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* [[Distracted By the Sexy]]: Just about everyone in [http://www.taleoffiction.com/chapter-9-episode-40/ this strip]. By each other.
* [[Distressed Dude]]: {{spoiler|Harper and Vauxhall}} get a turn as this, as does {{spoiler|Baruch Caan}}, although his isn't over yet...
* [[Eleventh -Hour Superpower]]: When Gidders' airship {{spoiler|is shot down by the DUF}}.
{{quote| '''Sneaky:''' Fuzz flew away? Like... by himself? Without an avivessel?<br />
'''Gidders''': He does that from time to time. }}
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* [[Holiday Nonupdate]]: Once so far, for "happy Jollidays".
* [[Identity Amnesia]]: Sneaky. [[Captain Obvious|Presumably a plot point.]]
* [[I Thought Everyone Could Do That!]]: Sneaky doesn't realise that his shapeshifting is an unusual ability at first.
* [[Informed Attribute]]: Special Agent Colibeuf is stated to have a strong moral concept [sic], but we haven't seen any evidence of that as yet.
* [[Interrupted Intimacy]]: Maurice walks in on Harper and {{spoiler|Miranda}} at an... inopportune time.
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* [[Porn Stash]]: Of ''epic'' proportions on the Dragbook. Unfortunately, it's password-protected.
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: Chapter 4 is all about DUF agents in their free time, having drinks and enjoying each others' company.
* [[Shout -Out]]: Several.
** Gidders and Fuzz remind us of a [[Star Wars|certain other human mercenary with a flying machine and his furry sidekick...]]
** The regularly used curse expression "frakk" seems to be a [[Shout -Out]] to the [[Future Slang]] of [[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined (TV)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' (although in Galactica the spelling would be with one 'k' only)
** [http://www.taleoffiction.com/chapter-2-episode-4/ This] strip seems to be a [[Shout -Out]] to [[Metal Gear]].
*** Confirmed by [[Word of God]].
** The [[True Companions]] trying to climb the DUF tower and getting caught is a [[Shout -Out]] to something similar that happened to the authors in Tokyo... well, minus the bloody killing of a police officer.
** Bison and the Boar Boys is a [[Shout -Out]] to a friend of the authors' whose online handle is Bison.
*** There are quite a few [[Shout -Out|Shout Outs]] to friends of the authors in the comic generally.
* [[Show Within a Show]]: Bison and the Boar Boys, a gag-a-day comic available on the Dragbook's "FictionFox Browser". [http://www.taleoffiction.com/dragbook/browser/im-not-fiction/ "I am not fiction"] may also qualify.
* [[Smoking Hot Sex]]: Mostly averted in the series, but one occurence in [http://www.taleoffiction.com/chapter-1-episode-13/ Chapter 1].
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* [[The Omniscient Council of Vagueness]]: In the very first strip, no less.
* [[True Companions]]: The three main characters, occasional differences between roommates notwithstanding.
* [[Wham! Episode]]: Tend to crop up at the end of chapters. Also, [http://www.taleoffiction.com/chapter-3-episode-37/ this.]
* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]: Invoked in-universe by Special Agents in particular.
* [[Write Who You Know]]: Especially prominent in Harper in the more comic arcs.
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