogle at a nearby woman in a barely-there bikini. In a Sunday comic, Zoe complains about Hammie needing his diaper changed, eating something off the floor, his shirt messy and his hands and face being sticky. After Darryl takes Hammie to the changing table, Zoe starts picking her nose, burping loudly and saying, aside: | |
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| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_b707726f | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_b9c3de84 | type |
Bumbling Dad | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_b9c3de84 | comment |
Bumbling Dad: Averted, as Darryl is shown as being fairly competent at parenting. He even changed a diaper in the men's room at the mall. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_b9c3de84 | featureApplicability |
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| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_b9c3de84 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_bb0c0a4d | type |
Fiery Redhead | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_bb0c0a4d | comment |
Fiery Redhead: Zoe is very spirited and precocious with a temper that Hammie has a knack for flaring up. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_bb0c0a4d | featureApplicability |
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| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_bb0c0a4d | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_be009bbc | type |
Alliterative Name | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_be009bbc | comment |
Alliterative Name: Wanda's maiden name was Wanda Wizowski. | |
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| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) | hasFeature |
Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_be009bbc | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_c042eee9 | type |
Invisible to Normals | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_c042eee9 | comment |
Invisible to Normals: ONLY Wanda and Darryl can see their children's (as babies) reactions, the weird and unusual things they do and the children as animals. Even the bugs, but much bigger. | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_c042eee9 | featureApplicability |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_c042eee9 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_c0c5d08b | type |
Large-Ham Announcer | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_c0c5d08b | comment |
Large-Ham Announcer: Zoe, for a lot of examples. Here's an old one. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_c0c5d08b | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_c1d1d6ad | type |
Who Names Their Kid "Dude"? | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_c1d1d6ad | comment |
Who Names Their Kid "Dude"?: Because they were expecting a girl, it took Darryl and Wanda some time to find a name for their son until they finally decided on Hamish (Ham for short), after one of Darryl's relatives. It took a few family members some time to get used to the name; Wanda's mother burst out laughing when she was told, and Rhonda declared "Ham? That's not a name... it's an entree!" Darryl and Wanda also had this reaction to the names of Butch and Bunny's kids: Bogart (who got his name because his parents watched "The African Queen" the night he was conceived), and twins Wendell John and Wendell Jon (who were originally called "Puce" and "Teal," based on their hospital wristband colors). | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_c1d1d6ad | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_c5fe6c81 | type |
Strong Family Resemblance | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_c5fe6c81 | comment |
Strong Family Resemblance: Zoe and Wren have red hair like Darryl, and Hammie has black hair like Wanda. Going further, Darryl resembles his dad, Mac, while Wanda (and Rhonda) resembles her mom, Maggie. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_c5fe6c81 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: One of the crocodiles from Pearls Before Swine appears on a box of cereal. Most likely a reference to Pearls featuring a Baby Blues-centric storyline around the same time. After a Pearls Before Swine storyline about the characters babysitting the Baby Blues kids finished up, one Baby Blues strip afterwards features Wren chewing on one of the crocodiles. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_c75df49a | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_cc4b45f6 | type |
Word of God | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_cc4b45f6 | comment |
Word of God says that the strip goes at roughly a 3:1 time frame (i.e., Zoe is 10 after 20 years of being in the strip). | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_cc4b45f6 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_cf4d770 | type |
Nightmare Fuel | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_cf4d770 | comment |
Nightmare Fuel: This strip is an in-universe example. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_cf4d770 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_d075a135 | type |
Now What? | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_d075a135 | comment |
Now What?: Literally the only line in the very first strip. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_d075a135 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_d275c4f4 | type |
All Women Love Shoes | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_d275c4f4 | comment |
All Women Love Shoes: A one-week storyline involved Zoe practically falling in love with a pair of pink cowgirl boots. | |
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Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_d275c4f4 | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_d442f9d1 | type |
ToiletHumor | |
| Baby Blues (Comic Strip) / int_d442f9d1 | comment |
Toilet Humor: Many, many jokes about dirty diapers, burping and farting. Somewhat justified, as babies do (a lot of!) that. | |
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Inelegant Blubbering | |
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Inelegant Blubbering: Of course happens with the kids (especially when Zoe and Hammie were infants) but the parents aren't immune to this either. One comic has Wanda blowing out a bunch of candles on her birthday cake and immediately bursting into tears. | |
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Family Versus Career | |
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Family Versus Career: Rhonda's big dilemma, and the page image. | |
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From the Mouths of Babes | |
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From the Mouths of Babes: Though Darryl and Wanda try their best to be Good Parents, there are times when their kids will repeat something off-color (swear words or something embarrassing) in public, much to their chagrin. This was especially common when Zoe was a toddler. | |
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Tinkle in the Eye | |
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Tinkle in the Eye: Provider of the page quote. | |
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Mama Bear | |
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Mama Bear: Wanda; not just to her own kids, but kids in general. In different strips, she's snapped at another mom who yanked on her little boy's arm too hard, berated a woman for smoking while pregnant (by apparently "stubbing out her cigarette and sticking it in her ear"), and in one week-long story, came to the rescue of a little boy whose mom had lost her temper and started hitting him in the grocery store. | |
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Art Evolution | |
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Art Evolution: The strip was much looser and more sketchy in the first few years, looking more like pencil work than inking. Over time, it became much more streamlined. In 2014, Wren was given a major redesign because Rick and Jerry wanted her to get older. | |
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Souvenir Land | |
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Souvenir Land: Whistling Cowboy Monkey Land. | |
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All Just a Dream | |
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All Just a Dream: Zig-zagged in one story arc. Zoe and Hammie both want extravagant amounts of gifts for Christmas. Darryl then tells them how, when he was a kid, he wanted so badly to have a toy airplane for Christmas but tired of it within a day. Zoe and Hammie then dream that they receive a ridiculous amount of Christmas gifts, and upon finding themselves overwhelmed, try to get a letter to Santa (via toy airplane) asking for the excess gifts to be returned. Wanda compliments Darryl on the poignancy of his story on the airplane, which he admits he made up — just as a toy airplane is visible on the roof behind him. Also inverted in one Sunday strip, in which Wanda wakes up in the middle of the night, screaming in terror from a dream in which she had no free time, a wreck of a house, terminally flabby thighs and a pair of ungrateful kids. "It all seemed so real!" | |
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Cain and Abel | |
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Cain and Abel: Zoe says the Halverson boys' Mom calls them Cain and Abel, due to their Big Ball of Violence. | |
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Parental Hypocrisy | |
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Parental Hypocrisy: Showcased in one two-panel strip, with the first panel showing Darryl as a teenager declaring "Question authority!", and the second panel showing present-day Darryl telling Zoe and Hammie "Do not question my authority!" (note the emphasis on the bold words), along with the caption "What goes around comes around...usually a little too quickly." | |
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Comically Missing the Point | |
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Comically Missing the Point: | |
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Brick Joke | |
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Brick Joke: Wanda attempts to wean Hammie off the pacifier because she read a survey that babies if not weaned from them soon will be too attached to them. A much later strip has Hammie, no longer a baby, still sucking on his pacifier in secret. | |
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Let's Have Another Baby | |
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Let's Have Another Baby: Wanda swings in and out of this one all the time. | |
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